Newcastle, South Street, Battery Inn

HER Number:
11062

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, South Street, Battery 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:
John Rowell moved from the Battery Brewery in 1850 to the Charles XII of Sweden Inn at Bridge End. George Brown, innkeeper, brewed on these premises from 1860. A brewery which could produce 20 half-barrels was built in its yard in the 1850s. In 1879 John Buchanan took over the brewery. It lost its licence in 1888.

Easting:
2471

Northing:
6379

Grid Reference:
NZ24716379

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 22, 52; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 28