Newcastle, Blackett Street, King's Head Public House

HER Number:
10653

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Blackett Street, King's Head Public House

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Licensed Premises

Site Type: Specific:
Public House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Demolished in the 1960s for Eldon Square Shopping Centre (HER 9787). Forster Crozier brewed here in the early 1870s.

Easting:
2461

Northing:
6447

Grid Reference:
NZ24616447

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 26; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 8