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17494


N Tyneside


Bigges Main, Masons Arms Public House


Bigges Main


NZ26NE


Commercial


Licensed Premises


Public House


Post Medieval


C18


Demolished Building


The Masons Arms was one of the oldest pubs in Wallsend and can be traced back to 1784. It was the village pub of Bigges Main. Closed 3rd March 1968. In process of being demolished when it burnt down. The pub was named after master stonemason Thomas Hedley who was the father-in-law of the first licensee, Septimus Widdrington.


2870


6688


NZ28706688



Boundey, S. 2010, Wallsend Pubs and Clubs, p17

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