Shieldfield, Shield Street, Shieldfield Inn

HER Number:
11060

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Shieldfield, Shield Street, Shieldfield Inn

Place:
Shieldfield

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Inn

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Sarah Brewis brewed at the Shieldfield Inn from 1846 to 1863. This small brewery could produce about 8 half barrels. John Sanderson then bought the brewery. Until recently the pub was owned by Newcastle Breweries, now by Cameron's. It is now known as 'Ye Olde Shieldfield Inn'.

Easting:
256

Northing:
650

Grid Reference:
NZ256650

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 21; Bennison, Brian, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, pp 17-18