The Brewery History Society: Breweries
Kent - Gravesend, Wellington Street: Walker & Son Ltd, Wellington Brewery Offices (former)
Walker & Son Ltd, Wellington Brewery, Wellington Street. Founded at least by 1850 and acquired by John Keddell junior by Alexander Walker in 1854. Registered in June 1896. Acquired by Charrington & Co Ltd in 1904 with 29 public houses. Brewing ceased in 1928 when the brewery was damaged by fire. Parts of the former brewery buildings are used as a public house, the Jolly Drayman. The brewery offices survive on the opposite side of Wellington Street, converted to other uses.
Reference:
A Century of British Brewers Plus - 1890 to 2004. Brewery History Society, 2005.
Lettering survives on the former brewery offices:
