Eldridge, Pope & Co. Ltd

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The remains of Eldridge, Pope's original brewery in Ackland Road.
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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 separated from brewing in 1996 and management buy-out followed by merger in 1997.

This merged 1998 with Burtonwood Brewery Co.(Forshaws) Ltd. in 1998.

Trading as Thomas Hardy Burtonwood. Pub estate sold to Michael Cannon in 2004, who then sold it to Marstons in 2006.

The brewery closed in 2003 but is still standing in use residentially.


Masons Brewery, Dorchester, once owned by Eldridge Pope.


The following images were taken on a BHS Visit in 2002. Courtesy Jeff Sechiari

Entry in the Trade Mark Registry

Registration No  : 25,219
Description  : Monogram "EP" on shield & facsimile signature
Date of Application  : 17/11/1880
Used Prior to 1875?  : 6 years


Registration No  : 525,860
Description  : Dorset Brown Ale Label
Date of Application  : 22/09/1931
Used Prior to 1875?  : NO