Drury Lane, Duke of Wellington Public House

HER Number

15554

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Drury Lane, Duke of Wellington Public House

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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

Demolished Building

Description

The Duke of Wellington may have moved from one side of Drury Lane to the other around 1860. By 1890 it was a 'good sized bar and sitting room enjoying a selecting trade'. When it closed in 1960 the licensee was Florence Thompson who had been there for 42 years.

Easting

424990

Northing

564090

Grid Reference

NZ424990564090

Sources

Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume One - The Central Area, p 23