Tyne and Wear HER(15664): Shieldfield, Hewgill Terrace, Inham Arms Pub (Melbourne) - Details
15664
Newcastle
Shieldfield, Hewgill Terrace, Inham Arms Pub (Melbourne)
Shieldfield
NZ26SE
Commercial
Licensed Premises
Public House
Early Modern
C19
Demolished Building
The Ingham Arms until 1873, then the Melbourne or Melbourne House. Bought by WB Reid for £6,155 in 1920. Closed in 1974. Known locally as the 'Verger's Arms' because men attending 11 o' clock Mass on a Sunday at St. Dominic's often came into the pub when it opened at 12 o' clock.
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Brian Bennison, 1996, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two - The North and East, p 20