Nags Head (Boston)
Nags Head Brewery, Stanbow Lane / St Georges Lane, Boston, Lincolnshire
The Nags Head public house was located on Stanbow Lane. The Ordnance Survey map of 1887 (but not 1903) showed a brewery behind on St Georges Lane.
George William Harwood was listed here in 1835. On 5 April 1838 The Nags Head was advertised to be let with "complete brewery attached". Henry Madison Mowbray took over the brewery in 1840 and advertised "Ale of the first quality" as well as an extensive stock of Old Ale.
In 1851 Joseph Parker was in occupation and George Gunnis in 1861. George Joel Jessop, brewer and maltster, was recorded in Whites Directory of 1872; he lived at 17 St Georges Lane. He appears to have been succeeded by John Faulkner who continued to 1874, when he was declared bankrupt in October.
In January 1878, the 5-quarter Nags Head Brewery was offered to let following the dissolution of the partnership of the brothers C & W Thorpe. W Thorpe was based at The Nags Head whilst C Thorpe ran the Clarence Hotel, Market Square. The advertisement stated that "a good business has been carried out at the above brewery for a number of years".
Brewing appears to have ceased by 1879, when the pub was advertising Hewitts beer from Grimsby.