Cornwallis Square

Cornwallis Square

Image Details

Title Cornwallis Square
Reference Number STH0000417
Photographer Cleet James Henry
Town or Village South Shields
Date 9.3.1935
Original Format Black and White Photograph
Period The 1930s
Copyright South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information Three workmen demolishing houses in Cornwallis Square. The street was
named after General Cornwallis who in 1781 was defeated by George
Washington in the American War of Independence