Simon Temple

Simon Temple

Image Details

Title Simon Temple
Reference Number STH0008803
Photographer Unknown
Town or Village South Shields
Date 1800
Original Format Black and White Photograph
Period Georgian (1714-1837)
Copyright South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information Simon Temple the elder was born in 1728 in Yorkshire.  In 1780 he was
offering a ship for sale at Mill Dam. In 1759, his son, Simon Temple
the Younger was born, also at Crayke. Simon Temple the Elder was
declared bankrupt at South Shields in 1786. He died in 1805.
Simon Temple the Younger was also a shipbuilder operating a yard at
Thrift Street in South Shields, 
The YoungerTemple  also branched out into colliery ownership and
opened the Jarrow Colliery in 1803.  
In 1805 he opened a shipyard at the West end of Jarrow Quay. In 1806
he sold the South Shields yard and concentrated his shipbuilding
efforts on the Jarrow yard. In 1810 he opened the Templetown Colliery
at South Shields.