Charles Barker
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Charles Rider Barker, Chestnut Brewery, The Street, Toppesfield, Essex.
Recorded in 1906.
Later the Crawley Arms, closed around 1996.
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
Brewing was taking place at Toppesfield in 1882 under George Barker, but he ceased brewing only two years later, most likely due to his death.
Charles Rider Baker succeeded him, being recorded from 1886 until the brewery's closure in 1906.