Newcastle, Forth Street, The Hope and Anchor Public House

HER Number:
15061

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Forth Street, The Hope and Anchor Public House

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Licensed Premises

Site Type: Specific:
Public House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1859. Forth Street was laid out in 1811. The pub will have been demolished when the line of Forth Street was moved south to accommodate a widening of the railway before 1896.

Easting:
2463

Northing:
6376

Grid Reference:
NZ24636376

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
PLB Consulting Ltd with Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2001, The Stephenson Quarter, Newcastle upon Tyne - Conservation Plan and Archaeological Assessment, page 6; Ordnance Survey First Edition 1859; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 28