Wp/nth/Tyneside
Tyneside is a beelt-up area alang the banks o the River Tyne i Northren England. Residents o the area is commonly knawn as Geordies. The hail area is surroonded bi the North East Green Belt.
The population o Tyneside as publisht i the 2011 census wes 774,891, makin it the eighth maist-populous urban area i the United Kingdom.[1] In 2013, the estimated population was 832,469.[2]
Politically, the area is mainly covered bi the metropolitan boroughs o Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gatesheed, North Tyneside and Sooth Tyneside. The boroughs on the Tyne is joins wi Wearside, at is i baith the ceremonial coonties o Durham (Chester-le-Street) and Tyne and Wear.
Sattlements[edit]
The ONS 2011 census hed 774,891 census respondents inside the "Tyneside Built-up Area" or "Tyneside Urban Area".[3] These figures are a decline from 879,996;[4] this loss wes mainly acasue o the ONS reclassifyin Hetton-le-Hole, Houghton-le-Spring, Chester-le-Street and Washington i the Wearside Beelt-up Area isteed o Tyneside. I baith the 2001 and 2011 census the area wes gien the follaïn subdivisions; Gatesheed, Jarra and Tynemooth hed boundary changes:
Subdivision | Population (2011) |
Population (2001) |
---|---|---|
Newcastle | 292,200 | 259,573 |
Gatesheed | 120,046 | 78,403 |
Sooth Shields | 75,337 | 82,854 |
Tynemooth | 67,519 | 17,056 |
Waasend | 43,826 | 42,843 |
Jarra | 43,431 | 27,525 |
Geordies[edit]
The folk o Tyneside, caad "Geordies", hes a reputation for their distinctive dialect and accent. Newcastle might hae been gien this name, a local diminutive o the name "George", acause their miners used George Stephenson's safety lamp (invented i 1815 and caad a "Georgie lamp") te prevent firedamp explosions, reyther nor the Davy lamp at wes used elsewhere. An alternative explanation relates te the Jacobite rising o 1715 and 1745, when the Tynesiders declared their allegiance te the Hanoverian Kings o Greet Britain, George I and George II; whereas the rest o the coonty of Northumberland stuid loyal te James Francis Edward Stuart.
- ↑ Pointer, Graham. "The UK's major urban areas". statistics.gov.uk.
- ↑ "Mid-2012 Population Estimates". Gateshead.gov.uk (August 2013).
- ↑ "2011 Census - Built-up areas". ONS.
- ↑ "Archived copy".