Inn with Brewery

HER Number

4486

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Inn with Brewery

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Eating and Drinking Establishment

Site Type: Specific

Public House

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The Melsonsby Book of 1235 records an inn at Shields. It mentions that the brewers of the Shields paid the Prior and Convent of Durham for bracinage, or the right to brew ale. In 1256 four breweries were recorded in the town.

Easting

436000

Northing

566000

Grid Reference

NZ436000566000

Sources

<< HER 4486 >> G.B. Hodgson, 1903, The Borough of South Shields, p 40-41, 59