Byker Bank, Byker Tavern

HER Number

15852

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Byker Bank, Byker Tavern

Place

Byker

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

Demolished Building

Description

Known as the 'Police Bar' when it was managed by a former policeman. It closed in 1970.

Easting

426500

Northing

564600

Grid Reference

NZ426500564600

Sources

Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 31-32