Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. The 'Electric Telegraph' was bought by the Tyne Brewery in 1873. Rebuilt in 1896. The name was shortened in 1960. Strong red brick façade and slate mansard roof.
Site Name
Forth Street, Telegraph Inn
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
10205
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 19; Newcastle City Council, 2001, South of Central Station Character Statement, p 26; National Monuments Record monument no. 954966, building file BF064134
YEAR1
2008
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
07
District
Newcastle
Easting
424810
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563750
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Courtyard
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Name
Orchard Street, Pringle's Court
Site Type: Specific
Courtyard
HER Number
10204
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896
YEAR1
2008
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
07
District
Newcastle
Easting
424810
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563760
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Courtyard
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Name
Orchard Street, Slinn's Court
Site Type: Specific
Courtyard
HER Number
10203
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; PLB Consulting Ltd with Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2001, The Stephenson Quarter, Newcastle upon Tyne - Conservation Plan and Archaeological Assessment
YEAR1
2008
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
07
District
Newcastle
Easting
424820
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563680
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Engineering Industry Site
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Name
Orchard Street, Engineering Works
Site Type: Specific
Engineering Works
HER Number
10202
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
07
DAY2
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
422400
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
01
MONTH2
02
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563310
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Elswick
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Name references nearby Elswick Works (HER 4315). A WB Reid house. Landlord for almost 20 years from 1938 was former boxer Seaman Tommy Watson. His wife was officially the licensee between 1938 and 1945. Watson left the Gun to take over the Blackie Boy in the Groat Market. Closed early 1970s.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Name references nearby Elswick Works (HER 4315). A WB Reid house. Landlord for almost 20 years from 1938 was former boxer Seaman Tommy Watson. His wife was officially the licensee between 1938 and 1945. Watson left the Gun to take over the Blackie Boy in the Groat Market. Closed early 1970s. Pub remembered as a rendezvous for the sporting fraternity - customers included famous boxers and Jack Allen (NUFC).
Site Name
Scotswood Road, Gun Inn
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
10191
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West
YEAR1
2008
YEAR2
2016
English, British
Class
Education
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
07
District
Newcastle
Easting
422680
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563250
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Elswick
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Institute
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Mechanics Institutes were buildings where artisans could learn more about their craft and the science behind it. They could use the reading room and attend lectures. Such institutes were set up to take up the ideas of Jeremy Bentham, politician and reformer (1723-90). London's Mechanic Institute was founded in 1824 by George Birkbeck. By 1844 there were 200 institutes in Britain with 50,000 members. By the 1850s however the institutes were mostly attended by clerks and shopkeepers and the artisan interest declined. Nevertheless mechanics institutes can be regarded as the forerunner of modern professional engineering bodies {Dictionary of Industrial Archaeology}.