Groat Market, Flying Horse Public House
Groat Market, Flying Horse Public House
HER Number
11078
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Groat Market, Flying Horse 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
Robert Liddell brewed here from the late 1840s until 1858. He was part of Liddell, Webster & Liddell, retail and wholesale wine and spirit merchants of Grey Street. William Harding took over the Flying Horse until 1861. The pub was popularly known as 'the kitchen'. By 1863 the brewer was Jacob Hunter, electrical and galvanic machine manufacturer. He was bankrupt by 1871 when Robert Emmerson took over.
Easting
424800
Northing
564000
Grid Reference
NZ424800564000
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 39; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 24; F. Graham, 1976, Historic Newcastle, p 23; Nigel Green, 2009, Tough Times & Grisly Crimes, page 10