Barclay, Perkins & Co. Ltd

Messrs. Barclay, Perkins & Co’s., Maltings, Bishop Stortford, Herts. Brewers’ Journal 15th June 1891

From the Illustrated London News

From the Illustrated London News

From the Illustrated London News

Letterhead 1948

Letterhead 1956

Their Trade Mark Directory registration

Courtesy Steve Elliott

Barclay, Perkins & Co. Ltd, Park Street, Southwark, London SE1

Founded 1616 by James Monger and became Barclay, Perkins in 1781. Registered June 1896.

Breweries acquired by Barclay, Perkins before the merger with Courage:

• Worboys & Jarman Ltd of Cambridge in September 1920.
• Pagden Ltd of Epsom in September 1921, registered 1925 and was resold to Mellersh & Neale Ltd in June 1931 with 16 houses.
• Chaplin & Co. Ltd of Harlow in January 1926 with 25 tied houses, and brewing ceased.
• George Scales, Cambridge Brewery in 1926 with 13 tied houses. Then sold to Wells & Winch Ltd in 1938.
• Style & Winch Ltd of Maidstone in March 1929 with 600 tied houses. Ceased brewing 1965 and the brewery was demolished.

Merged with Courage & Co. Ltd in 1955 to form Courage & Barclay Ltd. Brewing other than lager ceased 1958 and the site was then rebuilt as a bottling plant. Lager brewing ceased 1962/3, probably on the opening of the Harp plant at Alton and the Park Street site was later redeveloped.

• Read: A special issue of the Brewery History Journal (2012): The Anchor Brewery, Park Street, Southwark, by Peter Mathais
• Read: "A day at the Brewery" by George Dodd (1843)
• Read: "Barclay, Perkins, and Company's Brewery" (Published 20 March 1875)

• List of Barclay, Perkins & Co Ltd pubs

The brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published 1890.

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Anchor Terrace is a listed building and plaques have been erected in the area to record the history of the brewery, see images below.

This plaque lists the brewers as follows:

• THE MONGER FAMILY 1616-1670
• JOSIAH CHILD 1670-1693
• EDMUND HALSEY MP 1693-1729
• RALPH THRALE 1729-1758
• HENRY THRALE 1758-1781
• BARCLAY, PERKINS & CO 1781-1955
• COURAGE LTD 1955-1986

This "International Incident" plaque reads: AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT OCCURRED HERE - 1850. GENERAL HAYNAU "THE AUSTRIAN BUTCHER" WAS RECOGNISED AND ATTACKED BY BARCLAY & PARKINS DRAYMEN

• The Story of General Haynau

This is the Samuel Johnson image, one of their main Trade Marks. There is more information about the Anchor Brewery and the Thrale family on the website: https://thrale.com

An assortment of images of the brewery

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  Historic illustration

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  Lager brewery 1931

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  Lager brewery 1931

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  1950

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  Park Street redevelopment 1961

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Signs, Labels, Adverts, etc

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  Brewed especially for the Festival of Britain in 1951. See: Godings Brewery

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  Brewed especially for the Festival of Britain in 1951. See: Godings Brewery

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  Courtesy Roy Denison

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  Courtesy Roy Denison

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  Courtesy Roy Denison

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  Courtesy Roy Denison

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  Courtesy Roy Denison

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  Courtesy Roy Denison

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  An advert from 1931

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Entry in the Trade Mark Registry Registration No  : 20,996 Description  : Shield with BP & Co & signature Date of Application  : 29/7/1879 Used Prior to 1875?  : NO