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Revision as of 19:02, 11 April 2020
Showell's Brewery Co. Ltd, Crosswells Brewery, Crosswells Road, Oldbury, West Midlands.
Brewers’ Guardian 1874 recorded that a new brewery was being erected on the Langley Springs for Mr Walter Showell of the Victoria Brewery, Oldbury. Registered March 1887 as Walter Showell & Sons Ltd. to acquire the Victoria Brewery and possibly to finance an additional brewery.
Also at Showell's Stockport Brewery Ltd which was formed into a separate company in 1896. The London public houses were sold to Reffell's Brewery Ltd in 1898.
Acquired by Allsopp & Sons Ltd in 1914 with 194 tied houses.
An Ordnance Survey extract from 1914. "Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland" http://maps.nls.uk/index.html
- See also: Red Lion, Crich Tramway Museum
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