Newcastle, Armorer's Chare, Brewery

HER Number:
10875

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Armorer's Chare, Brewery

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Brewing and Malting Site

Site Type: Specific:
Brewery

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A directory of 1778 lists a Mrs Reed as common brewer in Armorer's Chare. In 1780 the premises of Mary Reed were described as 'a good dwelling house' with other buildings equipped with 'fixed coppers, backs and cellars, granaries, horsemill and stabling'. In 1787 the business was occupied by Thomas Burdon & Co. The address was given as Peacock Entry. In Baillie's directory of 1801 the property of Messrs Burdon & [John] Rayne was listed at Custom House Entry. In 1812 Thomas Burdon ran the company alone. He was knighted in 1816 and died in 1826. The brewery was put up for auction in 1827 consisting of a brewhouse, three cellars, a stable, three offices and a malting. In Broad Garth there was another malting, a bond cellar, spirit cellar, cooper's shop, loft and drayman's house. 18 public houses were also offered for sale.

Easting:
253

Northing:
639

Grid Reference:
NZ253639

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 2000, Tyneside's Most Respectable Breweries of 1801, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 5, Vol. XXVIII, p 217-8; J. Baillie, 1801, Impartial History of the Town and County of Newcastle upon Tyne and its Vicinity, p 530