Scotswood Road, Fountain Inn

HER Number

10163

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Scotswood Road, Fountain Inn

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Eating and Drinking Establishment

Site Type: Specific

Public House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Bought by Bass for £9000 in 1920. Closed in 1965. Used by actors from the nearby local Peoples' Theatre. The clientele included a number of prominent local characters including the matriarch of a notorious local family, migrant labourers and a widow (always dressed in black) who was the local moneylender.

Easting

424100

Northing

563480

Grid Reference

NZ424100563480

Sources

Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West