Front Street, Jolly Potter Public House

HER Number

12480

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Front Street, Jolly Potter Public House

Place

Newbottle

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

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

Extant Building

Description

Formerly named the Jolly Farmers (pre 1856). The only surviving 19th century pub in Newbottle. George Horn is listed as the landlord in Whellan's Directory 1856.

Easting

433690

Northing

551480

Grid Reference

NZ433690551480

Sources

Sunderland City Council, November 2008, Newbottle Village Conservation Area - Character Appraisal and Management Strategy, Consultation Draft; Borough of Sunderland, 1980, Newbottle Village District Plan Written Statement; G.E. Milburn, 1978, Newbottle: An Outline History; K. Richardson, 1989, Houghton-le-Spring and Hetton-le-Hole in Old Photographs; Whellan, W, 1856, History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham