Dent's Hole, George and Dragon Public House

HER Number:
15863

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Dent's Hole, George and Dragon 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:
By the late 19th century Dent's Hole was 'desolate and sad' with'everything about it hastening to decay'. The George and Dragon closed in 1878. It had been a busy industrial area with Dent's Hole Quarry, St. Peter's Works and Dock. Greenland whaling ships docked here.

Easting:
427630

Northing:
563563

Grid Reference:
NZ427630563563

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 39