Tyneside
Proper noun
Meaning
Tyneside
A conurbation in the Northeast of England, covering part of the area of Tyne and Wear. It includes all settlements on the banks of the River Tyne.
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If it helps erase lingering relegation worries on Tyneside, Frank Lampard saw Chelsea’s grip on a top-four place slacken.
Many area schools do not have a sixth form, especially in Teesside, Sunderland and South Tyneside, but all Northumberland schools have a sixth-form along with a three-tier system of education.
London was one of the places which received coal from the area and there are references to shipments of coal being sent to the capital, for example 526 cauldrons of coal from Tyneside to London in 1376 for smiths involved in building Windsor Castle.
He patented the first steam turbine on Tyneside in 1884.
In the region, school children from Northumberland are most likely to attend university, followed by Stockton on Tees and North Tyneside.
Later, he visited Tyneside and built an engine there for a mine-owner.