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[[Image:B&T 3.jpg|thumb|The brewery frontage in 1998]]
[[Image:B&T 3.jpg|thumb|The Brewery Tap in 1998]]
[[Image:B&T 11.jpg|thumb|The brewery rear in 1998]]
[[Image:B&T 11.jpg|thumb|The brewery rear in 1998]]
<big>'''Banks & Taylor Brewery Ltd, ''' ''St.Francis Way, Shefford Industrial Park, Ampthill Road, Shefford, Bedfordshire.''</big>
[[File:Badge Banks and Taylor.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:BedfordWellingtonArms2021aa_SP_June21.JPG|thumb|Wellington Arms, Bedford, 2021]]


Founded by Martin Ayres and Mike Desquesnes August 1982.
<big>'''Banks & Taylor Brewery Ltd''', ''St Francis Way, Shefford Industrial Park, Ampthill Road, Shefford, Bedfordshire SG17 5DZ''</big>


Still in operation as B&T Brewery.
Founded by Martin Ayres and Mike Desquesnes in August 1982. Following receivership, restructured and renamed '''B&T Brewery''' in 1994. Brewing at Shefford ceased in Summer 2020 and was then contracted out. But the company was wound up in 2022.
 
 
At times, Banks & Taylor / B&T have owned or leased the following pubs:
 
====Bedfordshire====
 
* Bricklayers Arms, 10 Hightown Road, Luton, Beds. Ex JW Green.
* Two Brewers, 43 Dumfries Street, Luton, Beds. Ex JW Green.
* Royal Oak, 23 Bridgend, Carlton, Bedford.
* Albion, 36 Dunstable Street, Ampthill, Beds. Ex Morris & Co (Ampthill) Ltd.
* Wellington Arms, 40 Wellington Street, Bedford. Ex Charles Wells.
* Globe, 43 Winfield Street, Dunstable, Beds.
* Brewery Tap, 14 North Bridge Street, Shefford, Beds. Formerly Countryman.
 
====Elsewhere====
 
* Lord Rodneys Head, 285 Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London E1. 1986, ex Charrington.
* Royal Oak, Offord Road, Islington, London N1. Leased from Watneys 1987.
* King William IV, 155 Trafalgar Road, East Greenwich, London SE10. Leased from Charrington 1987.
* Brewers Arms, 1 Gas Street, Northampton. Ex Manns.
* Elm Tree, Orchard Street, Cambridge. Ex Charles Wells.
* Lytton Arms, Park Lane, Old Knebworth, Hertfordshire.
* Crown & Sceptre, Bridens Camp, near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire (1985).


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'''The following images were taken on a BHS Visit in 2005.'''
'''The following images were taken on a BHS Visit in 2005.'''
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Latest revision as of 16:26, 31 July 2023

The Brewery Tap in 1998
The brewery rear in 1998
Badge Banks and Taylor.jpg
Wellington Arms, Bedford, 2021

Banks & Taylor Brewery Ltd, St Francis Way, Shefford Industrial Park, Ampthill Road, Shefford, Bedfordshire SG17 5DZ

Founded by Martin Ayres and Mike Desquesnes in August 1982. Following receivership, restructured and renamed B&T Brewery in 1994. Brewing at Shefford ceased in Summer 2020 and was then contracted out. But the company was wound up in 2022.


At times, Banks & Taylor / B&T have owned or leased the following pubs:

Bedfordshire

  • Bricklayers Arms, 10 Hightown Road, Luton, Beds. Ex JW Green.
  • Two Brewers, 43 Dumfries Street, Luton, Beds. Ex JW Green.
  • Royal Oak, 23 Bridgend, Carlton, Bedford.
  • Albion, 36 Dunstable Street, Ampthill, Beds. Ex Morris & Co (Ampthill) Ltd.
  • Wellington Arms, 40 Wellington Street, Bedford. Ex Charles Wells.
  • Globe, 43 Winfield Street, Dunstable, Beds.
  • Brewery Tap, 14 North Bridge Street, Shefford, Beds. Formerly Countryman.

Elsewhere

  • Lord Rodneys Head, 285 Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London E1. 1986, ex Charrington.
  • Royal Oak, Offord Road, Islington, London N1. Leased from Watneys 1987.
  • King William IV, 155 Trafalgar Road, East Greenwich, London SE10. Leased from Charrington 1987.
  • Brewers Arms, 1 Gas Street, Northampton. Ex Manns.
  • Elm Tree, Orchard Street, Cambridge. Ex Charles Wells.
  • Lytton Arms, Park Lane, Old Knebworth, Hertfordshire.
  • Crown & Sceptre, Bridens Camp, near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire (1985).


The following images were taken on a BHS Visit in 2005.