High Friar Street, Crown and Sceptre Public House

HER Number:
7105

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
High Friar Street, Crown and Sceptre 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:
This public house was managed at the turn of the twentieth century by Will Cawley, a brilliant local boxer who fought for the highest honours. The pub became known as "Curley's Bar". Demolished to make way for Eldon Square Shopping Centre.

Easting:
424750

Northing:
564420

Grid Reference:
NZ424750564420

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Middlebrook, 1950, Newcastle upon Tyne: Its Growth and Achievements; Newcastle U3A Local History Group, 2001, A Brief History of Eldon Square South, Newcastle upon Tyne; B. Bennison, Brewers and Bottlers; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 18