High Friar Street, Crown and Sceptre Public House
High Friar Street, Crown and Sceptre Public House
HER Number
7105
District
Newcastle
Site Name
High Friar Street, Crown and Sceptre Public House
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
This public house was managed at the turn of the twentieth century by Will Cawley, a brilliant local boxer who fought for the highest honours. The pub became known as "Curley's Bar". Demolished to make way for Eldon Square Shopping Centre.
Easting
424750
Northing
564420
Grid Reference
NZ424750564420
Sources
Middlebrook, 1950, Newcastle upon Tyne: Its Growth and Achievements; Newcastle U3A Local History Group, 2001, A Brief History of Eldon Square South, Newcastle upon Tyne; B. Bennison, Brewers and Bottlers; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 18