Tyne and Wear HER(15811): Newcastle, Sandgate, Cross Keys Public House - Details
15811
Newcastle
Newcastle, Sandgate, Cross Keys Public House
Newcastle
NZ26SE
Commercial
Licensed Premises
Public House
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
Sandgate was once a crowded part of Newcastle, the stronghold of keelmen. By the First World War however town improvments swept much of it and its pubs away. Early closures included the Cross Keys.
2560
6405
NZ25606405
Brian Bennison, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 24