Scotswood Road, Gun Inn

HER Number

10191

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Scotswood Road, Gun 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. Name references nearby Elswick Works (HER 4315). A WB Reid house. Landlord for almost 20 years from 1938 was former boxer Seaman Tommy Watson. His wife was officially the licensee between 1938 and 1945. Watson left the Gun to take over the Blackie Boy in the Groat Market. Closed early 1970s.

Easting

422400

Northing

563310

Grid Reference

NZ422400563310

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