Customs House, South Shields
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customs-house-south-shields-224-3380852
title:
Customs House, South Shields
text:
The Customs House is an arts and entertainment venue in the Mill Dam Conservation Area of South Shields, South Tyneside. It opened in July 1864 as a custom house, built to facilitate the import and export of goods at Shields Harbour. Before 1865, both North Shields and South Shields operated as a single customs port following their separation from the Newcastle Customs House in 1848. South Shields was granted customs independence from North Shields in 1865, in part due to the construction of the
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Historic site in Mill Dam, South Shields
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customs_House,_South_Shields
date created:
2008-07-07T11:05:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T10:48:37Z
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13
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