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Style & Winch Ltd, Medway Brewery, St Peter's Street, Maidstone, Kent.
The Medway Brewery was built by William Baldwin in 1799. It became A F Style & Co.
Registered in March 1899 to merge A F Style & Co, and Edward Winch & Sons Ltd of Chatham with a total of 356 public houses. The Chatham Brewery was closed in 1899.
Acquisition History:
- They acquired H & O Vallance of Sittingbourne in 1905 and closed that brewery.
- They acquired Henry Simmons of Hadlow, Kent in 1905 with 14 houses and the brewery was closed.
- Tooting Brewery Ltd was acquired in November 1907 with 14 tied houses and was closed.
- Ashford Breweries Ltd Lion Brewery was acquired in 1912 and the brewery was closed.
- In 1918 they acquired Woodhams & Co. Ltd of Rochester and closed it.
- Edwin Finn & Sons Ltd of Lydd was acquired in 1921 with 42 tied houses and was closed.
- They acquired Royal Brewery (Brentford) Ltd in 1922; brewing ceased there in June 1923.
- The Dartford Brewery Co. Ltd was acquired in 1924. The Brentford and Dartford companies were identifiable as associate companies into the 1950s.
Style & Winch were acquired by Barclay, Perkins & Co. Ltd in March 1929 with 600 tied houses.
Ceased brewing 1965 and was demolished.
An assortment of images of the brewery
- Style & Winch 03 Roy Denison.jpg
Courtesy Roy Denison
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