Walker Road, Royal Oak Public House

HER Number

15859

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Walker Road, Royal Oak Public House

Place

Walker

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

Demolished Building

Description

Called the Royal Collingwood Hotel around 1900. Known as Collingwood's for many years. Bought by Robert Deuchar in 1934. Demolished in the 1960s.

Easting

427390

Northing

563810

Grid Reference

NZ427390563810

Sources

Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 38