Byker, Lime Street, Royal Sovereign Public House

HER Number:
10567

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, Lime Street, Royal Sovereign Public House

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

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. John Nicholson brewed here until 1851. Then Margaret Nicholson took over, producing 8 half-barrels per brewing. Thomas Nichol ran the brewery until he went bankrupt in 1869. The pub closed in 1905.

Easting:
2626

Northing:
6434

Grid Reference:
NZ26266434

Lats/Lons:

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 46