Scotswood Road, Atlas Public House

HER Number

17387

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Scotswood Road, Atlas Public House

Place

Elswick

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

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 majority of Elswick's pubs and beerhouses were along Scotswood Road. The Atlas, owned by Cameron's, was threatened with closure in 1928 but survived by providing proper lavatory accomodation for both sexes and making good dilapidations. It closed in 1933. Location unknown.

Easting

423600

Northing

563300

Grid Reference

NZ423600563300

Sources

Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West