Newcastle, Bigg Market, Fighting Cocks Inn and Brewery

HER Number:
11077

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Bigg Market, Fighting Cocks Inn and Brewery

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:
Roger Heron took over this inn and brewery in the 1840s and brewed there until 1856. On Thursdays a pig market was held near the inn, which was described as "the resort of farmers, pig-jobbers and the like". The inn closed around 1880.

Easting:
247

Northing:
641

Grid Reference:
NZ247641

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 38