| County | Brewery | Location | Premises | Description | Contributors | Photo? Gone? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bedfordshire |
Mann's (Watney-Mann subsidiary based in Norwich) Norwich | Bedford, 141 Midland Road | Grafton Hotel | A 'George and Dragon' in the ironwork mounted above the hanging sign; and two Mann's lanterns. Dating from the expansion of the branding during the Watney-Mann period, as this was a former Truman's pub. The 'George and Dragon' and the Mann's lanterns had been removed by 2020. | KH photo 2006; SP photo 2007 and 2017; Google 2020 | Picture GONE |
Bedfordshire |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Bedford, 141 Midland Road | Grafton Hotel | On the corner splay at first floor level, a Truman 'eagle' survives in a roundel. Also more modern Mann's signs. From 2020, the Truman feature was obscured by a modern board sign. | KH 2006; SP photo 2007; Google 2020 | Picture OBSCURED |
Bedfordshire |
Mann's (Watney-Mann subsidiary based in Norwich) Norwich | Bedford, 54 Salisbury Street | Kent Arms | A 'George and Dragon' mounted above the hanging sign. The pub appears to have been built by Charles Wells: there is a stone plaque on the frontage with monogram 'CW' and the date 1900. | BHK photo 2011 | Picture |
Bedfordshire |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Dunstable, 93 High Street South | White Swan | The hanging sign has 'WATNEYS', which looks genuinely old. Above the sign bracket is a roundel 'WATNEY COMBE REID ... 1898' surrounding an image of a stag. | WRB photo 2008 | Picture |
Bedfordshire |
Mann, Crossman & Paulin - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Kensworth, 216 Common Road | Farmers Boy | Fine leaded windows with diamond-shaped central panes featuring 'Mann Crossman & Paulin Ld' in olde-English style gold lettering. More recently a Fuller's pub. | BHK photo 2007 | Picture |
Bedfordshire |
Mann's (Watney-Mann subsidiary based in Norwich) Norwich | Linslade, 10 Southcott Village | Hare | A 'George and Dragon' mounted above the hanging sign. | BHK photo 2011 | Picture |
Bedfordshire |
J W Green Ltd Luton | Luton (Leagrave), Marsh Road | Three Horseshoes (former) | A decorative iron pole sign with scripted initials 'JWG' at the top of the sign. Although the pub was demolished in 1994 the sign still stands in the middle of a roundabout at the road junction which the pub formerly graced, and which is to this day known as the Three Horseshoes roundabout. This is at the junction of Marsh Road and Bramingham Road. | KH photo 2006; Google photo 2020 | Picture |
Bedfordshire |
J W Green Ltd Luton | Luton, 152 Wellington Street | Fountain (renamed Alfie's Bar) | Etched window: 'J W GREEN'S NOTED WINES & SPIRITS'. | SP 2002; KH photo 2006 | Picture |
Bedfordshire |
Whitbread - the national brewery conglemerate | Luton, 263 Crawley Green Road | Somerset Tavern (former) | Pub converted to flats. High on the corner splay is a modern oval Whitbread plaque with the brewery's 'deer' trademark. | AH 2012 | . |
Bedfordshire |
J W Green Ltd Luton | Luton, 34 Guildford Street | Wheelwrights Arms | An old projecting illuminated sign: 'J.W.GREEN'S NOTED LUTON ALES ... THE WHEELWRIGHTS ARMS ... WINES & SPIRITS'. It is understood that this sign was found in the pub's attic and reinstated. However, Google indicates that the sign had been removed by 2009. | KH photo 2006; Google 2009 | Picture GONE |
Bedfordshire |
Whitbread & Co Ltd London, EC1 | Luton, 58 Wellington Street | Wellington (renamed The Flame) | The brewery's 'deer' trade mark and 'EST ... 1742' in the centre of a leaded window. In 2016, the window and its Whitbread trade mark was illuminated from behind during evening hours. | BHK photo 2011; SP 2016 | Picture |
Bedfordshire |
Benskins Watford Brewery Ltd Watford | Luton, 63 Bute Street | Great Northern | A small board sign next to the right-hand door, featuring the brewery's 'pennant' trademark and 'BENSKINS ... ESTABLISHED AT WATFORD SINCE 1750'. The plaque was removed by 2016. | BHK photo 2011; SP 2016 | Picture GONE |
Bedfordshire |
Benskins Watford Brewery Ltd Watford | Luton, 79 High Town Road | Painters Arms | A round plaque on the exterior featuring the brewery's 'pennant' trademark and 'BENSKINS HERITAGE INNS ... THIS PUBLIC HOUSE HAS BEEN SELECTED AS BEING ONE OF SPECIAL HISTORIC INTEREST'. | BHK photo 2011 | Picture |
Bedfordshire |
J W Green Ltd Luton | Luton, Park Street West | J W Green's Phoenix Brewery (former) (demolished) | Stone sign above the doorway at the main entrance to the former Brewery Offices of the Phoenix Brewery in Park Street West, Luton: 'J.W.GREEN LTD.' This elegant building was demolished by April 2010. | KH photo 2006; Google 2010 | Picture GONE |
Bedfordshire |
Whitbread & Co Ltd London, EC1 | Sharnbrook, Templars Way | Fordham Arms | An oval plaque featuring the brewery's 'deer' trademark and 'WHITBREAD & COMPANY ... EST ... 1742'. | BHK photo 2011 | Picture |
Bedfordshire |
J W Green Ltd Luton | Slip End, 1-3 Front Street | Rising Sun | Five old etched windows with lettering, variously: (1) 'J.W.GREEN'S NOTED LUTON ALES & STOUT'; (2) 'J.W.GREENS. WINES & SPIRITS'. They differ in the use of the apostrophe and full stop. It appears that these beautiful windows had all been replaced by 2021. | BHK photo 2007; Google 2021 | Picture GONE |