City Road, Druid's Arms Public House

HER Number

10585

District

Newcastle

Site Name

City Road, Druid's Arms Public House

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Eating and Drinking Establishment

Site Type: Specific

Public House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. A brewhouse was constructed in a stable here in 1862. John Henderson was brewer from 1865 to 1867 and his wife Elizabeth ran the brewery until 1874. The pub was bought by John Fitzgerald in 1895 and closed in 1907. Now under flats (HER 9883).

Easting

425690

Northing

564210

Grid Reference

NZ425690564210

Sources

Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 38; Bennison, Brian, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 22