Croft Street Brewery (Stag Brewery)

HER Number:
11083

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Croft Street Brewery (Stag Brewery)

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Food and Drink Industry Site

Site Type: Specific:
Brewery

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
John Lumsden & Co. began their brewing business at this brewery, which stood near to the 'Lying-in Hospital' (HER 5973). William Miller, a porter merchant, began brewing at the 'Stag Brewery' in Croft Street around 1850. By the early 1860s he also had porter vaults in Pilgrim Street and a spirit store in Hardcastle Court. He retired around 1867.

Easting:
425100

Northing:
564400

Grid Reference:
NZ425100564400

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 41