Queen Street, Duke of Cumberland Public House
Queen Street, Duke of Cumberland Public House
HER Number
11095
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Queen Street, Duke of Cumberland 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
Documentary Evidence
Description
John Urwin was tenant of this pub in 1842 when brewing equipment capable of producing 7 half-barrels of beer per brewing was sold. He bought the pub in 1850 with new brewing plant capable of producing 15 half-barrels. He went bankrupt in 1853 and the pub closed in 1898.
Easting
425296
Northing
563906
Grid Reference
NZ425296563906
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 59