Scotswood Road, Royal Oak Inn

HER Number

10170

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Scotswood Road, Royal Oak Inn

Place

Elswick

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

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Newcastle Breweries House. In 1892 the Royal Oak had a spacious bar and two small sitting rooms on the ground floor and a billiard room, club room and small sitting room on the first floor. Had entrances on Scotswood Road, Ivy Street and Oak Street. Closed 1963.

Easting

423860

Northing

563380

Grid Reference

NZ423860563380

Sources

Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West