Gallowgate, Beeswing Public House

HER Number:
11092

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Gallowgate, Beeswing 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:
John Taylor started with Benjamin Ward as an ale and porter merchant in High Friar Street, with premises under a music hall and lecture theatre. In 1843 the partnership was dissolved. Taylor began brewing at the Beeswing at Gallowgate, producing up to 26 half-barrels of beer per brewing. He went bankrupt in 1853.

Easting:
424300

Northing:
564400

Grid Reference:
NZ424300564400

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 58