Willington Quay, The Railway Inn

HER Number

11295

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Willington Quay, The Railway Inn

Place

Willington Quay

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Inn

Site Type: Specific

Inn

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition of 1856. Built c.1853. Nicknamed Johnny George's after one of its licensees, John Robert George, who became the licensee on 10th Feb 1932. Its name was changed to the Bogie Chain on 6th Feb 1990. The railway carriage attached to the building is used as a restaurant.

Easting

431800

Northing

566680

Grid Reference

NZ431800566680

Sources

Ordnance Survey first edition map 1856; Boundey, S. 2010, Wallsend Pubs and Clubs, p31