photo's old phenoix inn bridge street morpeth

[Michael Dixon]

 From Parson and White's Trade Directory 1827

Coaches
"The Northumberland" daily to Alnwick at 12.30 pm from the New Phoenix Inn.
"The Northumberland", daily to Newcastle at !2.30pm from the New Phoenix Inn, returning at quarter before 5 o'clock

Hotels Inns Taverns
Old Phoenix Inn Bridge St, Jane Peacock.
Phoenix Inn , MARKET PLACE, William Hogg
(Wonder if printers just missed off the " New" or whether there was a third inn with similar names ? . Bridge St ran off Market Place !)
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Pigot's Trade Directory 1834 (this one is on communities.northumberland.gov.uk web site)

NPI , Bridge St,  Joseph Henderson
OPI , Bridge St, Elizabeth Whitfield
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Whellans Trade Directory 1855

NPI, Bridge St  George Roberts
PI (no "New") Septimus Wright

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T.Bulmer's 1887

Black Bull,  47 Bridge St, George Dorsyth
NPI , 49 Bridge St , Hopper and Anderson

Hope & Anchor 41 Bridge St, John Heddon
  (these three on north side of Bridge St.

Queens Head Bridge St  Mrs Rachael Bowman
Whale Bone Inn  22 Bridge St  Mary Edgar

These two on south side.

Work-in-Progress
Michael

[Muir]

Hi Michael

it certainly turned into more of a detective mystery, last year nobody even knew their was a pub with this name, now we possilby have two!

I was in morepth on monday with my camera, to further support the the pheonix also being on the other side I saw a picture showing a theatre come picture hows supposedly in pheonix court, this is out back of the queens head ie the area where the car park and leisure centre are (next to the river).

Those directories provide usefel information, for instance my ancestor wo lived on bridge street in 1891 was a coachman, not sure if it was domestic or not but it was big business for morpeth as i read the blackbull pub had stables for 80 horses!

regards

[madmurph]

hi there
what is now phenoix court (the flats) has always been housing but in the 70s it was called baysland and it changed its name in the 80s
i can remember some stables at the back of the queens and the black bull in the late 70s before the bull was modenised
alison

[Michael Dixon]

muir,

 There is an outside possibility that there were 3 Phoenix's ( one on north side of Bridge St, one on south side and one in Market Place)

One thing that sticks out from all the info on Morpeth's inns, is that their names were changed frequently - perhaps by incoming new landlords/ladies.

I was'nt going to tell you about my animals- but you threw in horses !

 Market day, traditiionally Wednesday, hundreds of sheep to be sold.  The drovers from Coldstream area, Cumberland and north Northumberland etc, started their jouney on Sunday and stopped off on the way- there were sheep stations on the way e.g. in Wooler. 

Once into Morpeth by Tuesday, the sheep were penned in Bridge St etc. But not at the back - in the front street !  on both sides.... Rutherford's earned the nickname - the Sheep Market. The drovers stayed at the various inns on the cheap ! Publicans provided them with a "Donkeys Breakfast " - a straw palliasse.

I too explored the yards and alleyways on the south side of Bridge St, and noticed that there were plaques announcing "Town Trail". From the Chantry I bought brochure "Town Trail No.1" ( No.2 covered Newgate St) (20 pence bargain) But frustratingly it does not give the detail required to reveal sites ( except Queens Head and Black Bull)

Michael

[Michael Dixon]

 Local News ( via BBC teletext)

 In the early hours of last Saturday morning a fire was discovered behind the British Heart Foundation charity shop. (site of Phoeix Hotel) It was a wheeled bin which was alight.

 Much of the shop's stock was damaged by smoke etc.

 At the same time a similar fire in a wheelie bin was discovered behind the Oxfam Charity shop, also on Bridge St.

 A disgruntled charity shop customer ?

Michael

 Michael