Elswick, Diana Street, King's Arms Public House

HER Number:
10706

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick, Diana Street, King's Arms Public House

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. Originally known as the Travellers Rest, renamed Kings Arms probably in 1878 during rebuilding. In 1892 the ground floor of the building had a bar divided into a general bar and bottle & jug department, and a small sitting room from which a cellar had been partitioned. It was being rented by Mrs Davison for £130 per annum. It closed in the late 1980s but was reopened by Legendary Yorkshire Heros company in 1990 when the name was chaned to O'Dwyer's, the Cuckoo (a 19th century nickname) and the Magpie in 1994. 1998 derelict.

Easting:
2388

Northing:
6442

Grid Reference:
NZ23886442

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