Old Pubs of Bishop Auckland
A list of pubs in Bishop Auckland in 1894. Courtesy of Mr. Howard Chadwick, author of 'Cast in Paradise' an historical novel based on fact and set in nineteenth century Witton Park, Co. Durham. http://www.castinparadise.co.uk/
There is also loads of information on the old pubs of Bishop on Barbara Laurie's website at: http://www.bishopaucklandhistory.co.uk/forum//read.php?2,139
| No | 1894 | Street | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alma | 5, South Church Rd. | Closed December 1982 |
| 2 | Angel | 56, Market Place | Gillletes Tyres then Harveys[?] fun pub |
| 3 | Bay Horse | Woodhouses | |
| 4 | Bay Horse | 40, Bondagte | Oldest in Co Durham - 1530 AD |
| 5 | Black Boy | 93, Newgate St. | Silver Bugle / Tut & Shive [Street no.68 in 2000 ] |
| 6 | Black Bull | Pulled down to open Tenters St | |
| 7 | Black Horse | 110, Newgate St. | Shop |
| 8 | Bridge Hotel | 45, Newton Cap Bank | Demolished 1900/01 |
| 9 | Bridge Inn | Newton Cap Bank | |
| 10 | Charles in the Royal Oak | King St / Silver St | Old N.E. Electric |
| 11 | Commercial | 49, Market Place | The Castle : RBL : Fitness Centre |
| 12 | Court Inn | 6, High Bondgate | Formerley: Railway / Hare & Hounds |
| 13 | Crown | 1, North Bondgate | Closed pre 1939 now house |
| 14 | Cumberland | South Rd. [Newgate St] | |
| 15 | Derby | 1, Tenters St | |
| 16 | Durham | South Rd [Newgate St] | Halfords then Fabrica |
| 17 | Eagle | Wear Chare | Next to the brewery at the top of Wear Chare |
| 18 | Edinburgh Castle | 31 Bondgate | Shop |
| 19 | Fleece | 1, Bondgate | or Golden Fleece now betting shop. |
| 20 | Gaunless | 24, Durham Chare | |
| 21 | George Hotel | 68, Bondgate | Demolished pre 1939 |
| 22 | Green Tree | 12, Cockton Hill Rd. | |
| 23 | Harp Inn | 9, Thompson St. | |
| 24 | Kings Arms | 41, Market Place | |
| 25 | Lather Brush | Etherley Lane | |
| 26 | Live & Let Live | Town Head | |
| 27 | Locomotive Engine | Near Kings Head | |
| 28 | Maid of Erin | 10, West Rd. | |
| 29 | Malt Shovel | Walter Wilson 1875 | |
| 30 | Market Hotel | 122, Newgate St | Smiths Cleaners |
| 31 | Masons Arms | Etherley Dene | |
| 32 | Miners Arms | 22, High Tenters St | |
| 33 | Mitre | South Rd.[Newgate St] | Now Hogans |
| 34 | Nags Head | 38, South Church Rd | Closed 1976 |
| 35 | Newton Cap Hotel | 1 Newton Cap Bank | |
| 36 | Pollards Inn | Etherley Lane | |
| 37 | Post Office Hotel | 2, Newgate St | Moses Jewellers |
| 38 | Queens Head | Etherley Dene | Demolished 1970 |
| 39 | Queens Head Hotel | Market Place | |
| 40 | Red Lion | 116, Newgate St. | Shop |
| 41 | Royal George | Newgate / Victoria St | Offices |
| 42 | Seven Stars | 14, High Bondgate | Houses |
| 43 | Shepherds Inn | 11, Bondgate | Assembly Rooms / later Bondgate Motors & Reas Café |
| 44 | Spirit Vaults | 4, Bondgate | Now Coopers |
| 45 | Sportsman | 34, Market Place | |
| 46 | Station | South Rd [Newgate St] | |
| 47 | Sun Inn | Blue Row | Demolished - licence to Grand Hotel |
| 48 | Sun Inn | 2, High Bondgate | Formerly The Tiger [now at Beamish museum] |
| 49 | Talbot | 52, Market Place | Pound Stretchers |
| 50 | Theatre Bar | 63, Newgate St | Demolished 1968/70 |
| 51 | Three Blue Bells | 42, Newgate St | Formerley the Thistle Hotel, now a shop. |
| 52 | Three Tuns | 22, Newgate St. | Boots the Chemists |
| 53 | Three Tuns | 9, Bondgate | Demolished 1981, entrance to shopping mall |
| 54 | Tile Sheds | South Rd [Newgate St] | Now Kings Head |
| 55 | Turf Hotel | 127, Newgate St | Formerly the Criterion now Turners[?] shop. |
| 56 | Victoria | 13, West Rd. | Private House |
| 57 | Volunteers Arms | 108, Newgate St. | Wrights Hotel now Currys |
| 58 | Vulcan Hotel | Peel St | |
| 59 | Waterloo | 63, Newgate St | Rossi's Café Demolished 1984 |
| 60 | Wear Hotel | 21, Wear Chare | houses |
| 61 | Wear Hotel | 21, Wear Chare | Houses |
| 62 | Welcome Inn | Lower Waldron St. | |
| 63 | Wheatsheaf | 14, Bondagte | |
| 64 | White Lion | 120, Newgate St | Shop/Bank |
| 65 | Ye Oaklands | Bondgate | Part of Shepherds Assembly rooms |
Author: Town Centre Forum
Date Created: 02/12/2008 14:39:54
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