Hedley Street, Hedley Arms Public House
Hedley Street, Hedley Arms Public House
HER Number
10695
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Hedley Street, Hedley Arms 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. Corner of Oyseter Shell Lane and Hedley Street. Bought by J H Graham in 1874. He rebuilt the adjoining brewery in 1886 and although the public house closed in 1908, the Hedley Street Brewery continued and became the first Federation Brewery in 1921.
Easting
423940
Northing
564270
Grid Reference
NZ423940564270
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West