Bell Street, Wooden Doll Public House

HER Number

9438

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Bell Street, Wooden Doll Public House

Place

North Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Eating and Drinking Establishment

Site Type: Specific

Public House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

The oldest public house in North Shields. Built in 1794 as The King's Head. It supposedly had a tunnel which helped local seamen escape press gangs.

Easting

436210

Northing

568530

Grid Reference

NZ436210568530

Sources

North Tyneside Council, Draft Local List Nominations, 2006; North Tyneside Council and Nexus, North Shields Heritage Trail, board 11 'Black Middens'