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[[File:Heavitree Brewery Exeter aa.jpg|thumb]] | [[File:Heavitree Brewery Exeter aa.jpg|thumb]] | ||
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[[Image:Heavitree 02.jpg|thumb| | [[Image:Heavitree 02.jpg|thumb|Cockwood]] | ||
[[Image:Heavitree 21.jpg|thumb|Bideford]] | |||
<big>'''Heavitree Brewery Ltd''', ''16 Church Street, Heavitree, Exeter, Devon.''</big> | <big>'''Heavitree Brewery Ltd''', ''16 Church Street, Heavitree, Exeter, Devon.''</big> | ||
Founded in 1790. | Founded in 1790. Originally Wilcocks & Rewe, but in 1857 was noted in Billings Directory as Heavitree Brewery with Elizabeth Baker as brewer. Registered in February 1890 to acquire E N Birkett. | ||
The company decided to end brewing in 1970, the directors citing rising costs and a change of public taste - only 45% of the company's pubs took Heavitree beers at the time. After closure, the 135 tied houses were initially supplied by Whitbread. The brewery was demolished in 1986. | |||
The company retains a pub estate, most of which is in Devon. | |||
* '''[[Heavitree Brewery: Announcement of the Cessation of Brewing, 1970]]''' | |||
* '''[[Heavitree Brewery Pubs]] - a Gallery''' | |||
'''An assortment of views of the brewery.''' | '''An assortment of views of the brewery.''' | ||
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Image:Heavitree 07.jpg|The brewery in 1986. | Image:Heavitree 07.jpg|The brewery in 1986. | ||
File:Heavitree Horse Dray wz.jpg | File:Heavitree Horse Dray wz.jpg | ||
File:Heavitree Bideford 7 June 1978.jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Heavitree Exeter RD zx.jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
{{Trade Mark |regno = 154,504|desc=Sheaf of barley & sickle|date=2/3/1891|seventy=70 year before Feb 1891}} | {{Trade Mark |regno = 154,504|desc=Sheaf of barley & sickle|date=2/3/1891|seventy=70 year before Feb 1891}} | ||
[[Category:Devon]] | [[Category:Devon]] |
Latest revision as of 12:15, 17 June 2022
Heavitree Brewery Ltd, 16 Church Street, Heavitree, Exeter, Devon.
Founded in 1790. Originally Wilcocks & Rewe, but in 1857 was noted in Billings Directory as Heavitree Brewery with Elizabeth Baker as brewer. Registered in February 1890 to acquire E N Birkett.
The company decided to end brewing in 1970, the directors citing rising costs and a change of public taste - only 45% of the company's pubs took Heavitree beers at the time. After closure, the 135 tied houses were initially supplied by Whitbread. The brewery was demolished in 1986.
The company retains a pub estate, most of which is in Devon.
- Heavitree Brewery: Announcement of the Cessation of Brewing, 1970
- Heavitree Brewery Pubs - a Gallery
An assortment of views of the brewery.
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