Bigg Market, Turk's Head

HER Number

7891

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Bigg Market, Turk's Head

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Inn

Site Type: Specific

Inn Theatre

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Built in 1744 by William Parker. Its great attraction was the cock-pit. The inn was demolished to make way for Grainger Street.

Easting

424700

Northing

564100

Grid Reference

NZ424700564100

Sources

F. Graham, 1976, Historic Newcastle, p 20; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, pp 26- 27; Graham, F. 1959, Old Inns and Taverns of Northumberland