Scotswood Road, Falcon Inn

HER Number

10180

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Scotswood Road, Falcon 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. Known by many as the 'Bonny Bird', the pub had a statuette of its namesake over the door. Closed 1939.

Easting

423580

Northing

563280

Grid Reference

NZ423580563280

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