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* Cook's Argyle Brewery, Oxton Road.  
* Cook's Argyle Brewery, Oxton Road.  


The Cooks also brewed at Tetbury, see [[N. & W. Cook,]].  
The Cooks also brewed at Tetbury, see [[N & W Cook (Tetbury)]].  


Name changed as above March 1872. 120 tied houses. Merged with [[Chesters Brewery Co. Ltd]] in 1962.  
Name changed as above March 1872. 120 tied houses. Merged with [[Chesters Brewery Co. Ltd]] in 1962.  

Revision as of 17:50, 14 October 2020

Birkenhead Brewery strapline.jpg
Courtesy Roy Denison
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Birkenhead Brewery Co. Ltd., New Brewery. Brewers’ Journal 15th March 1901.
Birkenhead Brewery Co. Ltd., Brewers’ Journal.
Birkenhead Brewery Co. Ltd., Brewers’ Journal.

Birkenhead Brewery Co. Ltd, Argyle Brewery, 73 Oxton Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside

Birkenhead Brewery Co. Ltd, Anchor Brewery, Livingstone Street, Birkenhead, Merseyside

Registered August 1865 as the Birkenhead Amalgamated Brewery Co. Ltd to merge:

  • Aspinall's Anchor Brewery, Livingstone Street (rebuilt 1900) and
  • Cook's Argyle Brewery, Oxton Road.

The Cooks also brewed at Tetbury, see N & W Cook (Tetbury).

Name changed as above March 1872. 120 tied houses. Merged with Chesters Brewery Co. Ltd in 1962.

The principal brewery in later years was the old Aspinall site which eventually ceased brewing in 1968.



An assortment of views of the breweries:


From a visit by Mike Brown in 2019


Various documentation and advertising:


An assortment of labels etc:

Entry in the Trade Mark Registry

Registration No  : 6,675
Description  : Liver Bird on barrel
Date of Application  : 16/6/1876
Used Prior to 1875?  : 10 years