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7105


Newcastle


High Friar Street, Crown and Sceptre Public House


Newcastle


NZ26SW


Commercial


Eating and Drinking Establishment


Public House


POST MEDIEVAL


Victorian 1837 to 1901


Documentary Evidence


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.


424750


564420


NZ424750564420



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

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