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[[Image:Dorchester 91.jpg|thumb|The remains of Eldridge, Pope's original brewery in Ackland Road.]] | [[Image:Dorchester 91.jpg|thumb|The remains of Eldridge, Pope's original brewery in Ackland Road.]] | ||
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<big>'''Eldridge, Pope & Co. Ltd,''''' Weymouth Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset.''</big> | <big>'''Eldridge, Pope & Co. Ltd,''''' Weymouth Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset.''</big> | ||
Revision as of 21:24, 19 August 2014
Eldridge, Pope & Co. Ltd, Weymouth Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset.
Founded 1837 when Charles Eldridge leased the Dragon Brewery, Ackland Road/Durngate Street (closed 1883).
Dorchester Brewery opened 1880. Registered May 1897 with 74 public houses.
Pub estate sold 1997 and management buy-out followed by merger in 1998 with Burtonwood Brewery Co.(Forshaws) Ltd. Trading as Thomas Hardy Brewery, the brewery closed in 2003.
Masons Brewery, Dorchester, once owned by Eldridge Pope.
The following images were taken on a BHS Visit in 2002.
