Newcastle, Westgate Road, Cookson's Arms Hotel Public House

HER Number:
10701

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Westgate Road, Cookson's Arms Hotel Public House

Place:
Newcastle

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 pub name commemorates Issac Cookson who owned the estate - in the 1820s he named Arthur's Hill after his son. Closed 1910.

Easting:
2353

Northing:
6428

Grid Reference:
NZ23536428

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