Elswick, Cromwell Street, High Elswick Inn

HER Number:
10390

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick, Cromwell Street, High Elswick Inn

Place:
Elswick

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Licensed Premises

Site Type: Specific:
Public House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. The High Elswick came near to closure in 1920 but magistrates agreed to renew its licence with a caution as to 'the licensee allowing women to gather together and remains on the premises'. Fell under the Cromwell St Compulsary Purchase Order in 1970. Closed 1972.

Easting:
2340

Northing:
6414

Grid Reference:
NZ23406414

Lats/Lons:

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