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<big>'''Cosham Steam Brewery''', ''George & Dragon, High Street, Cosham, Hampshire''</big>
[[File:CoshamSteamBry_OS1907.jpg|thumb|Site of the brewery. Ordnance Survey extract from 1907. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland (http://maps.nls.uk/index.html)]]


<big>'''Cosham Steam Brewery''', ''George & Dragon Hotel, High Street, Cosham, Hampshire''</big>


Cosham, on the mainland immediately north of Portsea Island (now part of the City of Portsmouth), was a little village on the important London to Portsmouth turnpike road which formed Cosham's High Street. Amongst a number of coaching inns was the George (later the George and Dragon) which in 1859 was bought by Jane King who had just succeeded her late husband James as brewer at the aptly named King's Head in nearby Hilsea. After the King's Head burned down, Mrs King built the Cosham Brewery on a piece of ground behind the George and Dragon. After her death the brewery was bought by Thomas Henley Canning (in 1877) who in turn sold it to George Henry Dean in 1882.
The George and Dragon (previously the George) was in 1859 bought by Jane King who had just succeeded her late husband James as brewer at the aptly named Kings Head in nearby Hilsea. After the Kings Head burned down, Mrs King built the Cosham Brewery on a piece of ground behind the George and Dragon. After her death the brewery was bought by Thomas Henley Canning (in 1877) who in turn sold it to George Henry Dean in 1882.
 
In 1895, the brewery was bought by William Dupree of [[Portsmouth United Breweries Ltd]]. But in 1898, being surplus to requirements, it was sold to [[Whicher & Co|Ernest Whicher]].
 
Following Whicher's merger in 1906 with [[Charles Gillett (Buckland Brewery)]], the Cosham Steam Brewery was closed.
 
 
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Latest revision as of 12:13, 22 March 2020

Site of the brewery. Ordnance Survey extract from 1907. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland (http://maps.nls.uk/index.html)

Cosham Steam Brewery, George & Dragon Hotel, High Street, Cosham, Hampshire

The George and Dragon (previously the George) was in 1859 bought by Jane King who had just succeeded her late husband James as brewer at the aptly named Kings Head in nearby Hilsea. After the Kings Head burned down, Mrs King built the Cosham Brewery on a piece of ground behind the George and Dragon. After her death the brewery was bought by Thomas Henley Canning (in 1877) who in turn sold it to George Henry Dean in 1882.

In 1895, the brewery was bought by William Dupree of Portsmouth United Breweries Ltd. But in 1898, being surplus to requirements, it was sold to Ernest Whicher.

Following Whicher's merger in 1906 with Charles Gillett (Buckland Brewery), the Cosham Steam Brewery was closed.