Scotswood Road, Golden Eagle Public House

HER Number

10215

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Scotswood Road, Golden Eagle Public House

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. The Eagle Tavern, rebuilt in 1891 and later renamed the Golden Eagle. Bennison says it survived until 1970. However, there is a bar - The Eagle currently open on Scotswood Road.

Easting

424240

Northing

563640

Grid Reference

NZ424240563640

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