Elswick, Scotswood Road, Atlas Public House

HER Number:
17387

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick, Scotswood Road, Atlas Public House

Place:
Elswick

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

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 majority of Elswick's pubs and beerhouses were along Scotswood Road. The Atlas, owned by Cameron's, was threatened with closure in 1928 but survived by providing proper lavatory accomodation for both sexes and making good dilapidations. It closed in 1933. Location unknown.

Easting:
236

Northing:
633

Grid Reference:
NZ236633

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West