Heritage Talk: John Wright and His Sons
Genealogist David Scholey on the family behind the layout of Georgian North Shields, including Howard Street and Northumberland Square.
About This Event
Genealogist David Scholey tells the story of John Wright and his sons, the developers behind the planned Georgian new town of North Shields in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including Howard Street and Northumberland Square.
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