Walker, Fisher Street, Ship Inn/Ship Hotel

HER Number:
15871

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walker, Fisher Street, Ship Inn/Ship Hotel

Place:
Walker

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:
The Ship Inn's landlord in 1878 was George Blair, described as 'an esteemed and jovial host… undoubtedly one of the most popular men on Tyneside… genial, good-natured and credited with an abundance of common sense'. George Blair was born in Allendale. He was a policeman, then a farmer, before becoming a publican. He rebuilt the pub as the Ship Hotel in 1901 and did catering for ships. Newcastle Breweries later took it over. It closed in 1962.

Easting:
292

Northing:
638

Grid Reference:
NZ292638

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 44