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<big>'''Devenish Weymouth Brewery Ltd, '''''Hope Square & Redruth, Cornwall, Weymouth, Dorset.''</big>
[[File:Devenish 1948.jpg|thumb|1948]]
[[Image:Devenish 03.jpg|thumb|1969]]
[[File:BathCoeurDeLion84_SP_June2010.jpg|thumb|Coeur De Lion, Bath]]
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<big>'''Devenish & Co. Ltd''', ''Hope Square, Weymouth, Dorset''</big>


Founded 1742 by Fowler family and acquired by William Devenish 1824.  
<big>'''Devenish & Co. Ltd''', ''Chapel Street, Redruth, Cornwall''</big>


Registered 1889 as J.A.Devenish & Co. Ltd. and name was changed as above 1965. 330 tied houses. Brewing ceased at Weymouth November 1985 and was concentrated at Redruth as the Redruth Brewery (1742) Ltd.  
Founded in 1742 by the Fowler family and acquired by William Devenish in 1824. Registered in 1889 as J.A.Devenish & Co. Ltd. and name was changed as above 1965.


Houses acquired by [[Greenall Whitley & Co. Ltd]] 1993.
* In 1934, they acquired the Redruth Brewery Co. Ltd. For information on Redruth, see: [[Cornish Brewery Co. Ltd]].


* They acquired the adjacent [[Groves & Sons Ltd]], Hope Brewery, Weymouth in 1960 with 115 public houses.


'''An assortment of views of the brewery.'''
330 tied houses. Brewing ceased at Weymouth November 1985 and was concentrated at Redruth as the Redruth Brewery (1742) Ltd. Brewing ceased at Redruth in 1991. The tied house estate was acquired by [[Greenall Whitley & Co. Ltd]] in 1993.
 
* '''[[List of Devenish & Co (Weymouth) pubs]]'''
 
 
'''Courtesy Paul Hathaway:'''
 
[[File:Weymouth Harbour with Groves and Devenish.JPG|600px]]
 
Weymouth Harbour, taken from a ship on the east side of the Harbour looking towards towards Hope Square and the Devenish and Groves Breweries.
 
Hope Square is to the rear of the buildings in the dead centre of the picture. The white building on the right of the is the Old Rooms Inn, while the building with the two cream porticos is the Cove Inn, both now closed. The Old Rooms was one of the last pubs to be gas lit.
 
 
'''The Redruth Brewery in 1977. Courtesy Roy Denison'''


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Image:Devenish 26.jpg|The installation of a new boiler. Photo: Courtesy NNNNN
Image:Devenish 27.jpg|The installation of a new boiler. Photo: Courtesy NNNNN
Image:Devenish 28.jpg|The installation of a new boiler. Photo: Courtesy NNNNN
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'''Various views of the brewery'''
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File:Devonish playing card.jpg
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Image:Devenish 26.jpg|The installation of a new boiler
Image:Devenish 27.jpg|The installation of a new boiler
Image:Devenish 28.jpg|The installation of a new boiler
File:WeymouthDevenish01_SP_May1990.jpg|1990
File:Devenish Weymouth 5 June 1978.jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Devonish Weymouth RD zx (6).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Devonish Weymouth RD zx (4).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Devonish Weymouth RD zx (3).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Devonish Weymouth RD zx (2).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Devonish Weymouth RD zx (1).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Devenish RD zmx.jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Devenish beer mat RD zmc (1).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Devenish beer mat RD zmc (2).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
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'''Ordnance Survey map extracts from 1863. "Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland" http://maps.nls.uk/index.html: '''
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Revision as of 11:14, 31 May 2020

Extra Stout
K Bitter Ale
1948
1969
Coeur De Lion, Bath
DevenishTurksHead.JPG

Devenish & Co. Ltd, Hope Square, Weymouth, Dorset

Devenish & Co. Ltd, Chapel Street, Redruth, Cornwall

Founded in 1742 by the Fowler family and acquired by William Devenish in 1824. Registered in 1889 as J.A.Devenish & Co. Ltd. and name was changed as above 1965.

  • They acquired the adjacent Groves & Sons Ltd, Hope Brewery, Weymouth in 1960 with 115 public houses.

330 tied houses. Brewing ceased at Weymouth November 1985 and was concentrated at Redruth as the Redruth Brewery (1742) Ltd. Brewing ceased at Redruth in 1991. The tied house estate was acquired by Greenall Whitley & Co. Ltd in 1993.


Courtesy Paul Hathaway:

Weymouth Harbour with Groves and Devenish.JPG

Weymouth Harbour, taken from a ship on the east side of the Harbour looking towards towards Hope Square and the Devenish and Groves Breweries.

Hope Square is to the rear of the buildings in the dead centre of the picture. The white building on the right of the is the Old Rooms Inn, while the building with the two cream porticos is the Cove Inn, both now closed. The Old Rooms was one of the last pubs to be gas lit.


The Redruth Brewery in 1977. Courtesy Roy Denison


Various views of the brewery


Ordnance Survey map extracts from 1863. "Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland" http://maps.nls.uk/index.html: