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[[Image:Birkenhead 1.jpg|thumb|Birkenhead Brewery Co. Ltd., Brewers’ Journal.]]
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[[Image:Birkenhead 2.jpg|thumb|Birkenhead Brewery Co. Ltd., Brewers’ Journal.]]
[[Image:Birkenhead 2.jpg|thumb|Birkenhead Brewery Co. Ltd., Brewers’ Journal.]]
<big>'''Birkenhead Brewery Co. Ltd, ''' '' 73 Oxton Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside.''</big>


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.
<big>'''Birkenhead Brewery Co. Ltd''', ''Argyle Brewery, 73 Oxton Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside''</big>


The Cooks also brewed at Tetbury, [[N. & W. Cook,]].
<big>'''Birkenhead Brewery Co. Ltd''', ''Anchor Brewery, Livingstone Street, Birkenhead, Merseyside''</big>


Name changed as above March 1872. 120 tied houses.  
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.  


Merged with [[Chesters Brewery Co. Ltd]]. 1962 and closed.  
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.
The principal brewery in later years was the old Aspinall site which eventually ceased brewing in 1968.




'''[[List of Birkenhead Brewery Co Ltd pubs]]'''
* '''[[List of Birkenhead Brewery Co Ltd pubs]]'''
 


'''An assortment of views of the breweries:'''


'''An assortment of views of the brewery.'''
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Birkenhead 21.jpg|The brewery in 1910.
Image:Birkenhead 21.jpg|The brewery in 1910.
Image: Birkenhead 22.jpg|The brewery's registered Trade Mark.
Image: Birkenhead 23.jpg|An Aspinall's advert from 1860.
Image: Birkenhead 24.jpg|The Anchor Brewery.
Image: Birkenhead 24.jpg|The Anchor Brewery.
Image: Birkenhead 25.jpg|The remains of the Oxton Road site.
Image: Birkenhead 25.jpg|The remains of the Oxton Road site.
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Image: Birkenhead 27.jpg|The remains of the Oxton Road site.
Image: Birkenhead 27.jpg|The remains of the Oxton Road site.
Image: Birkenhead 31.jpg|Cook's Brewery.
Image: Birkenhead 31.jpg|Cook's Brewery.
Image: Birkenhead 58.jpg|
Image: Birkenhead 59.jpg|
Image: Birkenhead 60.jpg|
File:MerseyBirkenheadBreweryOfficesOxtonRoad BHK Nov08.jpg|On the side of the 72-76 Oxton Road offices 2008. Courtesy "Bank House Kennels."
</gallery>
'''From a visit by Mike Brown in 2019'''
<gallery>
File:Bhead 2019 Mike Brown (4).JPG
File:Bhead 2019 Mike Brown (3).JPG
File:Bhead 2019 Mike Brown (2).JPG
File:Bhead 2019 Mike Brown (1).JPG
File:Bhead 2019 Mike Brown (5).JPG
</gallery>
'''Various documentation and advertising:'''
<gallery>
Image: Birkenhead 22.jpg|The brewery's registered Trade Mark.
Image: Birkenhead 23.jpg|An Aspinall's advert from 1860.
Image: Birkenhead 32.jpg|A letter head from 1955.
Image: Birkenhead 32.jpg|A letter head from 1955.
Image: Birkenhead 33.jpg|A letter head from 1951.
Image: Birkenhead 33.jpg|A letter head from 1951.
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Image: Birkenhead 56.jpg|An advert from 1890.
Image: Birkenhead 56.jpg|An advert from 1890.
Image: Birkenhead 57.jpg|
Image: Birkenhead 57.jpg|
Image: Birkenhead 58.jpg|
Image: Birkenhead 59.jpg|
Image: Birkenhead 60.jpg|
Image: Birkenhead 61.jpg|An assortment of labels.
File:MerseyBirkenheadBreweryOfficesOxtonRoad BHK Nov08.jpg|On the side of the 72-76 Oxton Road offices 2008. Courtesy "Bank House Kennels."
File:Birkenhead brewery label 01.jpg
File:birkenhead brewery ad 02.jpg
File:birkenhead brewery ad 02.jpg
</gallery>
'''An assortment of labels etc:'''
<gallery>
Image: Birkenhead 61.jpg
File:Birkenhead Bry labels xc (2).jpg
File:Birkenhead Bry labels xc (3).jpg
File:Birkenhead Bry labels xc (1).jpg
File:birkenhead brewery label 03.jpg
File:birkenhead brewery label 03.jpg
File:Birkenhead Bry Labels xx (2).jpg
File:Birkenhead Bry Labels xx (1).jpg
File:Birkenhead RD zx (1).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Birkenhead RD zx (2).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Birkenhead RD zx (3).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Birkenhead RD zx (4).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Birkenhead RD zx (5).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
</gallery>
</gallery>


{{Trade Mark |regno = 6,675|desc=Liver Bird on barrel|date=16/6/1876|seventy=10 years}}
{{Trade Mark |regno = 6,675|desc=Liver Bird on barrel|date=16/6/1876|seventy=10 years}}
[[category:Merseyside]]
[[category:Merseyside]]

Revision as of 17:50, 14 October 2020

Birkenhead Brewery strapline.jpg
Courtesy Roy Denison
Birkenhead.jpg
Birkenhead 1955.jpg
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