Scotswood Road, King's Head Vaults Public House
Scotswood Road, King's Head Vaults Public House
HER Number
10222
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Scotswood Road, King's Head Vaults 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. King's Head Inn or King's Head. Jas Deucher acquiired it in 1896. it had a large billiard room and both 'select' and 'common' bars. The premises were fitted with electric light with the exception of the common bar. Popular with those employed at the meat market. It was a pub for lock ins and a place to acquire the Sunday joint at a cost price. The King's Head became The Courtyard in 1983.
Easting
424291
Northing
563692
Grid Reference
NZ424291563692
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