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'''From Peter Moynihan's Kent notes:-''' | '''From Peter Moynihan's Kent notes:-''' | ||
''It is clear that William Humphrey Golding was no great shakes as a businessman, but where did the money come from to build the brewery in the first place? | ''It is clear that William Humphrey Golding was no great shakes as a businessman, but where did the money come from to build the brewery in the first place? '' | ||
And then to buy another brewery at Wrotham (with two pubs) and further buy the trade and goodwill of [[Fox & Sons]] at Farnborough? | ''And then to buy another brewery at Wrotham ([[Walter morgan]] with two pubs) and further buy the trade and goodwill of [[Fox & Sons]] at Farnborough? '' | ||
Well, he was the son of a prosperous hop grower, William Golding, proprietor of the 270 acre Leavers Farm at East Peckham. Leavers Oast still stands and the family home is now the Leavers Manor Hotel. William was a member of the Golding family of hop growers, one of whose antecedents in the mid-18th century identified a vigorous sport among his rows of Canterbury Whitebines, which he developed into the world-renowned Golding Hop variety. Family money then, William Humphrey's father died in 1902. | ''Well, he was the son of a prosperous hop grower, William Golding, proprietor of the 270 acre Leavers Farm at East Peckham. Leavers Oast still stands and the family home is now the Leavers Manor Hotel. William was a member of the Golding family of hop growers, one of whose antecedents in the mid-18th century identified a vigorous sport among his rows of Canterbury Whitebines, which he developed into the world-renowned Golding Hop variety. Family money then, William Humphrey's father died in 1902.'' | ||
After he sold up to [[Hoare & Co. Ltd]], I can find no further record of William Humphrey as a brewer; his later life seems to have involved infidelity and possible blackmail of a Baronet..... but that's another story!'' | ''After he sold up to [[Hoare & Co. Ltd]], I can find no further record of William Humphrey as a brewer; his later life seems to have involved infidelity and possible blackmail of a Baronet..... but that's another story!'' | ||
Revision as of 13:56, 25 October 2018
Golding & Co, Bat & Ball Brewery, Crampton Road, Sevenoaks, Kent.
Established c.1890 to brew for the private trade.
Premises renamed the Oak Brewery after the acquisition of the goodwill and private trade of Fox & Sons of Farnborough 1910.
Acquired by Hoare & Co. Ltd. from the Standard Brewery Co-operative Society 1912 and brewing ceased.
Premises used as a furniture repository until its demolition in the early 1970s.
From Peter Moynihan's Kent notes:-
It is clear that William Humphrey Golding was no great shakes as a businessman, but where did the money come from to build the brewery in the first place?
And then to buy another brewery at Wrotham (Walter morgan with two pubs) and further buy the trade and goodwill of Fox & Sons at Farnborough?
Well, he was the son of a prosperous hop grower, William Golding, proprietor of the 270 acre Leavers Farm at East Peckham. Leavers Oast still stands and the family home is now the Leavers Manor Hotel. William was a member of the Golding family of hop growers, one of whose antecedents in the mid-18th century identified a vigorous sport among his rows of Canterbury Whitebines, which he developed into the world-renowned Golding Hop variety. Family money then, William Humphrey's father died in 1902.
After he sold up to Hoare & Co. Ltd, I can find no further record of William Humphrey as a brewer; his later life seems to have involved infidelity and possible blackmail of a Baronet..... but that's another story!
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