Buckingham Street, Duke of Buckingham Public House

Buckingham Street, Duke of Buckingham Public House

HER Number
10693
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Buckingham Street, Duke of Buckingham 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. The Duke of Buckingham had a bar, bar parlour and snug when it was sold for £2060 in 1893. In 1922 it was bought by Scottish brewers Calder's along with two pubs in South Shields for £15,000. Demolished during slum clearance in 1937.
Easting
424090
Northing
564380
Grid Reference
NZ424090564380
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Third Edition of 1919; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West