Westmorland Street, Westmorland Hotel Public House
Westmorland Street, Westmorland Hotel Public House
HER Number
10238
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Westmorland Street, Westmorland Hotel 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. Known as The Westmorland, sometimes the Westmorland Arms and later the Earl of Westmorland. Changed hands in 1920 for £2500 became a McEwan's house in the early 1950s and transferred its licence to the Balloon in Silver Lonnen.
Easting
424200
Northing
563810
Grid Reference
NZ424200563810
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