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OLD MILL LANE – DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND STREET

The Duke of Northumberland stood on  Old Mill Lane at top of Northumberland St, just off Sanvey Gate, (Northgate Street…

Northumberland St.

BLACKSMITHS ARMS – STAG & HOUNDS, 48 NORTHGATE STREET

Stood on the corner of Northgate Street and Pringle Street. Earliest record thus far is August 1839, when John Barradell…

Northgate

FORTUNE OF WAR – TIGER, 14 NORTHGATE STREET

The Fortune of War was known as the Tiger circa 1860s – 1871 before reverting to its reverted to its…

demolished pubs, Northgate

HORSE & JOCKEY, 10 NORTHGATE STREET

Piggot’s Directory of 1822 lists Northgate Street, Horse & Jockey. Auctioned in 1843, again in 1868, owned by James Coulson…

Northgate

NAG HEAD – GREAT CENTRL – VAN DAMME’S, 2 NORTHGATE

Edward Bailey was recorded as keeping the Nags Head in 1815, and it kept its name until Everards purchased the…

demolished pubs, Northgate

ORANGE TREE, 55 NORTHGATE

Not until Sarah Sharpe circa 1820 did the pub seem have a name.  JR writes that it existed at least…

demolished pubs, Northgate

FREEMASONS ARMS, YORK CASTLE – JOLLY BUTCHER, 45 NORTHGATE STREET

Formally the Freemasons Arms but from circa 1835 ran by John and Elizabeth York – so the inspiration for the…

demolished pubs, Northgate

CROWN & THISTLE, 29 NORTHGATE

             Photo above: Standing almost right next to the Earl of Stamford. A pub since…

demolished pubs, Northgate

EARL STAMFORD ARMS – EARL OF STAMFORD & WARRINGTON – STAMFORD HOTEL, 23 NORTHGATE

Photo above: Earl of Stamford Hotel circa 1890, on the right of Bowstring Bridge, with hanging lamps outside. The Crown…

Northgate

HARE & HOUNDS – OLD HARE, NORTHGATE

Recorded in 1790, with Thomas Pick as licensee, and known as the Hare & Hounds circa 1794. The Butler family…

Northgate

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