WESTOE - A History of the Village and its Residence

The much awaited book ‘Westoe – A history of the Village and its residents’  by  Dorothy

Fleet has been published and is on sale at the Westoe Fair and the monthly meetings of 

South Shields Local History Group.  For more details visit www.southshieldslhg.org.uk 

                                          

       

Westoe Village’s history began over a thousand years ago and it remained a remote rural

village of farms and cottages for centuries.  Some two hundred years ago it gradually

became the desired location for the families of successful local business men. By the

beginning of the 19th century the Village was an influential community of relatives and

neighbours who were often working together for the successful development of the town.

Dorothy’s lavishly illustrated book tells the story of each of the houses and the families

who lived there over a period of two hundred years from the mid 1700’s.  All proceeds from

the sale of the book will go to South Shields Local History Group, so please come along to 

the Westoe Fair on Saturday 22 June 11.00am - 4.00pm, where there will be a display of 

images from the book.

South Shields Museum and Art Gallery in Ocean Road will be displaying a collection of 

paintings of Westoe Village to accompany the book.  The display will be in the Stairwell 

Gallery from June 1^st and throughout the summer months