Newcastle, Westgate Road, Criterion Public House

HER Number:
15586

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Westgate Road, Criterion 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:
The Criterion was bought by James Deuchar in 1900. This small bar was threatened with closure after the Second World War. In 1951 it just clung onto its licence, promising that suitable men's toilets would be provided and that no women would be allowed to enter apart from those who worked there. The Criterion closed in 1857.

Easting:
245

Northing:
640

Grid Reference:
NZ245640

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume One - The Central Area, p 34