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Cheshire:
Defunct Brewery Livery

6 October 2008

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County Brewery Location Premises Description Contributors Photo?
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Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Chester, Foregate Street Abbey Bank (formerly a hotel) Tall Tudor-style building with indistinct painted sign high up on the side wall; two stone plaques under the first floor windows - 'GW & Co - 1920'. TN 2005; BHK photo 2006 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Chester, Albion Street Albion Etched windows: 'ALBION' and Greenall Whitley monogram 'GW & Co'. TN 2005; BHK photo 2006 Picture

Cheshire

Birkenhead Brewery Co Ltd - Birkenhead Chester, Brook Street - James Street Olde Cottage Etched windows. On the James Street side, lettering 'BIRKENHEAD BREWERY Co ... WINES & SPIRITS' and a roundel with the brewery's logo in the centre. Another window has lettering 'BAR ... PARLOR' (sic), also with a roundel with the brewery's logo. RWo 2007; BHK photo 2007 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Chester, Handbridge Ship Inn (closed) Painted sign on the side wall - 'WILDERSPOOL ALES'. Also modern Greenall's signs still remain. TN 2005 .

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Chester, Brook Street St Werburghs Parish Centre (former Bowling Green Hotel) Etched windows: 'WILDERSPOOL ALES & STOUT'. Also a wall plaque 'WILDERSPOOL ALES & STOUT' around the brewery's trademark. RWo 2007; BHK photo 2008 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Chester, Christleton Road Wheatsheaf Etched window with Greenall Whitley monogram: 'GW & Co'. BHK photo 2006 Picture

Cheshire

Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc Congleton, 4 Biddulph Road Railway A Bass half-lantern set into the front wall. Also 'Bass' lettering on the hanging sign. SP photo 2008 Picture

Cheshire

Bass Worthington - Burton-upon-Trent Congleton, Willow Street Shakerley Arms Above the door is a Bass lantern, and there is 'Bass Worthington' lettering on the frontage and the hanging sign. Also an older Joule's sign. SP 2003; TB photo 2008 Picture

Cheshire

John Joule & Sons Ltd - Stone Congleton, Willow Street Shakerley Arms On the front wall at first floor level, a glass-fronted panel incorporating a sign with 'JOULES', plus the pub name and coat of arms. Also Bass Worthington signs. SP 2003; TB photo 2008 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Congleton, Mill Street Three Arrows The Greenall Whitley trademark in the ironwork on the inn sign bracket. The pub also has modern Boddington signage, including the familiar yellow box sign - presumably a re-branding applied by Greenalls. TB 2008; BHK 2008 .

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Culcheth, Church Lane Harrow The Greenall Whitley trademark in the ironwork on the inn sign bracket. TB 2007; BHK photo 2007 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Frodsham, Main Street Cheshire Cheese An etched window: 'WILDERSPOOL ALES & STOUT'. BHK photo 2008 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Frodsham, Vicarage Lane Travellers Rest The Greenall Whitley trademark in the ironwork on the inn sign bracket. BHK photo 2008 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Glazebury, Warrington Road Comfortable Gill The Greenall Whitley trademark in the ironwork on the inn sign bracket. TB 2007; BHK photo 2007 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Glazebury, Warrington Road Grey Horse The Greenall Whitley trademark in the ironwork on the inn sign bracket. TB 2007; BHK photo 2007 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Helsby, A56 Railway An etched window with the brewery's trademark. BHK photo 2008 Picture

Cheshire

W A Smith & Sons Ltd - Crown Brewery, Bond Street, Macclesfield Macclesfield, Park Lane Blueberry Inn - formerly The Hole I’th Wall Stone sign on the side of the building - 'W A SMITH & SON LTD'. TN 2005 .

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Nantwich, Crewe Road Cheshire Cheese Decorative etched windows - 'GREENALL WHITLEY & CO LIMD ... PALE ALE ... WILDERSPOOL' plus Greenall's trademark. SP 2003; BHK photo 2006 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Nantwich, Wellington Road Railway Hotel A fine set of decorative etched windows - 'WILDERSPOOL ALES & STOUT' - plus the Greenall's trademark. SP 2003 .

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Northwich, High Street Beehive Terracotta tablet above the first floor windows with raised lettering: 'GREENALL WHITLEY & Co'. Also the Greenall Whitley trademark in the ironwork on the inn sign bracket. TN 2004; TB photo 2008; BHK 2008 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Northwich, Witton Street Cock Hotel A 'Wilderspool Ales' mosaic fascia. The pub name and a cock sign are also in mosaic work. RWo 2008 .

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Northwich, Witton Street Green Dragon The Greenall Whitley trademark in the ironwork on the inn sign bracket. TB photo 2008 Picture

Cheshire

Scottish & Newcastle - Edinburgh and Newcastle Northwich, Witton Street RAOB Silver Jubilee Club A plaque by the front door includes the Theakston and William Younger trademarks - obviously dating after the takeover of the former by S&N. TB photo 2008 Picture

Cheshire

Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent Runcorn, Church Street Barley Mow Walker's signs. A plaque with the brewery trademark and 'WALKER'S WARRINGTON ALES'; a painted panel over the door with the trademark (and Tetley lanterns each side); the trademark painted gold atop the hanging sign; an unusual ceramic panel with the Walker name and trademark ('First Est in 1832'), and 'HOT & COLD PUB FOOD'. TB photo 2006 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Runcorn, Lowlands Road Railway The Greenall Whitley trademark in the ironwork on the inn sign bracket. TB 2007; BHK photo 2008 Picture

Cheshire

Boddington Brewery - Strangeways, Manchester Sutton Lane Ends, Church Lane Church House Inn Still fully liveried as a Boddington's house - name boards, lantern, illuminated wall sign, etc. TB 2007 .

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Warrington, Mersey Street Adelphi Vaults The Greenall Whitley trademark in the ironwork on the inn sign bracket. TB 2007; BHK photo 2007 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Warrington, Battersby Lane Albion The Greenall Whitley trademark in the ironwork on the inn sign bracket. An old etched window features a roundel with the 'GW & Co' monogram. A decorative stone panel above the windows also has a 'GW & Co' monogram in a different style. TB 2007; BHK photo 2007 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Warrington, Knutsford Road Black Bear The Greenall Whitley trademark in the ironwork on the inn sign bracket. TB 2007; BHK photo 2007 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Warrington, Lovely Lane Brooklands Etched windows with 'WILDESPOOL ALES & STOUT' and 'GREENALL.WHITLEY & Co. Ltd.' Also the Greenall Whitley trademark in the middle of the ironwork on the inn sign bracket. TB photo 2007 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Warrington, Wildespool Causeway Causeway Hotel The Greenall Whitley trademark in the ironwork on the inn sign bracket. TB's photographs show the beautiful Greenall Whitley windows, but regrettably these were replaced with plain glass a few weeks after the photos were taken, although two windows with 'Causeway' and 'Hotel' have survived. TB photo 2007 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Warrington, Orford Lane Hawthorne The Greenall Whitley trademark in the ironwork on the inn sign bracket. TB 2007; BHK photo 2007 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Warrington, Winwick Street Hop Pole The Greenall Whitley trademark in the ironwork on the inn sign bracket. BHK photo 2007 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Warrington, Winwick Street Kings Head The Greenall Whitley trademark in the ironwork on the inn sign bracket. TB 2007; BHK photo 2007 Picture

Cheshire

Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent Warrington, Winwick Road Lord Rodney The Lord Rodney is directly opposite the site of the Walkers/Tetleys Brewery. The 'PW' monogram is above a side door. There are several windows with the Lord Rodney stained glass image but only one still has the Walkers Ales logo below it, the rest having been replaced with plain glass. TB photo 2006 Picture

Cheshire

Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent Warrington, Buttermarket Street Lower Angel Tiled frontage with etched and painted windows - 'LOWER ANGEL - WALKER'S WARRINGTON ALES' in two main windows at ground floor level. 'WALKER'S WARRINGTON ALES - WALKER'S STOUT' in glass panelled entrance doors. Faded WALKER'S brass plaque by the door. TN photo 2004 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Warrington, London Road, Stockton Heath Mulberry Tree Has an embossed stone roundel high on the corner elevation with 'GW & Co Ltd' entwined in a circular design. TB photo 2007 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Warrington - Orford, 175 Gorsey Lane Orford Hotel 6 or 8 etched windows across the frontage with a pretty rose design and 'G W & Co Ld' monograms. TB photo 2006 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Warrington, Orford Lane Original Wire (formerly the Wheatsheaf) Old etched windows. One with 'GREENALL, WHITLEY & Co. Ltd..' and 'WILDERSPOOL ALES' with the brewery's logo in the centre. A smaller window with 'GW & Co' monogram in a roundel, and 'WILDERSPOOL' beneath. Also the Greenall Whitley trademark in the ironwork on the inn sign bracket. TB photo 2006 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Warrington, Winwick Street Red Lion Two panels with GW (Greenall Whitley) monograms; the pub also has a marvellous terracotta pub name panel. Etched windows with 'GREENALL WHITLEY & Co Ltd' and 'WILDERSPOOL ALES'. The hanging sign has ironwork featuring the Greenall Whitley trademark. Opposite the site of the former Tetley-Walker brewery, and the new Rugby ground. TB photo 2006-2007 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Warrington, Knutsford Road Royal Oak Branch The Greenall Whitley trademark in the ironwork on the inn sign bracket. TB 2007; BHK photo 2007 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Warrington, Sankey Street White Hart Hotel Two brass plaques either side of the entrance - 'GW - WHITE HART HOTEL - WILDERSPOOL ALES'. TN photo 2004 Picture

Cheshire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd - Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington Widnes, Albert Road Albert Hotel A lantern sign. Has the modern Greenalls' trademark in the glass. TB photo 2006 Picture

Cheshire

Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent Widnes, 38 Albert Road Bradley Hotel Built by Walkers and dated 1894. Retains a full set of Walker's signs, including a stone roundel with the brewery trademark, a lantern and a leaded window with 'WALKER'S ALES' in gold. RF 2001; TB photo 2006 Picture

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