The Close, Duke of Cumberland

HER Number:
6681

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
The Close, Duke of Cumberland

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Eating and Drinking Establishment

Site Type: Specific:
Public House

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The Close, Duke of Cumberland Shown on second edition Ordnance Survey 10.56” to 1 mile revision. Seems to have been much reduced in frontage. George Henderson 1783 innkeeper, Thomas Bell 1777. Mr Henderson’s freehold against Bankside. Stone, 3 storeys

Easting:
425080

Northing:
563790

Grid Reference:
NZ425080563790

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Photograph by John Nolan, Newcastle City Archaeological Unit; Barbara Harbottle, 1973, No. 26 The Close, Newcastle upon Tyne in Archaeological Newsbulletin for Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland, No. 4, May 1973, pp 10-11; Bennison, Brian, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume One, The Central Area, p 40