City Road, Druid's Arms Public House

HER Number:
10585

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
City Road, Druid's Arms Public House

Place:
Newcastle

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:
Demolished Building

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. A brewhouse was constructed in a stable here in 1862. John Henderson was brewer from 1865 to 1867 and his wife Elizabeth ran the brewery until 1874. The pub was bought by John Fitzgerald in 1895 and closed in 1907. Now under flats (HER 9883).

Easting:
425690

Northing:
564210

Grid Reference:
NZ425690564210

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 38; Bennison, Brian, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 22