Walker, Walker Road, Bird's Nest Public House

HER Number:
15888

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walker, Walker Road, Bird's Nest Public House

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:
An Arroll's beerhouse. Between 1916-1945 the Bagnall family were landlords. In 1953 it became an Ind Coope pub. It took over the licence from the Phoenix in Newgate Street, Newcastle. In the 1960s the Bird's Nest was altered. It passed from Tetley's to Allied Breweries.

Easting:
29200

Northing:
63800

Grid Reference:
NZ2920063800

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 46