Diana Street, King's Arms Public House

Diana Street, King's Arms Public House

HER Number
10706
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Diana Street, King's Arms Public House
Place
Elswick
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. Originally known as the Travellers Rest, renamed Kings Arms probably in 1878 during rebuilding. In 1892 the ground floor of the building had a bar divided into a general bar and bottle & jug department, and a small sitting room from which a cellar had been partitioned. It was being rented by Mrs Davison for £130 per annum. It closed in the late 1980s but was reopened by Legendary Yorkshire Heros company in 1990 when the name was chaned to O'Dwyer's, the Cuckoo (a 19th century nickname) and the Magpie in 1994. 1998 derelict.
Easting
423880
Northing
564420
Grid Reference
NZ423880564420
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West