Brown Kiln/New Flax Mill Public House

HER Number:
15841

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Brown Kiln/New Flax Mill Public House

Place:
Ouseburn

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

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:
The Brown Kiln was renamed the New Flax Mill in the late 1840s when John Dobson's new mill opened nearby. It closed in 1873.

Easting:
426213

Northing:
564489

Grid Reference:
NZ426213564489

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 28