Bridges, Cuthbert & Co Ltd (Colchester)
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Bridges, Cuthbert & Co Ltd., Cross Keys Brewery, Calver Street, Colchester, Essex.
Bridges, Cuthbert and Company Ltd. were brewing from 1866 to 1880 listed two years later also as maltster, a branch of the Falcon Brewery, Ipswich.
Merged with Harwood & Co (Eye), Eye to form the Norfolk & Suffolk Brewery Co Ltd. in 1886 and taken over a year later by the formation of the Colchester Brewing Co. Ltd.
Brewing on site ceased in 1880 and the site was used as a stores depot. The site was later sold and since 1970 has been occupied by a supermarket.
From ESSEX BREWERS - The Malting and Hop Industries of the County by Ian P Peaty 1992 now out of print ISBN 978 1 873966 02 4