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Defunct Brewery Livery

15 June 2026

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County Brewery Location Premises Description Contributors Photo?
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Yorkshire North

Vaux Breweries Ltd Sunderland Brompton on Swale, Gatherley Road Farmers Arms At first floor level, on the right-hand side of the front elevation, a metal unpainted shield featuring a 'V' between two blackbirds. BHK photo 2010 Picture

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Vaux Breweries Ltd Sunderland Carlton (near Snaith), High Street Oddfellows Arms Vaux signage: lantern, plaque, board sign, hanging sign. A former Darley's pub. All Vaux signage removed by 2015. BHK photo 2009 Picture
GONE

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Warwick & Co Boroughbridge Harrogate - Starbeck, 36 High Street Star Inn (former) Has a tiled fascia: 'WARWICK'S BOROUGHBRIDGE ... STAR INN ... CELEBRATED ALES and STOUT ... STAR INN'. Dated 1904 at high level. Converted to retail but the pub fascia is retained. RWo 2007; WRB photo 2007 Picture

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Stephen Bradley Harrogate Harrogate, 11-19 Devonshire Place Swan (later Mucky Duck) "SB 1895" and an image of a swan above the front door. SP photo 2014 Picture

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Northern Clubs Federation Brewery Ltd Dunston Harrogate, 4 East Parade Harrogate Ex Servicemens Club A modern projecting box sign. Logo of linked hands surrounding a beer glass, and: 'OUR OWN BREWERY ... FEDERATION'. SP photo 2021 Picture

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Vaux Breweries Ltd Sunderland Huby, Baston Lane / Tollerton Road Star (renamed) Two modern board signs: 'VAUX BREWERIES LTD' and 'BREWED BY VAUX BREWERIES LIMITED'. Renamed 'Mended Drum' and the Vaux signs have been removed. BHK photo 2009 Picture
GONE

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Tadcaster Tower Brewery Co Ltd Tadcaster Knaresborough, 3 High Street Board Inn (former) Four similar leaded windows with a central blue panel and gold lettering: TOWER ALES (photo); LOUNGE; SMOKE ROOM; TOWER ALES (this one has some damage). Although the brewery is still in operation, it is no longer independent and is part of Molson Coors. PLo photo 2015; DPc photo 2022 Picture

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Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd Halifax Low Bradley, Crag Lane Slaters Arms Timber fascia board applied to the wall with 'SAMUEL WEBSTER' - gold lettering on green. Signs removed by 2022. WRB photo 2007; Google 2022 Picture
GONE

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Vaux Breweries Ltd Sunderland Middlesbrough - St Hilda’s, 5-7 Durham Street Captain Cook Three square panels featuring the 'two blackbirds'. Also, high on a the left-hand gable, a shield with a 'V' between two blackbirds. Much renovated and rebuilt from 2021, the Vaux features have been removed. AH photo 2015; Google 2021-2023 Picture
GONE

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Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent Middlesbrough, 27 Linthorpe Road Masham Hotel (former) Probably no longer in pub use. A corner pub with a fine green faience frontage. Below the windows are four decorative roundels enclosing a Bass 'red triangle'. Stylistically very similar to the Golden Cup, Hanley, Staffs. Also see the nearby Shakespeare. AH photo 2015 Picture

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Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent Middlesbrough, 34 Linthorpe Road Shakespeare (former) The pub has been converted to retail use, but retains a fine green tiled frontage. Above each of two doorways is a roundel in 'lifebelt' style enclosing a Bass 'red triangle'. Also see the nearby Masham Hotel. AH photo 2015 Picture

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Vaux Breweries Ltd Sunderland Middlesbrough, 9 Zetland Road Zetland Hotel (former) Between windows at second floor level, a shield featuring a 'V' between two blackbirds. Nicely painted in 2015, but spoilt by the addition of two initials. The shield was removed by 2024. BHK photo 2010; AH photo 2015; Google 2024 Picture
GONE

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Newcastle Breweries Ltd Newcastle-upon-Tyne Middlesbrough, Bridge Street West Club Bongo International (former) A 'blue star' in a roundel surrounded by 'NEWCASTLE BREWERIES'. This and the club name are within a glass box, and appear to have had neon illumination. The club closed in 2017, but Google shows the signs surviving in 2024. AH photo 2015; Google 2024 Picture

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Vaux Breweries Ltd Sunderland Ripon, 84 Bondgate Ship On the left-side gable end, a shield featuring a 'V' between two blackbirds. The blackbirds have been painted black. BHK photo 2009 Picture

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Bentley’s Yorkshire Breweries Ltd Leeds Saltburn-by-the-Sea, 1 Windsor Road Queen Hotel (former) On the Windsor Road forecourt at the front of this large bar is an area of black-and-white tiles with logo 'BYB' in a roundel in the centre. The building was formerly the Queen Hotel and is dated 1875. CTw photo 2012 Picture

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Selby (Middlebrough) Brewery Ltd Selby Selby, 4 Gowthorpe New Inn "SELBY ALES" in faint outline on the fascia. RWo 2006 .

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Bentley’s Yorkshire Breweries Ltd Leeds Skipton, Keighley Road, Devonshire Place Unicorn Hotel (former) Large 'BYB' lettering in stone on the Devonshire Place elevation. These premises are now a residential hotel. RWo 2006; AH photo 2015; SP photo 2023 Picture

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Vaux Breweries Ltd Sunderland Sutton on the Forest, Huby Road Blackwell Ox (former) To the right of the front door, a small oval Vaux plaque. Converted to a house by 2024, and the plaque has been removed BHK photo 2009; Google 2024 Picture
GONE

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Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc Tadcaster, 2 Westgate Fleece (former) Two Bass lanterns, and 'Bass' lettering on the hanging sign. Converted to retail, and the Bass features have been removed. SP 2008; Google 2016 .
GONE

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Russell & Wrangham Ltd Malton West Lutton, village Three Tuns A stone plaque featuring a carved shield with 'RUSSELLS ALES' and three casks; also the pub name and an inscription. BHK photo 2010 Picture

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Joshua Tetley & Son Ltd Leeds Whitby, 8 Golden Lion Bank Golden Lion Ex Charles Rose & Co. Ltd. Three leaded windows, each with a central lettered panel: 'TETLEY ... LOUNGE ... TETLEY'. SP photo 2015 Picture

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Joshua Tetley & Son Ltd Leeds Whitby, 91 Church Street Black Horse Ex Charles Rose & Co. Ltd. Above the hanging sign, a roundel with Tetley's 'huntsman' and lettering around: 'ONE OF TETLEY'S HOUSES'. SP photo 2015 Picture

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Mansfield Brewery Co Ltd Mansfield York, 10 High Petergate Hole in the Wall A round illustrated hanging sign (modern) with 'THE MANSFIELD BREWERY COMPANY'. The Mansfield sign was replaced by 2012. BHK photo 2009; Google 2012 Picture
GONE

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Joshua Tetley & Son Ltd Leeds York, 13 Lawrence Street Rose & Crown Internal. On the modern counter top, an oval brass plaque has been incorporated: 'ONE OF TETLEY'S FESTIVAL ALE HOUSES'. This pub was long-owned by Tetleys. SP 2016 .

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Brett Brothers York York, 40 Stonegate Olde Starre Internal. There is a fine leaded-glass bar screen, probably dating from an 1890s refit by the brewery-owners at the time. Almost certainly the work of J W Knowles & Co, renowned craft glaziers whose Stonegate workshops were close by. Three panels with lettering: 'BRETT BROs' in the centre; 'STAR INN' each side. SP 2001; CAMRA 2008; BHK photo 2009 Picture

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C J Melrose York York, 6 Bootham White Horse C J Melrose wasn't a brewer but a local wine merchant owning a small chain of York pubs. Under a first floor oriel window is a stone panel with 'CJM 1895'. Later a Thwaites's house. SP 2005 .

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