Newcastle, Newgate Street, Royal Scotch Arms

HER Number:
7895

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Newgate Street, Royal Scotch Arms

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Inn

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
In the lower part of Newgate Street where the Swallow Hotel now stands (and before that the Empire Theatre) there used to be an inn called the Scotch Arms. It is the first recorded hostelry in Newcastle and appears on Speed's map of 1610.

Easting:
2469

Northing:
6416

Grid Reference:
NZ24696416

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
F. Graham, 1976, Historic Newcastle, p 19; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 13; Graham, F. 1959, Old Inns and Taverns of Northumberland