Tyne and Wear HER(15553): High Bridge, Duke of Wellington Public House - Details
15553
Newcastle
High Bridge, Duke of Wellington Public House
Newcastle
NZ26SW
Commercial
Eating and Drinking Establishment
Public House
POST MEDIEVAL
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Extant Building
Known for many years as Stokoe's after wine merchants Stokoe & Co who ran their business from High Bridge and Grey Street. It's manager William Campbell weighed 52 stones when he died aged 22 in 1878. He was almost 6 feet 4 inches tall with 96 inch shoulders and a 76 inch chest. A few months before his death, Campbell was visited by a doctor who published his findings in the Lancet. In 1945 the Duke of Wellington was sold to a private buyer for £7,500. WB Reid rented it for £360 per year. In 1959 it was sold again for £15,250. It's upper floors were taken out of the licenced premises. In 1978 it was bought by CAMRA Investments. In 1982 it was sold to Joshua Tetley. It became a 'one-room' public house.
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Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume One - The Central Area, p 21