Byker Bank, New Hawk Inn
Byker Bank, New Hawk Inn
HER Number
10562
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Byker Bank, New Hawk Inn
Place
Byker
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
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. Built in 1881 to replace the Old Hawk Inn on the opposite side of the street, which had become Freddie Shepherd's Rag Shop. The New Hawk was a free house which sold Wilkinson's beers from the Pine Street Brewery off Scotswood Road. In the 1930s Tommy Watson, who fought for the world boxing title in New York, was manager. The upstairs meeting room of the pub was used as his gym.
Easting
426350
Northing
564440
Grid Reference
NZ426350564440
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Newcastle City Council, Planning Division, Development Department, "Ouseburn Heritage", volume 1, page 44; Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 31