Gallowgate, Wheatsheaf Inn
Gallowgate, Wheatsheaf Inn
HER Number
10678
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Gallowgate, Wheatsheaf Inn
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
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. Robert Brewis brewed here from the late 1840s until around 1860. John Nicholson occupied the premises from 1860 until 1881. The inn closed in 1923.
Easting
424370
Northing
564400
Grid Reference
NZ424370564400
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1850 to present day, p 21; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 9