Newcastle, Denton Chare, Cock Inn

HER Number:
15568

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Denton Chare, Cock Inn

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:
This pub featured in the song 'Billy Oliver's Ramble between Benwell and Newcastle' 1823. The pub was popular with miners. It was extended into St. Nicholas Square in the 1880s, and closed in the 1890s.

Easting:
2490

Northing:
6398

Grid Reference:
NZ24906398

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume One - The Central Area, p 27