Blackett Street, King's Head Public House
Blackett Street, King's Head Public House
HER Number
10653
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Blackett Street, King's Head Public House
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
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Demolished in the 1960s for Eldon Square Shopping Centre (HER 9787). Forster Crozier brewed here in the early 1870s.
Easting
424610
Northing
564470
Grid Reference
NZ424610564470
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 26; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 8