Blackett Street, King's Head Public House

HER Number:
10653

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Blackett Street, King's Head 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. Demolished in the 1960s for Eldon Square Shopping Centre (HER 9787). Forster Crozier brewed here in the early 1870s.

Easting:
424610

Northing:
564470

Grid Reference:
NZ424610564470

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