Showell's Brewery Co. Ltd
Showell's Brewery Co. Ltd, Crosswells Brewery, Oldbury, West Midlands.
Brewers’ Guardian 1874 recorded that a new brewery was being erected on the Langley Springs for Mr Walter Showell of the Victoria Brewery, Oldbury.
Cross Hands TM registered 1880 claiming use from 1874.
Registered March 1887 as Walter Showell & Sons Ltd. to acquire the Victoria Brewery and possibly to finance an additional brewery.
Also at Showell's Stockport Brewery Ltd which was formed into a separate company in 1896. The London public houses were sold to Reffell's Brewery Ltd. 1898.
Acquired by Allsopp & Sons Ltd. 1914 with 194 tied houses.
The Red Lion, Crich Tramway Museum, was originally located at 14 Church Street, Stoke-on-Trent, and was reconstructed at Crich in about 1990:
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