Newgate Street, Victoria Hotel (Lennons)

HER Number

10667

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Newgate Street, Victoria Hotel (Lennons)

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 Ordnance Survey second edition. George Wilkinson brewed here from the late 1840s until the early 1850s. John Emmerson became licensee in 1875. In 1890 it passed to Jacob Wilkinson. It was in the ownership of Ind Coope when it closed in 1960.

Easting

424600

Northing

564220

Grid Reference

NZ424600564220

Sources

Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1850 to present day, p 34, 60; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 17