Gallowgate, Bay Horse Inn

HER Number

6872

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Gallowgate, Bay Horse Inn

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Eating and Drinking Establishment

Site Type: Specific

Public House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Owned by Vaux. Its landlord for a while was Mr JP Watt, the son of Newcastle United's secretary Frank Watt. In 1903 the Northern Gossip invited football fans to take refreshments here before or after matches. The pub lost its licence in 1929.

Easting

424260

Northing

564430

Grid Reference

NZ424260564430

Sources

Ordnance Survey second edition map, 1890; Brian Bennison, 1996, Heady Days - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 1, The Central Area, p 9