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[[Image:GREENALL WHITLEY 2.JPG|thumb|Messrs. Greenall, Whitley & Co. Ltd., Bottling Stores, Wilderspool, Warrington. Brewers’ Journal 15th November 1908]]  
[[Image:GREENALL WHITLEY 2.JPG|thumb|Messrs. Greenall, Whitley & Co. Ltd., Bottling Stores, Wilderspool, Warrington. Brewers’ Journal 15th November 1908]]  
[[Image:GREENALL WHITLEY 3.JPG|thumb|Messrs. Greenall, Whitley & Co. Ltd. Brewery, St Helens, Lancs. Brewers’ Journal 15th August 1902]]
[[Image:GREENALL WHITLEY 3.JPG|thumb|Messrs. Greenall, Whitley & Co. Ltd. Brewery, St Helens, Lancs. Brewers’ Journal 15th August 1902]]
[[File:St Helens GW 1930s aa.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Greenall Wilderspool 1950s.jpg|thumb|Wilderspool Letterhead 1951]]
[[File:St Helens GW 1930s.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Greenall Whitley (2).jpg|thumb|Letterhead 1985]]
[[File:LocationUnknownSunInn WilderspoolBrewery Mick Clarke Oct07.jpg|thumb|Sun Inn - location unknown. From Mick Clarke]]
<big>'''Greenall Whitley & Co. Ltd''',  ''Wilderspool Brewery, Wilderspool Causeway, Warrington, Cheshire''</big>


<big>'''Greenall Whitley & Co. Ltd,''' '' Wilderspool Brewery, Wilderspool Causeway, Warrington, Cheshire.''</big>
Founded 1762 at St Helens. The St Helens brewery was closed in April 1975. See [[Greenall Whitley (St Helens)]].


Founded 1762 at St Helens and the Warrington brewery was established in 1787.  
The Warrington (Wilderspool) brewery was established in 1787. See [[Greenall Whitley (Wilderspool)]].


Private company registered October 1880 and public company formed 1952.  
Private company registered in October 1880 and public company formed 1952.


In 1990, it closed its breweries at Warrington and Nottingham to become a pub chain, which was later itself bought.
In 1990, it closed its remaining breweries at Warrington and Nottingham to become a pub chain, which was later itself bought. As a Pub Co, it acquired the pub estate of [[Devenish & Co. Ltd]] in 1993, to add Devenish's 550 houses to its own 1,497 pubs. In 1995, Greenalls took over the Boddington's pub company to raise its estate to over 2,300 pubs. Various sales of parts of the estate followed, and in 1999, Scottish & Newcastle acquired the remainder - about 860 pubs and 61 hotels.


Wilderspool Brewery demolished 1993 but offices remain.


* '''[[Greenall Whitley: Acquisition Trail]]'''


<big>''' Greenall Whitley & Co. Ltd, ''' '' Hall Street, St Helens, Merseyside.''</big>
* '''[[Greenall Whitley & Co Pubs in Cheshire]]'''
* '''[[Greenall Whitley & Co Pubs in Greater Manchester]]'''
* '''[[Greenall Whitley & Co Pubs in Lancashire]]'''
* '''[[Greenall Whitley & Co Pubs in Merseyside]]'''
* '''[[Greenall Whitley & Co Pubs in Wales, Shropshire and Elsewhere]]'''


Founded here in 1762. Closed April 1975.


'''[[List of Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd public houses]]'''
'''Adverts:'''


'''An assortment of views of the brewery.'''
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:greenalls warrington.jpg|The Warrington Brewery
Image:Greenall 02.jpg|An advert from the 1890s.  
Image:Greenall 02.jpg|An advert from the 1890s.  
Image:Greenall 03.jpg|An advert from 1892.
Image:Greenall 03.jpg|An advert from 1892.
Image:Greenall 04.jpg|An advert from 1896.
Image:Greenall 04.jpg|An advert from 1896.
Image:Greenall 05.jpg|An advert from 1902.
File:Greenalls RD zmx.jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
Image:Greenall 14.jpg|Inside the brewery in 1947.
File:Greenall beer mat RD zmx.jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Greenall Wem beer mat RD zmx (1).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Greenall Wem beer mat RD zmx (2).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
</gallery>
 
 
'''Various views of the brewery:'''
 
<gallery>
File:greenalls warrington.jpg|Wilderspool Brewery
Image:Greenall 14.jpg|Inside the brewery in 1947
File:Greenall G&W.jpg|
File:Greenall G&W.jpg|
Image:Greenall 22.jpg|  
Image:Greenall 22.jpg|Wilderspool Brewery
Image:Greenall 23.jpg|The brewery in the 1980s.
Image:Greenall 23.jpg|The brewery in the 1980s
File:Warrington Brewery 2a.jpg
File:Warrington Brewery 2b.jpg
File:Warrington Brewery 2c.jpg
File:Warrington Brewery 1a.jpg
File:Warrington Brewery 1b.jpg
File:Warrington Brewery 1c.jpg
Image:Greenall 07.jpg|  
Image:Greenall 07.jpg|  
Image:Greenall 08.jpg|  
Image:Greenall 08.jpg|Wilderspool Brewery
Image:Greenall 09.jpg|  
Image:Greenall 09.jpg|  
Image:Greenall 10.jpg|  
Image:Greenall 10.jpg|Saracens Head, Wilderspool: The Brewery Tap
Image:Greenall 06.jpg|
Image:Greenall 06.jpg|Wilderspool Brewery
File:Greenall Whitley (2).jpg
File:Greenall Whitley 25-01-91 0111.jpg|The brewery in 1991
File:Greenall St Helens.jpg
File:Greenall Whitley 25-01-91 0112.jpg|The brewery in 1991
File:Greenall Wilderspool 1950s.jpg
File:Greenall Whitley 25-01-91 0113.jpg|The brewery in 1991
File:Greenall Whitley 25-01-91 0103.jpg|The brewery in 1991
File:Greenall Whitley 25-01-91 0104.jpg|The brewery in 1991
File:Greenall Whitley 25-01-91 0105.jpg|The brewery in 1991
File:Greenall Whitley 25-01-91 0106.jpg|The brewery in 1991
File:Greenall Whitley 25-01-91 0107.jpg|The brewery in 1991
File:Greenall Whitley 25-01-91 0110.jpg|The brewery in 1991
</gallery>
</gallery>


{{Trade Mark 2 |regno = 99,242|desc=Goddess|date=16/7/1890|seventy=NO
{{Trade Mark 2 |regno = 99,242|desc=Goddess|date=16/7/1890|seventy=NO
|regno2 = 437,777|desc2=Rum Label|date2=04/06/1923|seventy2=NO}}
|regno2 = 437,777|desc2=Rum Label|date2=04/06/1923|seventy2=NO}}
[[Category:Cheshire]]

Latest revision as of 21:10, 29 October 2023

Messrs. Greenall Whitley & Co’s., Wilderspool Brewery, Warrington. Brewers’ Journal 15th November 1887
Messrs. Greenall, Whitley & Co. Ltd., Bottling Stores, Wilderspool, Warrington. Brewers’ Journal 15th November 1908
Messrs. Greenall, Whitley & Co. Ltd. Brewery, St Helens, Lancs. Brewers’ Journal 15th August 1902
Wilderspool Letterhead 1951
Letterhead 1985

Greenall Whitley & Co. Ltd, Wilderspool Brewery, Wilderspool Causeway, Warrington, Cheshire

Founded 1762 at St Helens. The St Helens brewery was closed in April 1975. See Greenall Whitley (St Helens).

The Warrington (Wilderspool) brewery was established in 1787. See Greenall Whitley (Wilderspool).

Private company registered in October 1880 and public company formed 1952.

In 1990, it closed its remaining breweries at Warrington and Nottingham to become a pub chain, which was later itself bought. As a Pub Co, it acquired the pub estate of Devenish & Co. Ltd in 1993, to add Devenish's 550 houses to its own 1,497 pubs. In 1995, Greenalls took over the Boddington's pub company to raise its estate to over 2,300 pubs. Various sales of parts of the estate followed, and in 1999, Scottish & Newcastle acquired the remainder - about 860 pubs and 61 hotels.



Adverts:


Various views of the brewery:

Entry in the Trade Mark Registry

Registration No  : 99,242
Description  : Goddess
Date of Application  : 16/7/1890
Used Prior to 1875?  : NO


Registration No  : 437,777
Description  : Rum Label
Date of Application  : 04/06/1923
Used Prior to 1875?  : NO