
The Brewery History Society: Breweries
East Yorkshire - Moors' & Robson's Breweries Ltd - Crown Brewery, Francis Street, Hull - former Brewery Offices
Moors' & Robson’s Breweries Ltd, Crown Brewery, Francis Street. Registered in March 1888 as Hull United Breweries Ltd to acquire Henry & Charles Moor, Crown Brewery and Edward Robson, Waterworks Street, at a purchase price of £310,000. Name changed as above in June 1888. Acquired by Hewitt Brothers Ltd in 1960 with 138 tied houses and was closed.
Reference:
A Century of British Brewers Plus - 1890 to 2004. Brewery History Society, 2005.
August 2008. Note the 'M & R' lettering beneath the crown: