Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Now under a re-routed Melbourne Street. Bought by Steel Coulson in 1907. Was one of 16 public houses secured by Vaux when they absorbed the Edinburgh firm in 1959. Closed in 1968. Its licence was used to open the Man in the Moon in Princess Square. When the Royal Victoria was demolished, the red granite façade was salvaged and used for six polished name plates for John Dobson Street.
Site Name
Melbourne Street, Royal Victoria Hotel Public Hous
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
10593
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Bennison, Brian, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 21
YEAR1
2008
YEAR2
2013
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
DAY2
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
425630
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
01
MONTH2
05
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564330
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Leased by Newcastle Breweries. Closed in 1914.
Site Name
Buxton Street, Globe Tavern Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
10592
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Bennison, Brian, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 21
YEAR1
2008
YEAR2
2013
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
425650
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Factory
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Name
Buxton Street, Tobacco Manufactory
Site Type: Specific
Tobacco Factory
HER Number
10591
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
DAY2
06
District
Newcastle
Easting
425720
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
01
MONTH2
03
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564320
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Reform Methodist Church shown on 1860 10ft map. Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition as Chapel Buildings. The chapel seems to survive in Buxton House on the corner with Gibson Street.
Site Name
Buxton Street, Methodist Chapel (Primitive)
Site Type: Specific
Primitive Methodist Chapel
HER Number
10590
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and N Tyneside, a survey
YEAR1
2008
YEAR2
2012
English, British
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
425710
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564380
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Urban Space
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Name
Buxton Street, Victoria Place
Site Type: Specific
Square
HER Number
10589
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
425690
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564350
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Inn
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Name
Buxton Street, Three Crowns Inn
Site Type: Specific
Inn
HER Number
10588
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
425670
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564360
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Metal Industry Site
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Name
Buxton Street, smithy
Site Type: Specific
Blacksmiths Workshop
HER Number
10587
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
DAY2
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
425730
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
01
MONTH2
05
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564220
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Now under flats (HER 9883).
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Altered in 1906 and demolished in 1937 under a slum clearance order. Now under flats (HER 9883).
Site Name
City Road, Butcher's Arms Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
10586
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Bennison, Brian, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 22
YEAR1
2008
YEAR2
2013
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
17
DAY2
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
425690
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
01
MONTH2
05
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564210
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. A brewhouse was constructed in a stable here in 1862. John Henderson was brewer from 1865 to 1867 and his wife Elizabeth ran the brewery until 1874. The pub was bought by John Fitzgerald in 1895 and closed in 1907. Now under flats (HER 9883).
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. A brewhouse was constructed in a stable here in 1862. John Henderson was brewer from 1865 to 1867 and his wife Elizabeth ran the brewery until 1874. The pub was bought by John Fitzgerald in 1895 and closed in 1907. Its licence was removed in 1908. Now under flats (HER 9883).
Site Name
City Road, Druid's Arms Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
10585
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 38; Bennison, Brian, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 22