Sandgate, Cross Keys Public House
Sandgate, Cross Keys Public House
HER Number
15811
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Sandgate, Cross Keys Public House
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
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
Sandgate was once a crowded part of Newcastle, the stronghold of keelmen. By the First World War however town improvments swept much of it and its pubs away. Early closures included the Cross Keys.
Easting
425600
Northing
564050
Grid Reference
NZ425600564050
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 24