Tyne and Wear HER(7105): High Friar Street, Crown and Sceptre Public House - Details
7105
Newcastle
High Friar Street, Crown and Sceptre Public House
Newcastle
NZ26SW
Commercial
Eating and Drinking Establishment
Public House
POST MEDIEVAL
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Documentary Evidence
This public house was managed at the turn of the twentieth century by Will Cawley, a brilliant local boxer who fought for the highest honours. The pub became known as "Curley's Bar". Demolished to make way for Eldon Square Shopping Centre.
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Middlebrook, 1950, Newcastle upon Tyne: Its Growth and Achievements; Newcastle U3A Local History Group, 2001, A Brief History of Eldon Square South, Newcastle upon Tyne; B. Bennison, Brewers and Bottlers; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 18