Denton Chare, Cock Inn

HER Number

15568

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Denton Chare, Cock Inn

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

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This pub featured in the song 'Billy Oliver's Ramble between Benwell and Newcastle' 1823. The pub was popular with miners. It was extended into St. Nicholas Square in the 1880s, and closed in the 1890s.

Easting

424900

Northing

563980

Grid Reference

NZ424900563980

Sources

Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume One - The Central Area, p 27