Gallowgate, Beeswing Public House

Gallowgate, Beeswing Public House

HER Number
11092
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Gallowgate, Beeswing 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
John Taylor started with Benjamin Ward as an ale and porter merchant in High Friar Street, with premises under a music hall and lecture theatre. In 1843 the partnership was dissolved. Taylor began brewing at the Beeswing at Gallowgate, producing up to 26 half-barrels of beer per brewing. He went bankrupt in 1853.
Easting
424300
Northing
564400
Grid Reference
NZ424300564400
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 58