Tyne and Wear HER(15864): Walker, Dent's Hole, Ship Public House - Details
15864
Newcastle
Walker, Dent's Hole, Ship Public House
Walker
NZ26SE
Commercial
Licensed Premises
Public House
Early Modern
C19
Demolished Building
By the late 19th century Dent's Hole was 'desolate and sad' with'everything about it hastening to decay'. The Ship closed in 1885. It had been a busy industrial area with Dent's Hole Quarry, St. Peter's Works and Dock. Greenland whaling ships docked here.
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63563
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Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 39