Westgate Road, Cookson's Arms Hotel Public House
Westgate Road, Cookson's Arms Hotel Public House
HER Number
10701
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Westgate Road, Cookson's Arms 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. The pub name commemorates Issac Cookson who owned the estate - in the 1820s he named Arthur's Hill after his son. Closed 1910.
Easting
423530
Northing
564280
Grid Reference
NZ423530564280
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