Byker Bank, Sun Inn

HER Number

11081

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Byker Bank, Sun Inn

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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

George Johnson brewed at the Sun Inn from the mid 1840s until 1857. Thomas Wilson operated there until 1860. The Sun Inn closed shortly afterwards.

Easting

426300

Northing

564400

Grid Reference

NZ426300564400

Sources

Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 39