Forth Street, The Hope and Anchor Public House

HER Number:
15061

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Forth Street, The Hope and Anchor 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:
Shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1859. Forth Street was laid out in 1811. The pub will have been demolished when the line of Forth Street was moved south to accommodate a widening of the railway before 1896.

Easting:
424630

Northing:
563760

Grid Reference:
NZ424630563760

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
PLB Consulting Ltd with Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2001, The Stephenson Quarter, Newcastle upon Tyne - Conservation Plan and Archaeological Assessment, page 6; Ordnance Survey First Edition 1859; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 28