Bridges, Cuthbert & Co Ltd (Ipswich): Difference between revisions

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Bridges, Cuthbert & Co Ltd, Falcon Brewery, 5 Falcon Street, Ipswich, Suffolk

Dating from at least 1813, when held by the Bowman family, and probably from the 1770s.

In 1857 Bridges & Cuthbert, also at Colchester, see:- Bridges, Cuthbert & Co Ltd (Colchester), but bankrupt 1867, though they continued to trade until October 1886, when they merged with Harwood & Co (Eye) of Eye to form the Norfolk & Suffolk Brewery Co Ltd.

The following year the latter became the Colchester Brewing Co. Ltd and the Falcon site closed.

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 <big>'''Bridges, Cuthbert & Co Ltd''', ''Falcon Brewery, 5 Falcon Street, Ipswich, Suffolk''</big>
-Founded c.1855 by Alfred Bowman.
+Dating from at least 1813, when held by the Bowman family, and probably from the 1770s.
-Acquired by Bridges, Cuthbert & Co in 1864 and was registered in June 1866 as Bridges, Cuthbert & Co Ltd to acquire the Falcon Brewery, Ipswich and the Cross Keys Brewery, Culver Street, Colchester (closed 1880).
-Bankrupt 1868. Registered October 1886 as the '''Norfolk & Suffolk Brewery Co Ltd''' to acquire Bridges, Cuthbert & Co. Ltd, [[Halesworth Brewery]], and [[Harwood & Co (Eye)]] Brewery.
-After acquiring Christopher Stopes & Sons Eagle Brewery, Colchester , the company name was changed in July 1887 to the [[Colchester Brewing Co. Ltd]] and the Falcon Brewery, Ipswich was closed.
+In 1857 Bridges & Cuthbert, also at Colchester, see:- [[Bridges, Cuthbert & Co Ltd (Colchester)]], but bankrupt 1867, though they continued to trade until October 1886, when they merged with [[Harwood & Co (Eye)]] of Eye to form the [[Norfolk & Suffolk Brewery Co Ltd]].
+The following year the latter became the [[Colchester Brewing Co. Ltd]] and the Falcon site closed.
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