Crown Brewery (Sutton in Ashfield)
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The Crown Brewery shown on an Ordnance Survey extract from 1914. "Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland" http://maps.nls.uk/index.html
W H Walton & Co, Crown Brewery, Alfreton Road, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
William Houldsworth Walton (1852-1900) was recorded as an "Ale and Porter Merchant" in the Post Office Directory of 1876. His brewery on Alfreton Road was just completed in September 1892. Walton died in 1900.
In 1901, James Graves (c1850-1917) is listed as a Brewer on Alfreton Road, at the location of the Crown Brewery. Herbert Joseph Roberts appeared to take over in 1902, and the brewery traded as the Crown Brewery Co.
The Home Brewery Co. Ltd of Daybrook, Nottingham had taken over by 1908.
