Byker Bank, Byker House Public House

HER Number

15850

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Byker Bank, Byker House Public House

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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

Demolished Building

Description

On the corner of Ripponden Street. A small free house known locally as 'Jack Charlton's' after its licensee from 1900. Jack Charlton died in 1928. The pub lost its licence in 1929. It was demolished in 1931.

Easting

426440

Northing

564520

Grid Reference

NZ426440564520

Sources

Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 31