Gardner's Brewery

HER Number

4565

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Gardner's Brewery

Place

North Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Food and Drink Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Brewery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Stuart 1603 to 1714

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Ralph Gardner of Chirton was imprisoned in 1652 for refusing to close his brewery in North Shields. This is regarded as evidence of the Newcastle Corporation attempting to stifle commerce at North Shields.

Easting

435000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ435000568000

Sources

<< HER 4565 >> H.H.E. Craster, 1907, History of Northumberland, Vol. VIII, p 308