Tyne and Wear HER(7893): Newcastle, Butcher Bank, Nag's Head - Details
7893
Newcastle
Newcastle, Butcher Bank, Nag's Head
Newcastle
NZ26SE
Commercial
Inn
Post Medieval
C17
Documentary Evidence
This well known hostelry was at the foot of Butcher Bank. It was described by three Norwich travellers in 1634 as a "stately prince-like freestone Inne, in which we tasted a cupp of good wine". The landlord at this time was Leonard Carr. It was described in 1635 by Sir William Brereton of Cheshire as 'the fairest built inn in England'. It was demolished in 1862. According to tradition it was the home of the Mayors of the town before they moved to the Mansion House in the Close.
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639
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F. Graham, 1976, Historic Newcastle, p 20; Graham, F. 1959, Old Inns and Taverns of Northumberland