Ashton Gate Brewery Co

Ashton Gate Brewery Co Ltd
Private
Industry Brewing
Fate Acquired by Bristol Brewery Georges & Co
Founded Bristol, UK (1865 (1865))
Founder Thomas Baynton
Defunct 1931 (1931)/1932 (1932)
Headquarters Bristol, UK
Products Beer

Ashton Gate Brewery Co Ltd (also known for a time as Hardwick and Co Ltd) was a brewing company based in Bristol, UK. It was one of the first 1000 companies registered in England and Wales.

History

Thomas Baynton had operated a business on North Street[1] in Ashton Gate under the name Ashton Gate Brewery.[2] The company was established in 1865 in order to acquire the business after Baynton's death.[3] It was one of the first 1000 companies registered with Companies House.[4]

The company changed its name to Hardwick and Co in 1868, reverting to Ashton Gate Brewery Co in 1883,[3] and was listed in Kelly's Directory.[1][5] In its last year of independent operation (to 1931), an ordinary dividend of 13 per cent was paid.[6]

The company was acquired by Bristol Brewery Georges & Co in either 1931[3] or 1932.[7]

Management

One former managing director was H. R. Harvey, whose son William Rhys Harvey became a director of Bristol Brewery Georges & Co.[8]

Ashton Gate Brewery

The brewery operated at Ashton Gate in Bristol.[3] Additions to the brewery were made in 1905 by brewers' engineers George Adlam,[9] being described architecturally by Foyle in his book Bristol (2004) as "brick and Ham stone with blind lunettes beneath shaped gables." [10] The brewery produced porter and strong beer.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 THE POST OFFICE DIRECTORY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE, HEREFORDSHIRE, SHROPSHIRE, AND THE CITY OF BRISTOL, WITH MAPS ENGRAVED ESPRESSLY FOR THE WORK. Post Office Directory. 1863. p. 36. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  2. 1 2 Matthews's new Bristol directory Mathews's annual directory for the city and county of Bristol Mathews' Bristol directory. 1863. p. 289. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 L. M. Richmond; Alison Turton (1990). The Brewing Industry: A Guide to Historical Records. Manchester University Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-7190-3032-1. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  4. ↑ Lesley Richmond; Bridget Stockford (April 1986). Company archives: the survey of the records of 1000 of the first registered companies in England and Wales. Gower. p. 450. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  5. ↑ Kelly's Directory of Somersetshire: With the City of Bristol. Kelly & Co. 1883. p. 784. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  6. ↑ Charles Harvey; Jon Press (1 November 1988). Studies in the business history of Bristol. Bristol Academic Press. p. 185. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  7. ↑ John Pudney (1971). A draught of contentment: the story of the Courage Group. New English Library. p. 121. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  8. ↑ Brewing Review 75. Brewing Publications. 1961. p. 483. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  9. ↑ Lynn Pearson (5 February 2003). British Breweries: An Architectural History. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-85285-191-0. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  10. ↑ Andrew Foyle (2004). Bristol. Yale University Press. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-300-10442-4. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
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