Shidfleld, eccl. dist. and vil., Droxford par., Hants
■—dist., pop. 1032 ; vil., 2 miles S. of Bishops AValtham;
P.O., called Shedficld.

Shiel, place with inn and school, Glenshiel par.,
Ross and Cromarty, at mouth of river Shiel, 12 miles
SE. of Lochalsh ; the river flows 10 miles NW. through
Glen Shiel to the head of Loch Duich.

Shiel, Loch, on the boundary between Inverness-
shire and Argyllshire ; extends 17 miles SAV. from Glen-
finnan, is not more than 1 mile broad, and discharges
the river Shiel, which flows 3 miles NW. to the sea at
Loch Moidart.

Shielburn, school, Rathven par., Banffshire.

Shieldaig, vil., Applecross par., and quoad sacra
par., partly also in Lochcarron par., Ross and Cromarty
—quoad sacra par., pop. 1332 ; vil., on Loch Shieldaig
(an arm of Loch Torridon), 18 miles NW. of Strome
Ferry; P.O.

Shieldfield, eccl. dist., Newcastle All Saints par.,
Northumberland, pop. 11,830.

Shieldhill.—ry. sta. and school, Tinwaldpar., Dum-
fries, 7 miles NW. of Lockerbie.—2. Shieldhill, seat,
Libber ton par., Lanarkshire, 4 miles NW. of Biggar.

Shieldhill, Fast, vil., Polmont par., Stirlingshire,
near Polmont Junction, pop. 391.

Shields, North, seaport, market town, and town-
ship with ry. sta., Tynemouth par., Northumberland,
at mouth of river Tyne, opposite South Shields, and
forming part of the parliamentary and municipal bor.
of Tynemouth, 36 ac., pop. 7250; P.O., T.O., 4 Banks.
North Shields has establishments for the mfr. of
marine engines and chain-cables and anchors, ship-
building yards, roperies, salt-works, and a work for
earthenware and stained glass. Fishing is largely
carried on. North Shields is one of the Tyne Ports.
(For shipping statistics, see Appendix.) It has 2 light-
houses—the High Lighthouse, in front of Dockwray
Square, 49 ft. high, with fixed light 123 ft. above high
water and seen 16 miles; and the Low Lighthouse, near
Clifford Fort, 76 ft. high, with fixed light 77 ft. above
high water and seen 13 miles. The whole of Tyne-
mouth bor. is usually called North Shields. See South
Shields and Tynemouth.

Shields, South, parl. and mun. bor., seaport, and
township, Jarrow par., Durham, at mouth of river
Tyne, opposite North Shields, 8 miles E. of Newcastle
on Tyne and 269 miles from London by rail—town-
ship, 90 ac., pop. 7710; bor. (consisting of South
Shields township and AVestoe township), 1839 ac.,
pop. 56,875; 4 Banks, 3 newspapers. North Shields (or
Tynemouth) and South Shields, connected by steam
ferry, are called the “twin towns.” The ports, im-
proved and deepened by dredging and the construction
of piers, are capable of accommodating at their quays
vessels of any size, and carry on an extensive trade,
particularly in coal. South Shields is one of the Tyne
Ports. (Por shipping statistics, see Appendix.) The
industrial establishments of South Shields comprise
works for the production of steam-engine boilers and
chain-cables and anchors, rope-works, sail-cloth factories,
glass-works, potteries, alkali-works, and chemical works.
Shipbuilding has declined. The chief architectural
feature is a large market square, in the centre of which
is a colonnaded building containing the town hall.
South Shields is supposed to have been a Roman station,
and to take its name from the fishers’ huts (or shiels)
anciently on its site. In the 13th century North
Shields and South Shields had risen to sufficient im-
portance, as ports, to excite the jealousy of Newcastle.
At the close of the 15th century South Shields became
famous for salt-works, towards the close of the 17th
century for glass-works, and in the 18th century for
chemical works ; but so late as 1750 it was little more
than a village. Since that date its prosperity has been
rapid and steady. It was made a parl. bor. in 1832,
and a mun. bor. in 1850. It returns 1 member to Parl.

Shields Bond, ry. sta., in SAV. of Glasgow.

Shielhill, seat, 3g? m. NE. of Kirriemuir, Forfarshire.

Shiels, place with church, in par. and 1-1? mile NAV.
of Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire.

Shiei-e, Surrey ; P.O., T.O. See Shere.

Shiti'ord, township, Bampton par., Oxfordshire, on
river Thames, 5 miles SE. of Witney, 775 ac., pop. 70.

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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