Prudhoe Street, Smith's Arms Hotel Public House
Prudhoe Street, Smith's Arms Hotel Public House
HER Number
10724
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Prudhoe Street, Smith's Arms Hotel 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. Edward Armitage was brewing at this public house from the mid 1850s into the 1870s. He ran the pub until 1875 and remained owner until the late 1880s. The pub closed in 1939.
Easting
424770
Northing
564650
Grid Reference
NZ424770564650
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 15; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 9