Railway Street, Crown Hotel Public House
Railway Street, Crown Hotel Public House
HER Number
10150
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Railway Street, Crown Hotel Public House
Place
Newcastle
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. Became the Crown Inn in c.1938. Bought by McEwan's in 1926 and closed in the early 1980s to make way for the Redheugh Bridge.
Easting
424190
Northing
563430
Grid Reference
NZ424190563430
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