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Preston Township lies between North Shields to the south and Monkseaton to the north. To the east is Tynemouth and to the west, Chirton. In addition, when the Shire Moor was enclosed in 1788, approximately 94 acres of land were annexed to Preston Township. This annex was originally known as Northumberland Place but is nowadays known as West Allotment. The main industries in the area were coalmining from the 12th to the 20th centuries, the tanneries of the 13th century, the breweries of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, the damask factory of the 19th century and the carriage works of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Within the township is Preston Village, described by Parson and White in their descriptive book on Durham and Northumberland of 1828 as: " a very pleasant village 1 mile north of North Shields to which its Township extends. It occupies a fine eminence which commands an extensive and beautiful prospect. Here are several gentlemen's villas, two public gardens, two common breweries, four public houses and a linen manufactory: besides about 100 houses and cottages which have a neat and clean appearance." Preston is home to Tynemouth swimming pool, and formerly to Preston Hospital, which was replaced by North Tyneside General Hospital . Adjacent Preston Grange used to have a shopping centre that boasted the very first "Presto" store—its name taken from the name of the township—but this was demolished and replaced by the large Morrisons supermarket. William Harold Smurthwaite published a detailed history of Preston in 1992 entitled "Our Heritage - Preston Township and Preston Village". It was illustrated by Kevin Bradley, who had previously produced a book about the Township, entitled "An Illustrated Guide To Preston Township" |
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