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[[image:Webster Halifax 1981.jpg|thumb]] | [[image:Webster Halifax 1981.jpg|thumb]] | ||
[[File:DewsburyShepherdsBoy30_SP_Nov2014.jpg|thumb|Shepherds Boy, Dewsbury]] | [[File:DewsburyShepherdsBoy30_SP_Nov2014.jpg|thumb|Shepherds Boy, Dewsbury]] | ||
<big>'''Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd''', ''Fountain Head Brewery, Ovenden Wood, Halifax, West Yorkshire.''</big> | <big>'''Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd''', ''Fountain Head Brewery, Ovenden Wood, Halifax, West Yorkshire.''</big> | ||
Founded | Founded in about 1820 by John Mitchell and was being operated by Samuel Webster by 1838 (bought in 1860?). | ||
Registered in March 1890. Acquired by [[Watney Mann Ltd]] in March 1972 with 288 public houses. | |||
Websters were amalgamated with [[Wilsons Brewery Ltd]] in 1985, and for a few years, Wilson's beers were brewed at Halifax. | |||
The Halifax brewery closed in 1996. | |||
'''[[List of Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd. pubs]]''' | * '''[[List of Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd. pubs]]''' | ||
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Webster Halifax malting.jpg|Their maltings | Webster Halifax malting.jpg|Their maltings | ||
Webster Halifax malting 1984.jpg|Their maltings | Webster Halifax malting 1984.jpg|Their maltings | ||
File:Websters Halifax19 May 1995.jpg |The brewery in 1995. Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Websters of Halifax old maltings 19 May 1995.JPG | The brewery in 1995. Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Websters casks & pallets 19 May 1995.JPG | The brewery in 1995. Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Websters Halifax fermenting vessels 19 May 1995.JPG | The brewery in 1995. Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Websters Halifax interior 19 May 1995.jpg | The brewery in 1995. Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Websters Halifax oldmaltings 19 May 1995.JPG | The brewery in 1995. Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Websters RD zx (1).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Websters RD zx (2).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Websters RD zcmx (2).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Websters RD zcmx (3).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Websters RD zmx (1).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Websters RD zmx (3).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Websters RD zmx (4).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Websters RD zmx (5).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[category:West Yorkshire]] |
Latest revision as of 17:45, 3 August 2020
Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd, Fountain Head Brewery, Ovenden Wood, Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Founded in about 1820 by John Mitchell and was being operated by Samuel Webster by 1838 (bought in 1860?).
Registered in March 1890. Acquired by Watney Mann Ltd in March 1972 with 288 public houses.
Websters were amalgamated with Wilsons Brewery Ltd in 1985, and for a few years, Wilson's beers were brewed at Halifax.
The Halifax brewery closed in 1996.
An assortment of images of the brewery