South Shields, Inn with Brewery

HER Number:
4486

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Inn with Brewery

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Licensed Premises

Site Type: Specific:
Public House

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The Melsonsby Book of 1235 records an inn at Shields. It mentions that the brewers of the Shields paid the Prior and Convent of Durham for bracinage, or the right to brew ale. In 1256 four breweries were recorded in the town.

Easting:
36

Northing:
66

Grid Reference:
NZ3666

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4486 >> G.B. Hodgson, 1903, The Borough of South Shields, p 40-41, 59