Pilgrim Street, Blue Posts Inn
Pilgrim Street, Blue Posts Inn
HER Number
10599
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Pilgrim Street, Blue Posts Inn
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Inn
Site Type: Specific
Inn
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Martha Morton brewed here from 1855 to 1858. John Hunt worked here until 1861. James Hall was brewer from 1861 to 1864/5. W.B. Reid bought the Blue Posts. It closed in 1931.
Easting
425080
Northing
564110
Grid Reference
NZ425080564110
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 42; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 36