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Defunct Brewery Livery

25 April 2024

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County Brewery Location Premises Description Contributors Photo?
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Lancashire

Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent Aughton, St Michael Road Stanley Arms Mounted above the hanging sign is the brewery's 'queen on horseback' trade mark in gold. BHK 2012 .

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Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd Halifax Bacup, 12 Yorkshire Street Queens Hotel Webster's board signs; also a Webster's lantern above the front door. All relatively modern. Signs and lantern removed by 2016. WRB photo 2007; Google 2016 Picture
GONE

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Massey's Burnley Brewery Ltd Burnley Bacup, 22 Yorkshire Street White Horse (former) This former pub is now in residential use. There are two attractive old shopfronts, the pediments of which have shields with an 'MBB' monogram and the date 1907. RWo 2006; BHK photo 2007; WRB photo 2007 Picture

Lancashire

William Stones Ltd Sheffield Bamber Bridge, Cranbourne Street Conservative Club A wall plaque with 'STONES BEST BITTER', 'Wm STONES BREWERY ... SHEFFIELD YORKSHIRE' and the 'Cannon' trademark. Also a projecting sign with 'Beers by Bass'. BHK 2012 .

Lancashire

Boddington Brewery Ltd Manchester Bamber Bridge, St Aidans Road School Lane WMC A typical modern Boddington's projecting sign. BHK photo 2012 Picture

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Boddington Brewery Ltd Manchester Bilsborrow, St Michaels Road Owd Nells Tavern A large modern illuminated box sign of typical design at first floor level. BHK photo 2012 Picture

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Thos. Ramsden & Son Ltd Halifax Blackpool, 204 Talbot Road Ramsden Arms Hotel Built by Halifax brewers Thomas Ramsden in 1939 as their seaside outpost. There appear to be no Ramsden brewery features as such, but the pub is named after the brewery. Also Tetley signs (qv). SP photo 2018 Picture

Lancashire

Joshua Tetley & Son Ltd Leeds Blackpool, 204 Talbot Road Ramsden Arms Hotel Two Tetley plaques with 'Huntsman' illustrations and 'ONE OF TETLEY'S HOUSES ... ESTd 1822'. Two 'Tetley Heritage Inn' plaques. SP photo 2018 Picture

Lancashire

Magee Marshall & Co Ltd Bolton Blackpool, 39 Central Drive King Edward VII A fine set of etched windows on the frontage, although several are modern replacements. Two original ones have 'MARSHALL' and 'CO'S ALES'. (If there had previously been a MAGEE window to the left, this is missing and is replaced with plain glass.) SP photo 2006 and 2018 Picture

Lancashire

Matthew Brown Blackburn Blackpool, 57 Hawes Side Lane Lane Ends Hotel On the north gable, a very faded painted sign: 'LANE ENDS HOTEL … MATTHEW BROWN'S … STOUT …'. Hardly discernible in 2006; even less so in 2018. SP 2006 and photo 2018 Picture

Lancashire

Joshua Tetley & Son Ltd Leeds Blackpool, 83 Topping Street Criterion Hotel (renamed Churchills) In mosaic on the front forecourt, large lettering: 'TETLEYS ... CRITERION ... HOTEL'. SP photo 2015 Picture

Lancashire

Threlfall's Brewery Co Ltd - Liverpool & Salford Blackpool, 89 Topping Street Shakespeare Hotel (later Champs) A typical Threlfall's cream deco-style tiled exterior. High on the front and side elevations, tiled panels with 'THRELFALLS'. For many years, these tiles had been obscured by modern board signs. SP photo 2022 Picture

Lancashire

Boddington Brewery Ltd Manchester Blackpool, 92-94 Common Edge Road Stanley Ward Conservative Club A modern projecting Boddington's sign on the gable end. SP 2019 .

Lancashire

Catterall & Swarbrick Ltd Blackpool Blackpool, Highfield Road Highfield Hotel Three large stone panels above unused doorways with 'C&S'. SP photo 2006 and 2018 Picture

Lancashire

Duttons Ltd Blackburn Blackpool, South Promenade, corner of Waterloo Road Dutton Arms (formerly Duttons Arms) An example of a brewery building a pub to make their beers available at the seaside. Three original tiled gable panels with 'DUTTONS ARMS'. Two further tiled panels with illustrations of a pyramid of casks within a garter - the brewery trade mark. SP photo 2006 and 2018 Picture

Lancashire

Magee Marshall & Co Ltd Bolton Blackpool, Waterloo Road, corner of Central Drive Waterloo Hotel Original etched windows survive in one of the bays. Three panes with 'MAGEE', 'MARSHALL' and 'Co's ALES'. Over a side door, two large terracotta panels - shields with oak leaves around with monogram 'M M Co' and 'AD 1901'. SP 2006; BHK photo 2006; SP photo 2018 Picture

Lancashire

Thomas Horsfall Brierfield Brierfield, 25 Colne Road Feathers A 'TH' mosaic in the entrance lobby. RWo 2006 .

Lancashire

Massey's Burnley Brewery Ltd Burnley Burnley - Rosehill, Manchester Road Rose & Crown Windows with 'MBB'. WRB reports in 2008 that no old windows survive. AH 2004; WRB 2008 .
GONE

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Massey's Burnley Brewery Ltd Burnley Burnley, 101 Accrington Road General Havelock Etched windows with cut-glass 'MBB' monogram. Five of these windows survive. AH 2004; WRB 2008; SP photo 2010 Picture

Lancashire

William Astley Nelson Burnley, 162 Colne Road Derby Arms (demolished) Over the door on the Tunstill Street side, a monogram 'WA'. Pub demolished by 2015. SP photo 2010; Google 2015 Picture
GONE

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Massey's Burnley Brewery Ltd Burnley Burnley, 170 St James Street Cross Keys Hotel A small Massey's 'M' in stonework above left of the entrance. The date of the pub, 1906, is in a similar panel on the right. On the front parapet, former stone lettering - 'MASSEYS BURNLEY BREWERY LTD' - has been chipped off, but is still just discernible. RWo 2006; SP photo 2010 Picture

Lancashire

Massey's Burnley Brewery Ltd Burnley Burnley, 48 Church Street Coach & Horses Four windows on the front have 'MBB' monograms. Only one is cut-glass original; the other three are etched or transfer copies. AH 2004; WRB 2008; SP photo 2010 Picture

Lancashire

J Grimshaw Ltd Burnley Burnley, 49 Yorkshire Street Turf Hotel In stonework above the arched entrance, two roundels with monograms: 'JG' and 'LTD'. The pub name in raised lettering in a panel above. RWo 2006; BHK photo 2007; WRB photo 2008 Picture

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J Grimshaw Ltd Burnley Burnley, 65 Church Street Talbot Hotel An oval decorative stone-carved panel above the entrance, incorporating flowers and a 'JG' monogram. RWo 2006; BHK photo 2007; WRB photo 2008 Picture

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Duttons Ltd Blackburn Burnley, 702 Padiham Road, corner of Kiddrow Lane George IV Two decorative etched windows with lettering: (1) 'DUTTON'S NOTED ALES; (2) 'DUTTON'S EXTRA STOUT'. CAMRA local mag 2008; BHK photo 2008 Picture

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John Sumner & Co Ltd Wigan Chorley, 124 Bolton Street Duke of York Etched window - 'JS & Co Ld' cipher in geometric surround. RF 2000; DP 2000 .

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Matthew Brown Blackburn Chorley, 135 Market Street White Bull Internal. In the front lobby, an etched 'Lion Ales' window. SP 2009 .

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Wilson's Brewery Ltd Manchester Chorley, 211 Eaves Lane Derby Arms An etched window with 'WILSONS' and a chequerboard trademark. BHK photo 2006 Picture

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Matthew Brown Blackburn Chorley, 86 Eaves Lane Seven Stars Etched window with 'Lion Ales' in script, and a roundel with a lion trademark. Replaced with modern windows by 2015. BHK photo 2006; Google 2015 Picture
GONE

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Chesters Brewery Co Ltd Manchester Chorley, Market Street / High Street Royal Oak Hotel (demolished) A large pub-hotel, rebuilt by Chesters after the former coaching inn on the site was demolished in the 1930s. The fascia incorporated tiled lettering 'A CHESTERS HOUSE'. Over one of the doors was a decorative 'CB' monogram. It became shops and offices, but was demolished in about 2018 and replaced by a car park. WRB photo 2009; MBr photo 2013; Google 2018 Picture
GONE

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J Grimshaw Ltd Burnley Colne, 1 Skipton Road Commercial Hotel A decorative etched window survives: 'GRIMSHAWS' BURNLEY ALES'. RWo 2006; SP photo 2010 Picture

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Massey's Burnley Brewery Ltd Burnley Colne, 9 New Market Street Derby Arms 'MBB' cut-glass and etched windows. Five survive. RWo 2006; SP photo 2010 Picture

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Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent Colne, 94 Albert Road Crown Hotel A 'Bass' etched window in an internal entrance lobby door. Also 'Bass' in gold script lettering on the end elevation. RWo 2006; SP 2010 .

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Massey's Burnley Brewery Ltd Burnley Colne, North Valley Road North Valley Hotel Etched windows front and rear with 'MBB' monograms. Now used as a plumbers' merchant, and the windows may have been replaced. RWo 2006; BHK photo 2007; Google 2015 Picture
GONE

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John Baxter Ltd Waterfoot Crawshawbooth, 591 Burnley Road Black Dog Etched window - 'GLEN TOP ALES' and decorative border. RF 2000; DP 2000 .

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Henry Shaw & Co Ltd Blackburn Darwen, 104 Bolton Road Britannia The left-hand front window had old etched glass with lettering: 'H SHAW ... & Co'. The pub had been refurbished in 'cafe-bar' style by 2016, and the window replaced by clear glass. AH 2004; Google 2016 .
GONE

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Nuttall & Co (Blackburn) Ltd Blackburn Darwen, 1-3 Cemetery Road Park Inn On the corner splay at first floor level, a large tiled panel - green surround, blue tiles, gold lettering - featuring a central lion and 'NUTTALL'S ... ALES & STOUT'. MBr photo 2017 Picture

Lancashire

Matthew Brown Blackburn Great Harwood, 62 Commercial Road Commercial Hotel Three large 'red lion' devices on the side wall - one is more elaborate than the other two; also a 'Lion Ales' etched window on the same elevation. The three large lions had been removed by 2018. Google 2009; Google 2018 .

Lancashire

Massey's Burnley Brewery Ltd Burnley Great Harwood, 8 Whalley Road (A680) Game Cock Raised lettering at first floor level: 'GAME COCK INN ... HOUSE OF MASSEY'. BHK photo 2008 Picture

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John Kenyon Ltd Barrowford Haslingden, 1 Charles Lane (Deardengate) Roebuck 'JK' and leafwork on a stone pediment over the corner. Confirmation of brewery required please. RWo 2006; WRB photo 2007 Picture

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John Baxter Ltd Waterfoot Helmshore, 280 Holcombe Road Robin Hood Five etched windows with lettering: 'GLEN TOP ALES'. AH 2004; BHK photo 2008 Picture

Lancashire

Matthew Brown Blackburn Kirkham, 115 Poulton Street Swan Hotel Two etched windows on the front in art deco style with 'Lion Ales' in script in the centre, and the Lion trademark above in a roundel. RWo 2008; BHK photo 2008; SP photo 2019 Picture

Lancashire

Matthew Brown Blackburn Kirkham, Station Road, corner of Moor Street St Georges Hotel (demolished) A leaded glass panel on the corner, with 'LION ALES' lettering in art deco style. The pub closed in 2011 and the site has been redeveloped with flats. RWo 2008; BHK photo 2008 Picture
GONE

Lancashire

Yates & Jackson Ltd Lancaster Lancaster, 124 Penny Street Toll House Inn The Toll House Inn comprises two former pub-hotels, both built by Yates & Jackson Ltd in 1901. They were combined as a single hotel by Daniel Thwaites & Co. Ltd in 2007. The original pubs were the Corporation Arms, later Farmers Arms; and the White Cross Hotel. Each former pub has a staircase with leaded windows featuring 'Y&J' monograms. SP photo 2019 Picture

Lancashire

Matthew Brown Blackburn Lancaster, 33 Moor Lane Golden Lion A leaded window on the front with 'LION ALES' in art deco lettering. RWo 2006; WRB photo 2007; SP photo 2019 Picture

Lancashire

Mitchells of Lancaster Ltd Lancaster Lancaster, 52 King Street Ring O' Bells A modern board sign on the frontage with 'MITCHELL'S'. SP photo 2019 Picture

Lancashire

Yates & Jackson Ltd Lancaster Lancaster, Brewery Lane Yates & Jackson Old Brewery This is the former Yates & Jackson Brewery which Mitchells occupied after Y&J ceased brewing. Overpainted lettering on a gate in Brewery Lane: 'YATES & JACKSON ... BREWERS'. RWo 2006; WRB photo 2007; SP photo 2019 Picture

Lancashire

Mitchells of Lancaster Ltd Lancaster Lancaster, Brewery Lane Yates & Jackson Old Brewery (later Mitchells of Lancaster) This is the former Yates & Jackson Brewery which Mitchells occupied after Y&J ceased brewing. On a gate in Brewery Lane is: 'MITCHELL'S OF LANCASTER ... BREWERY ... ESTABLISHED 1865'. Also has 'MITCHELL'S OF LANCASTER BREWERS LIMITED' over former garages in Edward Street. RWo 2006; WRB photo 2007; SP photo 2019 Picture

Lancashire

Mitchells of Lancaster Ltd Lancaster Lancaster, Quarry Road Moorlands Hotel (former) Built by William Mitchell. At first floor level facing Dumbarton Road, a large stone plaque with 'WM ... 1895' in relief. Converted to student accommodation. SP photo 2019 Picture

Lancashire

Boddington Brewery Ltd Manchester Morecambe, 2 Poulton Square New Inn An etched window with 'BODDINGTONS' and the brewery's cask image with two bees. BHK photo 2010 Picture

Lancashire

Tetley Walker Ltd Warrington Morecambe, 29 Regent Road Exchange (formerly Imperial) A Tetley lantern featuring the 'Huntsman' character over each of the front doors. SP 2019 .

Lancashire

Peter Walker & Sons Ltd Warrington Ormskirk, 100 Aughton Street Greyhound A wall plaque with the 'queen on horseback' trademark and 'WALKER'S WARRINGTON ALES'. BHK 2012 .

Lancashire

Ellis, Warde & Co Ltd Ormskirk Ormskirk, 100 Aughton Street Greyhound In the porch, the mosaic floor features a central monogram 'EW'. BHK photo 2012 Picture

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Peter Walker & Sons Ltd Warrington Ormskirk, 35 Burscough Street Buck I'Th' Vine Walker's signage and plaques. Also a lantern sign with 'WALKER'S ... ALES ... WARRINGTON' and a clock on one face. WRB photo 2009 Picture

Lancashire

Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent Ormskirk, 78 Halsall Lane Eureka The brewery's 'queen on horseback' trade mark in a roundel in an etched window. BHK photo 2012 Picture

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Peter Walker & Sons Ltd Warrington Ormskirk, Church Street A shop A faded painted sign on the end wall - white lettering on green: 'WALKER'S WARRINGTON ALES'. WRB photo 2009 Picture

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Higson's Brewery Ltd Liverpool Ormskirk, Grimshaw Lane Yew Tree This postwar pub by Higsons has retained some of its livery. LTu photo 2009 Picture

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Peter Walker & Sons Ltd Warrington Ormskirk, Narrow Moss Lane Kicking Donkey A wall plaque with the 'queen on horseback' trademark and 'WALKER'S WARRINGTON ALES'. BHK 2012 .

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Boddington Brewery Ltd Manchester Poulton-Le-Fylde, 30 Ball Street Thatched House A typical modern Boddington's projecting sign. The Chapel Street microbrewery was established at the pub in 2014. BHK photo 2012; SP photo 2018 Picture

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Joshua Tetley & Son Ltd Leeds Preesall, 192 Park Lane Black Bull Above the front door, a lantern with the brewery's 'Huntsman' inside a roundel with lettering around: 'ONE OF TETLEY'S HOUSES ... ESTd 1822'. A similar roundel is mounted above the pub's hanging sign. SP photo 2019 Picture

Lancashire

Boddington Brewery Ltd Manchester Preston - Ashton, 442-446 Blackpool Road Lane Ends Hotel Facing Woodplumpton Road, a board sign at first floor level: 'LANE ENDS HOTEL ... WINES AND SPIRITS ... BODDINGTONS BEER'. The Boddington's sign here has been restored. SP 2017 .

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Matthew Brown Blackburn Preston, 129-131 London Road Off-Licence A modern projecting box sign featuring a large 'Red Lion' image - Matthew Brown's trade mark. Removed by 2018. BHK photo 2010; Google 2018 Picture
GONE

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Matthew Brown Blackburn Preston, 133 Church Street Old Dog In a pediment above the entrance: the date 1898 around an inticate monogram 'MB & Co Ld'. On the triangular pediment at roof level, a wheatsheaf and hop decoration in a roundel - the brewery trade mark. BHK photo 2006; SP photo 2022 Picture

Lancashire

Boddington Brewery Ltd Manchester Preston, 35-36 Friargate Old Black Bull A Boddington's projecting box sign. SP photo 2022 Picture

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Vaux Breweries Ltd Sunderland Preston, 40 Meadow Street Mr Pickwicks (former) A Vaux 'two blackbirds' shield with a central 'V'. This Flickr image shows further use of the blackbirds. All brewery features removed by 2014. BHK photo 2006; Flickr 2007; Google 2014 Picture
GONE

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Mitchells of Lancaster Ltd Lancaster Preston, 89 Church Street George (former) A former pub, now retail. A hanging sign: 'WILLIAM MITCHELL'S Fine Ale - MITCHELL'S of Lancaster'. Looks relatively modern. Removed by 2014. SP 2006; WRB photo 2007; Google 2014 Picture
GONE

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John Baxter Ltd Waterfoot Rawtenstall, 2 Burnley Road Madison Park Wine Bar - formerly Bishop Blaize Had a good set of etched windows with 'GLEN TOP ALES ... WINES ... SPIRITS'. The owners of the wine bar inform us in 2007 that the windows have been replaced with clear glass. SP 2003; owners 2007 .
GONE

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Peter Walker & Sons Ltd - Warrington & Burton-upon-Trent Skelmersdale, 137 Liverpool Road Horseshoe The brewery's 'queen on horseback' trademark features as a large plaque on the gable end, and mounted above the pole sign. BHK photo 2012 Picture

Lancashire

Massey's Burnley Brewery Ltd Burnley Stacksteads, 380 Newchurch Road Commercial Has 'MBB' windows on Blackwood Road side, and 'MBB' monograms cut into the glass panels of the entrance lobby. GB 2002; RWo 2007 .

Lancashire

Magee Marshall & Co Ltd Bolton Up Holland, 13 Hall Green Britannia A leaded window with a central shield featuring delicately painted 'MM' lettering. BHK photo 2012 Picture

Lancashire

Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd St Helens Up Holland, Alma Hill Old Dog An old etched window: 'GREENALL WHITLEY ... ALES ... STOUT ... ST. HELENS' and the Greenall Whitley trademark. A listed building. BHK photo 2006 Picture

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Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc Warton, 135 Lytham Road Pickwick Tavern Oval 'Bass' wall plaques featuring the red triangle. BHK 2012 .

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Boddington Brewery Ltd Manchester Wesham, Weeton Road Lane Ends A typical modern Boddington's projecting sign, and a wall plaque of similar design. BHK photo 2012 Picture

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