Wallsend, High Street West, Railway Inn

HER Number

17479

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wallsend, High Street West, Railway Inn

Place

Wallsend

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

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

Railway Inn was in existance by 1861. It was closed in 1965 and demolished as part of the redevelopment of the central area of the town by the Murrayfield Trust. The brewery opened The Anson in 1967 as a replacement for the nearby Station Hotel and Railway Inn.

Easting

429780

Northing

566360

Grid Reference

NZ429780566360

Sources

Boundey, S. 2010, Wallsend Pubs and Clubs, p8