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<big>'''Alfred Healey & Sons, ''' '' The Wharf, Horncastle, Lincolnshire.''</big>


Bankrupt 1896 at Branston and this may have been stores by then.
<big>'''Branston Brewery''', ''High Street, Branston, Lincolnshire''</big>


The brewery was built by William Kirton around 1862. It was located on the High Street between the Waggon & Horses and the site of today's Home Guard Club.


<big>'''Alfred Healey, ''' '' Branston, Lincolnshire.''</big>
The business was taken over by Alfred Healey, assisted by brewery manager Frederick Ryley, until its demise in 1896 and demolition in 1901. Healey was a member of the Watford brewing family: see [[E. J. & C. Healey Ltd]].


Bankrupt 1896 with 8 houses, also at Horncastle.  
Healey had worked as a manager at Birkenhead Brewery, as an agent for Threlfalls, and owned premises and stores in Horncastle.


Sale of 5 quarter brewery and 30 quarter malting. Originally from Watford he had brewed at Berkhampstead and then managed the Birkenhead Brewery, moving here by 1884.[[Category:Lincolnshire]]
A history of the Branston Brewery, by Paul Hickman, is available at:
 
* https://www.branstonhistorygroup.org.uk/download/67-branston-brewery/industry
 
 
 
 
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Revision as of 10:53, 14 October 2023

Sale 1868

Branston Brewery, High Street, Branston, Lincolnshire

The brewery was built by William Kirton around 1862. It was located on the High Street between the Waggon & Horses and the site of today's Home Guard Club.

The business was taken over by Alfred Healey, assisted by brewery manager Frederick Ryley, until its demise in 1896 and demolition in 1901. Healey was a member of the Watford brewing family: see E. J. & C. Healey Ltd.

Healey had worked as a manager at Birkenhead Brewery, as an agent for Threlfalls, and owned premises and stores in Horncastle.

A history of the Branston Brewery, by Paul Hickman, is available at: