Walker, Felling View, Lord Raglan Inn

HER Number:
15889

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walker, Felling View, Lord Raglan Inn

Place:
Walker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Inn

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
A beerhouse probably dating to the 1850s. Named after the British Commander-in-Chief in the Crimean War who was ennobled in 1852 and died in 1855. In 1911 the pub included a bar, two sitting rooms, a bottle and jug department, a five-roomed house and rear yard with a quoit ground. In 1938 a new select room was built. In 1945 the pub was bought by Robert Deuchar. A full licence was granted in 1960. It closed in 1980.

Easting:
28833

Northing:
63110

Grid Reference:
NZ2883363110

Lats/Lons:

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