Byker, Byker Bank, Byker House Public House

HER Number:
15850

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, Byker Bank, Byker House Public House

Place:
Byker

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:
Demolished Building

Description:
On the corner of Ripponden Street. A small free house known locally as 'Jack Charlton's' after its licensee from 1900. Jack Charlton died in 1928. The pub lost its licence in 1929. It was demolished in 1931.

Easting:
2644

Northing:
6452

Grid Reference:
NZ26446452

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 31