Newcastle, High Bridge, Duke of Wellington Public House

HER Number:
15553

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, High Bridge, Duke of Wellington 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:
Extant Building

Description:
Known for many years as Stokoe's after wine merchants Stokoe & Co who ran their business from High Bridge and Grey Street. It's manager William Campbell weighed 52 stones when he died aged 22 in 1878. He was almost 6 feet 4 inches tall with 96 inch shoulders and a 76 inch chest. A few months before his death, Campbell was visited by a doctor who published his findings in the Lancet. In 1945 the Duke of Wellington was sold to a private buyer for £7,500. WB Reid rented it for £360 per year. In 1959 it was sold again for £15,250. It's upper floors were taken out of the licenced premises. In 1978 it was bought by CAMRA Investments. In 1982 it was sold to Joshua Tetley. It became a 'one-room' public house.

Easting:
2489

Northing:
6418

Grid Reference:
NZ24896418

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume One - The Central Area, p 21