Artist Sara Cooper has researched the history and plant life of Shieldfield. She undertook drawing activities with residents and this booklet shows a selection of these drawings.

An excellent history of British Paints, which had its main offices and factory on Portland Road and Stoddart Street in Shieldfield.

Co-Curate is a Newcastle University initiated website which brings together online collections, museums, universities, schools and community groups to highlight stories and images from North East England and Cumbria. This is a rich section on Shieldfield.

This film shows the planning, design and construction of six blocks of high-rise council flats in Shieldfield in April 1961.

In this BBC archive Shieldfield residents discuss war rationing, ‘make do and mend’ and air raid precautions during World War II.

The aim of this project was to increase knowledge of, and interest in, the history and identity of the Shieldfield community by undercovering the old and existing boundaries of the neighbourhood.