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<big>'''Eldridge, Pope & Co | |||
<big>'''Eldridge, Pope & Co Ltd''', ''Weymouth Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset.''</big> | |||
Founded 1837 when Charles Eldridge leased the Dragon Brewery, Ackland Road/Durngate Street (closed 1883). | Founded 1837 when Charles Eldridge leased the Dragon Brewery, Ackland Road/Durngate Street (closed 1883). | ||
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'''The brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published 1890.''' | '''The brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published 1890.''' | ||
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File:Eldridge Pope Dorchester (1).jpg | File:Eldridge Pope Dorchester (1).jpg | ||
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'''Masons Brewery, Dorchester, once owned by Eldridge Pope.''' | '''Masons Brewery, Dorchester, once owned by Eldridge Pope.''' | ||
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File:DorsetDorchesterThreeMariners HighEastStreet1 BHK Apr10.jpg|The brewery in 2010. Courtesy "Bank House Kennels". | File:DorsetDorchesterThreeMariners HighEastStreet1 BHK Apr10.jpg|The brewery in 2010. Courtesy "Bank House Kennels". | ||
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'''An assortment of views of the brewery''' | '''An assortment of views of the brewery''' | ||
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File:DorsetDorchesterBrewery2 EP logo DerekTaylor0416.jpg|Courtesy Derek Taylor | File:DorsetDorchesterBrewery2 EP logo DerekTaylor0416.jpg|Courtesy Derek Taylor | ||
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File:81020011.JPG|Signage from their depot in Winchester | File:81020011.JPG|Signage from their depot in Winchester | ||
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'''The brewery in 1990''' | |||
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'''The following images were taken on a BHS Visit in 2002. Courtesy Jeff Sechiari''' | '''The following images were taken on a BHS Visit in 2002. Courtesy Jeff Sechiari''' | ||
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Revision as of 20:18, 11 March 2019
Eldridge, Pope & Co Ltd, Weymouth Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset.
Founded 1837 when Charles Eldridge leased the Dragon Brewery, Ackland Road/Durngate Street (closed 1883).
Dorchester Brewery opened 1880. Registered May 1897 with 74 public houses.
Pub estate separated from brewing in 1996 and management buy-out followed by merger in 1997.
This merged 1998 with Burtonwood Brewery Co.(Forshaws) Ltd. in 1998.
Trading as Thomas Hardy Burtonwood. Pub estate sold to Michael Cannon in 2004, who then sold it to Marstons in 2006.
The brewery closed in 2003 but is still standing in use residentially.
The brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published 1890.
Masons Brewery, Dorchester, once owned by Eldridge Pope.
An assortment of views of the brewery
The brewery in 1990
The following images were taken on a BHS Visit in 2002. Courtesy Jeff Sechiari
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