Dent's Hole, George and Dragon Public House

HER Number

15863

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Dent's Hole, George and Dragon Public House

Place

Walker

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

By the late 19th century Dent's Hole was 'desolate and sad' with'everything about it hastening to decay'. The George and Dragon closed in 1878. It had been a busy industrial area with Dent's Hole Quarry, St. Peter's Works and Dock. Greenland whaling ships docked here.

Easting

427630

Northing

563563

Grid Reference

NZ427630563563

Sources

Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 39