Grey Horse Brewery

Grey Horse Brewery

HER Number
11071
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Grey Horse Brewery
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Food and Drink Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Brewery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
This brewery was rebuilt in 1866. It was attached to the Grey Horse public house which was above the brewery office. To the rear was a large yard and a maltings. Stables, a cart shed and joiners shop. William Elliott was running the Grey Horse Brewery from 1867. He died in 1874 and his two sons, William and John took over. The brewery could produce 100 barrels a week. William Elliott Junior was declared bankrupt in 1877. John Elliott went into liquidation in 1879. The brewery became the City Livery Stables.
Easting
424200
Northing
564400
Grid Reference
NZ424200564400
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 34