Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Altered in 1911. Bought by McEwan's in 1949. The manager for a long time was John Page, former ex-professional flyweight boxer Jackie 'Boy' Page. He only lost 6 of his 96 fights. In 1986 the Queen's Head became Baxter's Wine Bar. In 1989 it became Links. The licence was surrendered in 1992. The pub has been converted into the Joseph Cowen Healthcare Centre.
Site Name
Shields Road West, Queen's Head Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
10639
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 38
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
426520
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564730
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Byker
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Altered in 1876 and again in the 1890s. In 1924 it was bought by James Deuchar for £15,000. Rebuilt in 1928. In the 1990s it was called 'Wor Jackie's'. Demolished when Morrison's supermarket was built.
Site Name
Shields Road West, Ford Arms Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
10638
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 37
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Civil
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
6233
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
426670
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564820
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Byker
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Meeting Hall
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. This was the site of the first St. Silas Church which was built in 1876 and was built of iron. When the new church of St. Silas was built on Clifford Street in 1886, the iron church declined in importance. In 1904 a new two-storey Parochial Hall was built on the site. Today the building is occupied by Newbiggin Carpet Centre. It is brick with a slate roof and brick chimney. The gable end has barge boards and finial. Just above street level, below the windows in the gable end are two memorial stones bearing the date of 2nd November 1904. They were laid by the second Lord Armstrong (nephew of the first) and John Maling of the Maling Pottery. The new parish hall was designed by the architect A B Plummer. It had a basement, coal store and scullery, two upper floors each with a large hall and ante or class room. A hand lift brough hot water and crockery from the basement. The two halls were 55 feet x 42 feet. The St. Silas Parochial Hall was in use until 1980.
Site Name
St. Silas Hall, Heaton Park Road South
Site Type: Specific
Church Hall
HER Number
10637
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Ouseburn Heritage, Issue 5, pp 10-11
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
426410
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564730
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Byker
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Located in the middle of a terrace. Altered in 1874. From 1892 it was a Robert Deuchar pub. In 1896 it became a lock-up pub when the manager's rooms became a bar-less function room. This was also the meeting place of the Shipwrights' Association. Later called the Viaduct Hotel. The pub was said to be popular with women. It was closed to the Grand Theatre. The pub was the 'local' of Kenneth Moore when he was acting in the repertory company at the Grand Theatre before World War Two. The Viaduct closed in 1977.
Site Name
Wilfred Street, Ouseburn Viaduct Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
10636
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 37-38
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
426470
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564550
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Byker
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. In 1895 the licence of the original Half Moon on Byker Bar was transferred to a new Half Moon on the corner of Stephen Street and Byker Bank. The façade of the original pub was renewed in 1866. The yard was covered over in 1883. The new Half Moon was a Ridley, Cutter & Firth house, later Vaux. It closed in 1964.
Site Name
Byker Bank, Half Moon Inn
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
10635
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 31