In the 1840s and 50s John Carr brewed here. His daughters Mary Jane and Sarah took over after his death. Originally had a dwelling house, shop and brewhouse attached. It was owned by Robert Harrison of Stepney Tannery. Altered in 1890 and leased to Robert Deuchar. When Farquar Deuchar was managing the pub in 1897 he was fined £10 for selling whiskey which contained 21% water. The Brown Jug's licence was removed by magistrates in 1928. Reopened by Robert Deuchar as the Stepney Vaults. Closed in 1931. Demolished in 1936. The yard was surrounded by houses and flats with shared outside toilets. The dwellings had two rooms - a kitchen and a bedroom.

John Rowell moved from the Battery Brewery in 1850 to the Charles XII of Sweden Inn at Bridge End. George Brown, innkeeper, brewed on these premises from 1860. A brewery which could produce 20 half-barrels was built in its yard in the 1850s. In 1879 John Buchanan took over the brewery. It lost its licence in 1888. Forth Street was laid out in 1811. The pub will have been demolished when the line of Forth Street was moved south to accommodate a widening of the railway before 1896.

Cuthbert Brown was the owner from 1850 to 1856. Mark Gardner took over until 1868. The brewery could produce 15 half-barrels. The Robin Hood closed to make way for the Swing Bridge.

On corner of Shield Street and Franklin Street. 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. Altered in 1872. Bought by Newcastle Breweries and altered again in 1895, 1910 and 1937. In the early 1990s it was bought by Cameron's and renamed Ye Olde Shieldfield Inn. It then became a free house called Fletchers. It 1997 it suffered an arson attack.

John Banks brewed at the Burnt House Inn on The Side from the mid 1840s until 1857. Robert Kelly brewed there until 1865. The Burnt House was ran for some years by famous rower Harry Clasper. It was said to be 'one of the best known hostelries in Newcastle owing to the local fame of its proprietor, a consummate oarsman and truly one of nature's gentlemen'. The inn closed in 1877.

John Angus ran The Stag Brewery until his death in 1883. The brewery was part of a large property including houses, shops, a four-storey malting, the Stag Inn and Grapes Inn (HER 10739). After 1883 Addison Potter used the malting but the brewery itself became warehousing. Jacob Wilkinson owned the Stag Inn, which was closed by magistrates in 1907, described as 'a most unsuitable place - one of the worst in the city'.

1997 by Alberto Carneiro. Five boulders of white stone standing in a raised brick bed filled with grey granite chips. Commissioned as part of 'Four Seasons' a project organised by Gateshead MBC for the Year of Visual Arts UK. Meant to represent autumn. The sculpture stands on the site of Derwenthaugh Coke Works, now a park with the Derwent Walk close by. Reminiscent of the zen gardens of the far east, and reflects the stoneworking of the artist's home of rural Portugal. The five upright stones are named The Mother Stone, The Waterfall Stone, The Cave Stone, The Moon Stone and The Boat Stone.

1998 by Wendy Scott. On a low brick wall outside main entrance to Rohm and Haas Chemical Company. A polished and painted stainless steel sculpture in the shape of a Viking boat with Palmer's shipyard cranes above. Attached to it are five circular plaques showing a Roman mosaic, Saxon knotwork, the rose window from St. Paul's Church, Palmer's cranes and the crystal structure of salt.

1998 by David Edwick with writing by Linda France. A large sculpture in yellow Stanton Moor sandstone on the verge next to the main road. On the south side there is a carved eagle chasing a pigeon, with a pylon behind. On the north side there is a pigeon and a woman. The piece was designed in consultation with the local Homing Pigeon Society. The sculpture also includes lines from a poem by Linda France "NEVER STOP ASKING WHY. STAY SPRY AND KEEP A WEARTHER EYE. SEE HOW THE FEATHERS FLY, FALL LIE - THE BIRDS ARE HOME AND DRY". Funded from the Single Regeneration Budget and Northern Arts. Commissioned by City of Sunderland.