Newcastle, Sandgate, Sun Inn

HER Number:
15814

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Sandgate, Sun Inn

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

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:
Sandgate was once a crowded part of Newcastle, the stronghold of keelmen. By the First World War however town improvments swept much of it and its pubs away. Early closures included the Sun Inn.

Easting:
25

Northing:
64

Grid Reference:
NZ2564

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 24