Palace Street, The Edinburgh House

HER Number

17403

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Palace Street, The Edinburgh House

Place

Elswick

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

Demolished Building

Description

The Edinburgh House. Beer and wine licence. Owned by Leith distillers W D Thompson. It had a quoit ground at the rear when it shut up shop in 1906. Exact location unknown.

Easting

423000

Northing

563000

Grid Reference

NZ423000563000

Sources

Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West