Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Closed in 1962. The pubs in Elswick were very much 'locals', generally serving the residents of a handful of streets in the immediate vicinity and not doing much evening trade before 8.30pm. The Crown, however, was usually the first public house to be visited by ex-convicts; being adjacent to the dole office.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Closed in 1962. The pubs in Elswick were very much 'locals', generally serving the residents of a handful of streets in the immediate vicinity and not doing much evening trade before 8.30pm. The Crown, however, was usually the first public house to be visited by ex-convicts; being adjacent to the dole office.
Site Name
Elswick Road, Crown Hotel Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
10329
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
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