Newcastle, Barrack Road, Windsor Hotel PH (General Moore)

HER Number:
10752

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Barrack Road, Windsor Hotel PH (General Moore)

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. Higginbottom's Windsor Castle referred to by locals as the 'Barrel' disappeared from Barrack Road in 1908. Until 1888 it had been the Sir John Moore, after the British general killed by Napoleonic troops in Spain. In 1870 the pub went on sale as the General Moore.

Easting:
2405

Northing:
6458

Grid Reference:
NZ24056458

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