Lord Nelson Inn (Dock House), or known as Nelson's place in Blyth

[fastfusion]

Have you considered contacting the County Archives....?

 

[shlee]

Thank you for everything you've found so far.

I will definatley check that link out!!
 

[Michael Dixon]

shlee,

 From my list of Blyth/Cowpen/Newsham pubs, I see that Lord Nelson was opened
in 1819 and closed in 1936. Landlord in 1879 was a Robert Taylor.

Over recent years, many local history books have been published on Blyth,
which have included many old photos, including pubs. But I have never seen
photo on the Lord Nelson.

The pub was on the quay, not an attractive part of town!

See it's position on map via link below.....
http://communities.northumberland.gov.uk/005986FS.htm

( 1897 Ordnance Survey map- Just east from the Gas Works-
the street High Quay is parallel to river edge, street Nelson Place
 is at right angles to High Quay Pub marked P.H.)

Michael

[shlee]

Hi Michael
Thats great!!
I will check out the map. The pub was known to locals as Nelson's Place, must have been on the corner?
If it was, I think I know the site, its a corner plot but has been demolished. I wonder if it was there.

Thank you,
Ashleigh

[Michael Dixon]

 Ashleigh,

 The north gable end was directly adjacent to the dry dock in the shipyard.
  The east front was directly adjacent to the river itself.

  http://communities.northumberland.gov.uk/006993FS.htm
 This link shows photo of the building and graving ( i.e. scraping) docks in
1930 from the north side of river.  Unfortunately the quality of photo is
very poor. The Lord Nelson would have been just to theleft of the left-hand side
dock .
 Michael

[shlee]

Hi Michael,

excellent! Thanks for that info!
I'm slowly but surely getting closer to the photo!! But I'm grateful so far!!
Great stuff!!

[AlisdairGB]

To give you a sense of the area, there's a long distance photo from 1927 at:-

http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw019747

I've checked on my books and the inter-webby thing and I can't find anything more.

I'll go to Blyth library and have a search there on Monday

[shlee]

Thank you for the link.
Its difficult to find anything on it!
Thank you

[Michael Dixon]

 Ashleigh,

 With Alisdair's foto you are getting closer to image of the Lord Nelson.
 But still some way to go !

  The three graving docks on the foto, the one on right-hand size- adjacent to
  it's top right is the Lord Nelson.

Michael