Castle Hill Brewery (Douglas)
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Castle Hill Brewery, Douglas, Isle of Man
Founded by William Okell. He began brewing in 1850 at "Castle Hill".
In 1861, George Atkins (aged 65) was recorded as brewer and maltster, but was insolvent by 1869.
On retirement to the Island, Charles Udall bought the Castle Hill Brewery, probably in 1871 - then built the Railway Hotel in 1874. Charles Udall & Co produced draught X Ale, XX Ale, XXX Ale, XXXX Ale and Pale Ale, as well as bottled Pale Ale; they also distributed Manders’s Dublin Stout.
Henry Green and Henry Marsden from 1875; Green and John Brown from 1876.
For sale in 1880, following which Edward Samuel Woolf, the founder and owner of the South Cheshire Brewery in Crewe, took over.