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'''[[The Constables of Arundel & Littlehampton]]'''
'''[[The Constables of Arundel & Littlehampton]]'''
'''[[Major Guy Constable and the Artist Ralph Ellis]]'''





Revision as of 20:21, 24 July 2019

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G S Constable & Sons Ltd, Swallow Brewery, Queen Street, Arundel, West Sussex.

The Swallow Brewery dated back to C18th and the Littlehampton brewery founded 1816.

Registered 1904. Merged with G Henty & Sons Ltd. of Chichester 1921 to form Henty & Constable Ltd.


The Anchor Brewery, Littlehampton

G S Constable & Sons Ltd, Anchor Brewery, High Street, Littlehampton, West Sussex.

James Corfe started the brewery in 1816 which was taken over by G B Puttock in 1850.

John Constable acquired the firm in 1870 building the Anchor Brewhouse a year later.

Closed in 1917 and brewing transferred to Arundel.


Jimmy Hastell writes:-

Anchor Brewery, High Street, Littlehampton

James Corfe started the brewery in 1816, which was taken over in 1850 by GB Puttock. In 1870 John Constable took it over and extended the buildings and yard, building the landmark square tower in 1871. The brewery employed 60 men and had stabling in Duke Street. It was closed in 1917 and the brewing business transferred to the Swallow Brewery in Arundel. The front of the building remained as an off licence until 1921.

The old brewery under the new ownership of Henty & Constable Ltd turned its hand to producing mineral water under the name of Anchor Springs. The water came from a well on the site reported to be 97 meters deep.

The iconic tower was cut down in 1940 to prevent it being a landmark for German aircraft.


The Constables of Arundel & Littlehampton

Major Guy Constable and the Artist Ralph Ellis


An assortment of views of the Arundel site


An assortment of views of the Littlehampton site