Bill Point, Hope and Anchor PH
Bill Point, Hope and Anchor PH
HER Number
15884
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Bill Point, Hope and Anchor PH
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
The Hope and Anchor is shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1861 as part of a small strip of buildings almost on the shore at Bill Point. This promontory into the River Tyne was removed as part of the river improvement scheme in the 1880s and the public house appears to have relocated northwards to the remnant of housing at Bill Point. This establishment was bought by W B Reid in 1899. Its licence was renewed in 1906. It closed in 1910.
Easting
429535
Northing
563208
Grid Reference
NZ429535563208
Sources
First Edition Ordnance Survey map; Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 45