Newcastle, Prudhoe Street, County Inn

HER Number:
10740

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Prudhoe Street, County 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. A brewery was attached to it around 1865. The inn was bought by F.M. Laing in 1886 and rebuilt in 1897. It closed around 1940, reopening as an upholstery workshop. Site now under multi storey car park.

Easting:
2468

Northing:
6464

Grid Reference:
NZ24686464

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 75; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 9