Newgate Street, Royal Scotch Arms
Newgate Street, Royal Scotch Arms
HER Number
7895
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Newgate Street, Royal Scotch Arms
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Inn
Site Type: Specific
Inn
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
In the lower part of Newgate Street where the Swallow Hotel now stands (and before that the Empire Theatre) there used to be an inn called the Scotch Arms. It is the first recorded hostelry in Newcastle and appears on Speed's map of 1610.
Easting
424690
Northing
564160
Grid Reference
NZ424690564160
Sources
F. Graham, 1976, Historic Newcastle, p 19; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 13; Graham, F. 1959, Old Inns and Taverns of Northumberland