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City Centre : Over the Water (outer)

 Division 1 : Area 1

Cowgate (North) : group 10

. . . 9 pubs in this group . . . 2 still serving.

 Meaning of symbols

The Prince of Wales (opposite the King's Head),
on the corner of Cowgate, is in Group 9.

This group was intended to cover only that part of Cowgate
which is North of (or on the line of) the Inner Ring Road.  
See Area 2 for Cowgate (South).

But there are four pubs which could fall into either category.

Listing
The first five pubs, listed below, follow Cowgate
in the direction of Magdalen Street.
For convenience, the four doubtful cases are listed at the end.
A - B - C   order
Flask : Griffin : Jolly Maltsters : King's Head : Plasterers Arms

Queen's Head : Rose (B) : St. Paul's Tavern : White Swan  
1.     Identity code 419 ^Top^
King's Head : Destroyed c. 1936 NOW New housing
Brewery Tie : Not applicable

    24 Barrack Street
    (North side)
    Earlier No. 1
    SE corner, Cowgate
Other names :-
Henry VIII (1839)
King's Arms (1861)		 Classic Tie - S & P

General Remarks :-
Beerhouse (1850, 1859)

 1806
to
Nov. 1934		 Empty
Research :   History 419
 
2.     Identity code 706 ^Top^
White Swan : Destroyed NOW Highway
Brewery Tie : (orig.) Richard Crawshay

    79-81 Cowgate
    (East side)
Other names :-
Oct. 1867 : Swan		 Classic Tie - YCY (1851)

General Remarks :-
Beerhouse (1850, 1875)

 1760
to
Jun. 1920		 Empty
Research :   History 706
 
3.     Identity code 472 ^Top^
Jolly Maltsters : Closed NOW
Brewery Tie : Not applicable

    47 Cowgate
    (North side)
    Just E. of Bull Close
    W. of Finch's Yard
Other names :-
Crown & Feather (orig.)
By 1822 : Jolly Maltsters
Maltsters (1830)
Ye Jolly M. (1900)		 Classic Tie - S. & P.

General Remarks :-
Beerhouse (1842)
Beerhouse by 1875

 1760
to
Dec. 1911		 Empty
Research :   Finch 472
 
4.     Identity code 564 ^Top^ News  see NEWS         EXTANT PUB   Extant Pub
Plasterers Arms : Free House
Brewery Tie : None

     Ex-S. & N. (Sep. 2008)


    41-43 Cowgate
    (North side)
    NR3 1SZ
Other names :-
Knackers' Arms		 Classic Tie - Morgan's (1845)
     See Research

General Remarks :-
Possibly built in
17th Century

Locally Listed

 1822
To
Present

  Picture  26K

Tel. : 01603 624642

Research :   Beer 564 Ties
 
5.     Identity code 663 ^Top^ EXTANT PUB   Extant Pub
St. Paul's Tavern : de facto Free House NOW   Blueberry Music House
Brewery Tie : Horizon Inns Ltd. (2005)
      By 2009 Richardson's Inns

Horizon Ltd.

    20 Cowgate
    (South side)
    NE cnr. Peacock Street
    NR3 1SY
Other names :-
Dec. 1984 : Gate's Beerhouse
by 1990 : St. Paul's Tavern
Oct. 1996 : Blueberry		 Classic Tie - Bullard's

General Remarks :-
Re-built in 1950s ?

Closed for re-furbmt.
by Oct. 1984
Re-opened 13th December

Further major changes
during 1996

 1836
to
Present		   Jazz

  Website

  Picture  54K; 23K

Tel. : 01603 475001

Research :   Watney's 663 Details

Pubs of unconfirmed location now follow
 
6.     Identity code 1069 ^Top^
Queen's Head : Destroyed NOW Highway
Brewery Tie : Not applicable

    Cowgate
    Queen's Head Yard
    St. Paul's Parish
Other names :-
Queen Victoria (1842)
Queen Caroline (1856)		 Classic Tie - S & P

General Remarks :-
Beerhouse (1850, 1875)

 1807
to
1881
(dropped)		 Empty
Research :   Name 1069
 
7.     Identity code 946 ^Top^
Flask : Status Unknown NOW
Brewery Tie : Not applicable

    Cowgate
    St. James' Parish
Other names :-		 Classic Tie - N/K 1822
to
1830		 Empty
Research : n/a   Empty 946
 
8.     Identity code 971 ^Top^
Griffin : Status Unknown NOW
Brewery Tie : Not applicable

    Cowgate
Other names :-		 Classic Tie - N/K 1830
to
1830		 Empty
Research : n/a   Empty 971
 
9.     Identity code 631 ^Top^
Rose (B) : status NOW
Brewery Tie : Not applicable

    Cowgate
Other names :-		 Classic Tie - N/K 1842
to
1842		 Empty
Research : n/a   Empty 631
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