Barclay, Perkins & Co. Ltd
Barclay, Perkins & Co. Ltd, Park Street, London SE1.
Founded 1616 by James Monger and became Barclay, Perkins in 1781.
Registered June 1896.
Merged with Courage & Co. Ltd. 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.
List of Barclay, Perkins & Co Ltd pubs
The brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published 1890.
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 of 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
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
Signs, Labels, Adverts, etc
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