Newcastle, Gallowgate, Wheatsheaf Inn

HER Number:
10678

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Gallowgate, Wheatsheaf Inn

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Inn

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Robert Brewis brewed here from the late 1840s until around 1860. John Nicholson occupied the premises from 1860 until 1881. The inn closed in 1923.

Easting:
2437

Northing:
6440

Grid Reference:
NZ24376440

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1850 to present day, p 21; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 9