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Wiltshire: Defunct Brewery Livery

11 January 2024

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County Brewery Location Premises Description Contributors Photo?
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Wiltshire

West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Ashton Keynes, Back Street Plough Inn (closed) A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Ashton Keynes, High Road White Hart A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Biddestone, The Green Biddestone Arms A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. BHK photo 2012 Picture

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Box Brewery (Edward S Pinchin) Box Box, Market Place Box Brewery (former) The brewery building survives. Carved in stone over the door, date 1864 and 'BOX BREWERY'. BHK photo 2007 Picture

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Bradenstoke, village Cross Keys A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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G & T Spencer's Brewery Ltd Bradford-on-Avon Bradford-on-Avon, Silver Street Spencer's Brewery Stores (former) A brewery building survives. Carved in stone over the door, date 1884 and 'G & T SPENCER'S ALE & PORTER STORES'. BHK photo 2007 Picture

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Brinkworth, The Street Three Crowns A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Brokenborough, village Horse Guards The pole sign has the brewery's 'castle' emblem incorporated in the iron bracket. BHK 2012 .

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Georges & Co Ltd Bristol Bromham, High Street Greyhound Around the back of the pub, a leaded window with gold lettering: 'GEORGES BRISTOL'. RF 2002; BHK photo 2007 Picture

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Calne, 85 London Road Holley’s Brewhouse (was the London Road Inn) A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Charlton, The Street Horse & Groom A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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Usher's Brewery Ltd Trowbridge Cherhill, Main Road Black Horse Ceramic 'Ushers of Trowbridge' oval plaque attached to the wall. BHK 2012 .

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Usher's Brewery Ltd Trowbridge Corsham, 51 Priory Street Three Brewers Ceramic 'Ushers of Trowbridge' plaque on the side elevation. SP photo 2006 Picture

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Corston, Main Road (A429) Radnor Arms A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Cricklade, 74 High Street Red Lion On the frontage, a ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. In 2012, the Hop Kettle microbrewery was established here. GS 2005; SP photo 2023 Picture

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Crudwell, A429 Plough A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Crudwell, The Street Wheatsheaf A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS reports plaque removed. GS 2005 .
GONE

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Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc Devizes, 60 Northgate Street Dolphin 'COURAGE' lettering on a high fascia, and a red projecting sign featuring the gold cockerel. AH photo 2009 Picture

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Nags Head Brewery Devizes Devizes, 77 New Park Street Nags Head Brewery (former) Converted to apartments, although a 'Nags Head' survives over the doorway. Google photo 2016 Picture

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Samuel Hawkins Devizes Devizes, The Nursery Artichoke (former) On the west side wall, an old painted sign 'HOME BREWD BEERS'. Samuel Hawkins is recorded as a brewer at The Nursery, 1877-84. AH photo 2009; SP photo 2010 Picture

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Portsmouth & Brighton United Breweries Ltd Southsea Durrington, 2 Stonehenge Road (A345) Stonehenge Inn Formerly the home of Toomes' Crossroads Brewery, which was taken over by Portsmouth United in about 1917. Metal plate: 'RIGHTS OF WAY ACT 1932 ... THIS LAND IS PRIVATE ... NO PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY ... THE PORTSMOUTH AND BRIGHTON ... UNITED BREWERIES LTD.'. In the wall of the former brewery in white tiles (not painted) it says 'PORTSMOUTH UNITED BREWERIES LTD'. BL 2002; BHK photo 2007; AH photo 2011 Picture

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Foxhill Shepherds Rest (former) A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. BHK 2010 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Great Somerford, Seagry Road Volunteer A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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Usher's Brewery Ltd Trowbridge Hawkeridge, village Royal Oak Ceramic 'Ushers of Trowbridge' oval plaque attached to the wall. BHK 2012 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Highworth, Lechlade Road White Horse (former) A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. Converted to a house in about 2011 but the plaque survives. GS 2005; Google 2011 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Hook Bolingbroke Arms A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS reports plaque removed. (Now an Arkell's pub.) GS 2005 .
GONE

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Hullavington, 48 The Street Star A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Hullavington, New Town Queens Head (pub closed in 1998) A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Little Somerford Somerford Arms (formerly Saladin and Three Crowns) A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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Flower & Sons Ltd Stratford-upon-Avon Lydeway, A342, south-east of Devizes Clock Inn (former) Facing outwards on the sidewalls of the porch - Flat metal plaques with coloured sketch of the bard, framed by Flower's - Keg Bitter in heavy die-cast lettering. Probably gone. No evidence of this in 2009, and the porch was removed by 2015. RF 2002; Google 2009 and 2015 .
GONE

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Lydiard Millicent, The Street Sun Inn A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. BHK 2010 .

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Stroud Brewery Co Ltd Stroud Malmesbury, 102 High Street Rose & Crown A decorative etched window with the pub name; in a roundel, the brewery monogram surrounded by 'STROUD BREWERY COMPANY LIMITED'; each side: 'TRADE MARK'. BHK photo 2007 Picture

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Malmesbury, 29 High Street Kings Arms A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Malmesbury, 36 Holloway Duke of York (former) A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. Pub closed, and trading as an Indian restaurant, but the plaque survives. GS 2005 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Malmesbury, 7 Oxford Street Borough Arms (former) A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. No longer a pub, but the plaque survives. GS 2005; Google 2015 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Malmesbury, 8 Gloucester Street White Lion (pub closed in 1967) A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. The pub is a private house, but the plaque survives. GS 2005; Google 2016 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Malmesbury, 90 The Triangle Three Cups A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Marlborough, 23 St Martins Queens Head A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Marlborough, 27 Kingsbury Street Cricketers Arms (now Cole’s bar and restaurant) A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS reports plaque removed. GS 2005 .
GONE

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Marlborough, 46 High Street Wellington Arms Two ceramic plaques: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. BL 2002; GS 2005; BI photo 2008; JSe photo 2023 Picture

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Minety, Station Road (B4040) Turnpike A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Oaksey, Wheatsheaf Lane Wheatsheaf A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Pinkney, Bransdown Hill (B4040) Eagle (closed in 1998) On the front wall, a ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. Now a private house, but the plaque survives. GS 2005; Google 2012 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Purton, 70 Pavenhill New Greyhound (former) On the front wall, a ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. Converted to flats in about 2009, but the plaque survives. GS 2005; Google 2009 and 2012 .

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Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc Salisbury, 1 Minster Street Haunch of Venison The old painted board sign on the frontage has 'Courage' in Olde English style lettering. AH photo 2012 Picture

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Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc Salisbury, 10-11 Ox Row Ox Row Inn A small (modern) Bass insignia within the ironwork below the hanging sign. AH 2011 .

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Goldfinch Brewery Dorchester Salisbury, 225 Wilton Road Halfway House The pub has painted and board signs for the Goldfish Brewery, which ceased brewing in about 2009. AH photo 2013 Picture

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Usher's Brewery Ltd Trowbridge Salisbury, 34 York Road Duke of York An oval ceramic 'Ushers of Trowbridge' plaque next to the front door; an Ushers shield at first floor level on the East side wall; the hanging sign also has 'USHERS' lettering. AH 2011; BHK 2012; AH 2013; SP 2017 .

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Eldridge Pope & Co Ltd Dorchester Salisbury, 75 Castle Street Avon Brewery Inn A lovely curved front bay window with fine etched lettering: 'BEERS DRAWN FROM THE WOOD' ... (blank) ... 'FINE DORCHESTER ALES' ... 'O.H.B. WHISKEY'. The replaced blank window (only lost recently) used to read: 'WINES & SPIRITS'. SP photo 2017 Picture

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Usher's Brewery Ltd Trowbridge Salisbury, 9 Ivy Street Queens Arms An oval ceramic 'Ushers of Trowbridge' plaque next to the front door. SP 2017 .

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Gibbs Mew & Co Ltd Salisbury Salisbury, Market Square Market Inn On the pediment at roof level, gold lettering: 'GIBBS MEW ... CIRCA 1742 ... MARKET INN'. BL 2001; SRH photo 2006 Picture

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Usher's Brewery Ltd Trowbridge Shalbourne, Kingston Road Plough Ceramic 'Ushers of Trowbridge' plaque. BHK 2010 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Sherston, Easton Town Carpenters Arms A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Sherston, High Street Angel On the front wall, a ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005; Google 2016 .

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R B Bowly & Co Ltd Swindon Swindon, 10-12 High Street Bowly Brewery (former) The frontage building is converted to a bank. Carved in the stone arch over the door: 'BOWLY ... BREWER'. The former brewery at the rear has been redeveloped. BHK photo 2007 Picture

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Usher's Brewery Ltd Trowbridge Swindon, 14 Emlyn Square Cricketers Usher's plaque on the frontage. SP 2008 .

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Cirencester Brewery Ltd Cirencester Swindon, 179 Westcott Place Ship Inn On the east elevation, an octagonal stone medallion within the brickwork of the central gable features a 'CBC' cipher from the 1891 rebuilding. Later to Simonds of Reading (qv). RF 2003; BHK photo 2007 Picture

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H & G Simonds Ltd Reading Swindon, 179 Westcott Place Ship Inn Modern board signs were removed by 2017, and underneath one on the first floor of the end elevation was revealed a fading painted sign on the brickwork 'SIMONDS ALES AND STOUTS'. Previously Cirencester Brewery (qv). ASw photo 2017 Picture

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Usher's Brewery Ltd Trowbridge Swindon, 6 Albert Street Roaring Donkey (former Rising Sun) Usher's plaque on the frontage. SP 2008 .

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Usher's Brewery Ltd Trowbridge Swindon, 8-9 Union Street Prince of Wales (former) Usher's shield at first floor level. Converted to flats, but the Usher's sign survives. SP 2008; Google 2016 .

Wiltshire

West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Swindon, Cavendish Square, Parks Estate Cock Robin (pub closed 2003) This had five ceramic plaques! 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. This pub was closed in 2003 and later demolished. GS 2005 .
GONE

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Usher's Brewery Ltd Trowbridge Swindon, Devizes Road, corner of Philips Lane Commercial premises A very large fading painted sign on the stone side wall facing Philips Lane: 'H F V COX ... AGENT FOR ... USHER'S ALES & STOUT ... TELEPHONE xxxx ... WINES AND SPIRITS'. RWo 2006; BHK photo 2007 Picture

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Swindon, Hythe Road and Maidstone Road Frome Hotel (pub closed in 1978) On the corner of the building, a ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. Converted to flats, but the plaque survives. GS 2005; Google 2015 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Swindon, North Street Castle Inn A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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Archibald Beckett, Wiltshire Brewery Tisbury Tisbury, Church Street Archibald Beckett Brewery (former) Much of the former brewery survives, converted to other uses. A prominent tower with archway, and lettering in three panels: 'WILTSHIRE BREWERY ... REBUILT 1885 ... PROPRIETOR ARCHIBALD BECKETT'. BHS photo Picture

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Gibbs Mew & Co Ltd Salisbury Trowbridge, 1 Adcroft Street Black Swan (former) Four painted 'Gibbs [trademark] Mew' panels adorn the walls. Converted to flats before 2009, and no signs survive. PE 2004; Google 2009 .
GONE

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Upper Seagry, village New Inn On the front wall, a ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Wanborough, 2 Ham Road New Calley Arms Next to the front door, a ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Wanborough, 5 Burycroft Cross Keys On the front wall, a ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. Now a Wadworth's pub. GS 2005 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Wanborough, High Street Harrow Next to the front door, a ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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Usher's Brewery Ltd Trowbridge Warminster, 3 Weymouth Street John Barleycorn Ceramic 'Ushers of Trowbridge' oval plaque next to the front door and a shield sign between the first and second floors. Both removed by 2016. SP photo 2006; Google 2016 Picture
GONE

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Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent Warminster, East Street Masons Arms A slate plaque 'Bass ON DRAUGHT' with a red triangle. An oval plaque 'BASS ALE ON DRAUGHT ... Bass' and a red triangle. Also two Bass lanterns and other Bass signage. By 2009, just the Bass lanterns survive. This pub was formerly the home of the Warminster Brewery Company, and the buildings at the rear are thought to be part of the brewery. PE 2004; SP 2006; AH photo 2009; MBr 2009 Picture

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Westbury Ales Westbury Westbury, Alfred Street Westbury Ales (former) Signage to the former microbrewery at the Horse & Groom pub. AH photo 2009 Picture

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Winterbourne Monkton, village street off A4361 New Inn (former) On the front wall. a ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. Converted to a house. GS 2005 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Wootton Rivers, Forest Road Royal Oak A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. BHK photo 2012 Picture

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Whitbread - the national brewery conglemerate Wootton Rivers, Forest Road Royal Oak A small square wall-mounted box sign incorporating the Whitbread 'tankard' and 'deer' trademarks. BHK photo 2012 Picture

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Wotton Bassett, 131 High Street Crown Hotel A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Wotton Bassett, 47 High Street Angel Hotel A ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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Usher's Brewery Ltd Trowbridge Wroughton, Priors Hill Brown Jack A ceramic 'Ushers of Trowbridge' oval plaque next to the front door, and an Usher's shield sign on the south end wall. BHK 2012 .

Wiltshire

West Country Breweries Ltd Cheltenham Yatton Keynell, The Street (B4039) Bell Next to the front door, a ceramic plaque featuring a castle and: 'WEST COUNTRY ALES - 1760 - BEST IN THE WEST'. GS 2005 .

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