West Boldon, St Nicholas Road, Wheatsheaf Public House

HER Number:
11460

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
West Boldon, St Nicholas Road, Wheatsheaf Public House

Place:
West Boldon

Map Sheet:
NZ36SE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Inn

Site Type: Specific:
Coaching Inn

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Former coaching inn. Rendered. First floor bay windows. Said to be haunted {Rob Kirkup, 2009}. Chairs have been said to move, kitchen utensils thrown across the room, customers pushed and touched and screaming heard during the night. The heavy industrial fridge doors are often found open even though the kitchen door was locked. A hand print of a child was found in a jelly. Professional medium Suzanne Hadwin said in 2004 that there were 37 spirits within the pub. One was a Jessica Ann Hargreaves who was murdered at the age of six reportedly by Joseph Lawrence, barman. A child's shoe, a torn piece of dress and a lock of hair were found in a blocked in fireplace. The Wheatsheaf was voted the most haunted public house in the UK.

Easting:
3504

Northing:
6106

Grid Reference:
NZ35046106

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
South Tyneside Council, 2002, West Boldon Conservation Area Character Appraisal; South Tyneside Council, 2006, West Boldon Conservation Area Management Plan, Draft SPD 11; Rob Kirkup, 2009, Ghostly Tyne & Wear, pages 113-114