Thursday, 13 November 2025

BREWING RECORDS APPEAL

 How Do All ,

A Non Beery Info tidied up Re Post today ;
  As a few of you may know , I`m very interested in tracing brewing production records from 
Various breweries in the north of England * .
  
  After a fairly exhaustive search , 
I`ve been unable to locate quite a number of records of  interest from a number of breweries 
I`ve been trying to trace for over 5 Years !!!

 Though I`ve made a thorough search of the catalogues of publicly available archives ,
I `ve  been unable to locate a great many brewer`s production records , with records from  some breweries surviving, though the Brewing Records may have been separated from other archives ;
 So if any readers are able to assist with access to or , 
By sending photos of brewing production records ;
 Please get in touch with me , I`d love to hear from you .
   Here`s a Non Exhaustive List of some of the brewer`s records I`m attempting to trace ;
1922 Photo of ` Matty`s ` Pole St Brewery from ;
https://www.mylancs.uk
                          Photo taken during preperations for the 1922 Preston Guild  Merchant

                                                          LANCASHIRE
      

Bent`s Brewery Co Ltd

NewBrewery
Johnson Street
Liverpool
Lancashire
Bought :
1967 Bass, Mitchells & Butlers
Ceased Brewing : March 1975

 

W & R Wilkins Ltd

Marsh Lane
Longton
                                Nr Preston                                  Lancashire
Bought : 1952
Groves & Whitnall Ltd
Ceased Brewing : Ca 1952

 

Yates`s Castle Brewery Co Ltd 

                       Castle Breweries                                   Market Place           Fairfield St
Birkenhead             Ardwick
                                   Manchester
Lancashire
Bought : 1961
John Smith`s Tadcaster Brewery Ltd
Ceased Brewing
Birkenhead : 1934   Ardwick  : 1961

 

H . C Breakell & Co Ltd

Victoria Brewery
Church Street
Liverpool
Lancashire
Bought :
1947 by Caterall & Swarbrick

 

W T Rothwell Ltd

Heath Brewery
Oldham Road
Newton Heath
Manchester
Lancashire
Bought 1961
Marston , Thompson & Evershed Ltd
Ceased Brewing : 1968
Mashing Room at The Lockwood Brewery Image ;
From the Brewery History Society Webpage on Bentley & Shaw Ltd


                                                        YORKSHIRE

Bentley & Shaw Ltd

Lockwood Brewery
Bridge Street
Huddersfield
West Riding
Yorkshire
Bought : 1944 Hammond`s Bradford Brewery Co Ltd
Ceased Brewing : 1963

 

Bentley`s Old Brewery ( Rotherham ) Ltd

Old Brewery
Canklow Road
Rotherham
Yorkshire
Bought : 1956 Hammond`s Bradford Brewery Co Ltd
Ceased Brewing : 1956

 

Thomas Ramsden & Son Ltd

Stone Trough Brewery
Commercial Street
Halifax
West Riding
Yorkshire
Bought  : 1964 by Allied Breweries
Ceased Brewing : 1964

 

Melbourne Brewery ( Leeds ) Ltd

Melbourne Brewery
Regent St
Leeds
West Riding
Yorkshire
Bought : 1960 by Joshua Tetley & Son Ltd
Ceased Brewing : Ca  1962 – 3 ?

 

Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd

Fountain Head Brewery
Ovenden Wood
Halifax
West Riding
Yorkshire
Bought : 1972 Watney – Mann Ltd
Ceased Brewing : 1991



















































Cheers All 🍻 ,

Edd 

 

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