Burton Brewery Co

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Burton Brewery Co, Burton Brewery, William Street, Herne Bay, Kent.

Established at Herne Street, 1 1/2 miles from Herne Bay, prior to 1832 by George Harris.

Moved to William Street by 1874 and owned by Richard Sydney King in 1882. Known as G.E.Furber, Burton Brewery between 1891 and 1895, Flinn & Co. between 1895 and 1905 when above title assumed.

Brewing had ceased by 1910 when premises used as stores by the Canterbury Brewery Co and later by Fremlins Ltd in the 1930s.


From Kentish Brewers by Peter Moyniham Flinn & Co, Burton Brewery and Mineral Water Works, William Street. Listed in a Directory of 1895. Joseph Flinn was a maltster in Bishop’s Stortford in 1881, employing 43 men and three boys. His two sons, Frank and Harry, took over the brewery but their partnership was dissolved in 1894. Harry went to Canada for two years but returned to run the brewery. He purchased the concern outright in 1902 for £4,566 which included two pubs in Dover. In 1904 Harry Flinn filed his own petition for bankruptcy owing to debts incurred in the business. Burton Brewery Co, William Street.

This Company was formed after Flinn’s bankruptcy; brewing continued but had ceased by 1910. The brewing plant was dismantled and removed in 1911 and the premises became a store for the Canterbury Brewery Co with a taphouse and off-license. The stores were in use by Messrs [[[Fremlins Ltd]]] in 1934.