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[[Image:Vosper 01.jpg|thumb|An advert from 1890.]] | [[Image:Vosper 01.jpg|thumb|An advert from 1890.]] | ||
[[Image:Vosper 02.jpg|thumb|The brewery in Stonehouse c.1950.]] | [[Image:Vosper 02.jpg|thumb|The brewery in Stonehouse c.1950.]] | ||
[[File:Dartmouth 3 September 2011.JPG|thumb|The [[Dolphin, Dartmouth|Dolphin pub in Dartmouth]] 2011. Courtesy Roy Denison]] | |||
<big>'''Plymouth Breweries Ltd''', ''Regent Brewery, Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon.''</big> | |||
Listed as Thomas Edwards in 1852 then Thomas Prynn in 1857. | |||
Registered October 1889 to amalgamate: Samuel Vosper, Regent Brewery; Amanda Henrietta Butcher, Anchor Brewery, Chapel Street, Stonehouse; George Ryall, 41 Frankfort Street Brewery; Hicks & Co, South Devon Brewery, 2 Willow Street, all in Plymouth and [[Frederick Richard Vaughan]], Saltash Brewery. | |||
Acquired by [[Courage & Co. Ltd]]. December 1970 for £6.5 million. Was known as 'Courage South West' for a while. | |||
Brewery closed in March 1984. | |||
'''From Brewery History Society Newsletter Number 48''' | |||
It seems that Samuel Vosper senior (1827-1901) took over the Regent Brewery in Chapel St, East Stonehouse, Plymouth (there are/were several Chapel Streets locally, just to confuse!) around 1860. The street frontage of nos. 7/8/9/11 Chapel St still stands, with the brewery name both on the front wall and in cement lettering on the rooftop parapet. However, that part of the street has now been re-named Durnford St. The entrance to the brewery was under an arch adjoining no. 8 - but no brewery buildings survive; most of the land now being a private carpark. In the late 19th century several directories list the premises as wine and spirit merchant, ale and porter, including wine vaults, with no 11. being a hotel/inn. | |||
Five breweries seem to have amalgamated in 1899 (I think you suggested 1889) as Plymouth Breweries. | |||
They were:- | |||
*Regent Samuel Vosper, Chapel St (east side) | |||
*Anchor Amanda Butcher, Chapel St (west side) | |||
*Frankfort (?) F Street | |||
*South Devon Hicks & Co, 2 Willow St | |||
*Saltash Breweries Richard Vaughan | |||
The concern was acquired by Courage's in 1970. Brewing ceased at the Regent site in 1983, being the last to close. The Anchor Brewery had impressive buildings at the E. end of Stonehouse Bridge. | |||
The Local Studies section of Plymouth Central Library has some documentation including photos of Anchor. | |||
'''Amanda Henrietta Butcher's, Anchor Brewery.''' | '''Amanda Henrietta Butcher's, Anchor Brewery.''' | ||
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'''Regent Brewery in 1984.''' | '''Regent Brewery in 1984.''' | ||
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Image:Regent 91.jpg|A special bottled beer from 1970. | Image:Regent 91.jpg|A special bottled beer from 1970. | ||
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{{Trade Mark 2 |regno = 27,942|desc=A female figure, anchor, ships|date=21/3/1882|seventy=8 years | |||
|regno2 = 61,005|desc2=Arrow through circle with words "Butcher Stonehouse" TM for mineral waters|date2=15/1/1887|seventy2=NO}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:05, 21 December 2020
Plymouth Breweries Ltd, Regent Brewery, Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon.
Listed as Thomas Edwards in 1852 then Thomas Prynn in 1857.
Registered October 1889 to amalgamate: Samuel Vosper, Regent Brewery; Amanda Henrietta Butcher, Anchor Brewery, Chapel Street, Stonehouse; George Ryall, 41 Frankfort Street Brewery; Hicks & Co, South Devon Brewery, 2 Willow Street, all in Plymouth and Frederick Richard Vaughan, Saltash Brewery.
Acquired by Courage & Co. Ltd. December 1970 for £6.5 million. Was known as 'Courage South West' for a while.
Brewery closed in March 1984.
From Brewery History Society Newsletter Number 48
It seems that Samuel Vosper senior (1827-1901) took over the Regent Brewery in Chapel St, East Stonehouse, Plymouth (there are/were several Chapel Streets locally, just to confuse!) around 1860. The street frontage of nos. 7/8/9/11 Chapel St still stands, with the brewery name both on the front wall and in cement lettering on the rooftop parapet. However, that part of the street has now been re-named Durnford St. The entrance to the brewery was under an arch adjoining no. 8 - but no brewery buildings survive; most of the land now being a private carpark. In the late 19th century several directories list the premises as wine and spirit merchant, ale and porter, including wine vaults, with no 11. being a hotel/inn.
Five breweries seem to have amalgamated in 1899 (I think you suggested 1889) as Plymouth Breweries. They were:-
- Regent Samuel Vosper, Chapel St (east side)
- Anchor Amanda Butcher, Chapel St (west side)
- Frankfort (?) F Street
- South Devon Hicks & Co, 2 Willow St
- Saltash Breweries Richard Vaughan
The concern was acquired by Courage's in 1970. Brewing ceased at the Regent site in 1983, being the last to close. The Anchor Brewery had impressive buildings at the E. end of Stonehouse Bridge. The Local Studies section of Plymouth Central Library has some documentation including photos of Anchor.
Amanda Henrietta Butcher's, Anchor Brewery.
Regent Brewery in 1984.
Regent Brewery in 1990.
Some labels and ephemera.
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