Croft Street Brewery (Stag Brewery)
Croft Street Brewery (Stag Brewery)
HER Number
11083
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Croft Street Brewery (Stag Brewery)
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Food and Drink Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Brewery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
John Lumsden & Co. began their brewing business at this brewery, which stood near to the 'Lying-in Hospital' (HER 5973). William Miller, a porter merchant, began brewing at the 'Stag Brewery' in Croft Street around 1850. By the early 1860s he also had porter vaults in Pilgrim Street and a spirit store in Hardcastle Court. He retired around 1867.
Easting
425100
Northing
564400
Grid Reference
NZ425100564400
Sources
Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 41