Shield Street, Shieldfield Inn

HER Number

11060

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Shield Street, Shieldfield Inn

Place

Shieldfield

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Inn

Site Type: Specific

Inn

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Sarah Brewis brewed at the Shieldfield Inn from 1846 to 1863. This small brewery could produce about 8 half barrels. John Sanderson then bought the brewery. Until recently the pub was owned by Newcastle Breweries, now by Cameron's. It is now known as 'Ye Olde Shieldfield Inn'.

Easting

425600

Northing

565000

Grid Reference

NZ425600565000

Sources

Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 21; Bennison, Brian, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, pp 17-18