Forth Street, The Hope and Anchor Public House
Forth Street, The Hope and Anchor Public House
HER Number
15061
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Forth Street, The Hope and Anchor 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 the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1859. Forth Street was laid out in 1811. The pub will have been demolished when the line of Forth Street was moved south to accommodate a widening of the railway before 1896.
Easting
424630
Northing
563760
Grid Reference
NZ424630563760
Sources
PLB Consulting Ltd with Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2001, The Stephenson Quarter, Newcastle upon Tyne - Conservation Plan and Archaeological Assessment, page 6; Ordnance Survey First Edition 1859; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 28