Greene King & Sons Ltd

Greene King & Sons Ltd, Westgate Brewery, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Registered in June 1887 to acquire:

• E.Greene & Son, Westgate Brewery, Westgate Street. Founded 1799.

• F.W.King & Son, St.Edmund's Brewery, Westgate Street. Founded 1868.

The Christmas & Co brewery of Haverhill was acquired in 1918 with 49 public houses. Brewing ceased here in 1924.

In 1925, they acquired Bailey & Tebbutt Ltd of Cambridge with 48 houses. This brewery was closed in 1957.

In 1930, they acquired Ogden & Sons of March with 34 houses.

Merged with Rayment & Co. Ltd in 1931. This brewery was closed in 1987.

Simpson's Brewery Ltd of Baldock was acquired with 130 houses in 1954. This brewery was closed 1965.

In 1961, they acquired Wells & Winch Ltd of Biggleswade with 287 public houses. This brewery was closed in 1997.

In 1998, they acquired the pub estate of the former brewer Beard & Co. Ltd of Lewes.

In 1999, they acquired Morland & Co. Ltd of Abingdon, and this brewery was closed.

Morrell's Brewery Ltd of Oxford closed their brewery in 1998 and sold their estate of about 107 pubs to Greene King in 2002.

In 2005, they acquired Belhaven Brewery Co. Ltd. of Dunbar. This brewery is still brewing.

They acquired Ridley & Sons Ltd of Hartford End in 2006 with 73 houses and sold the Ridley site for redevelopment.

Still independent.

An assortment of views of the brewery.

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A BHS tour in May 2016

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  From the brewhouse roof

Entry in the Trade Mark Registry Registration No  : 26,636 Description  : Representation of Abbey Gateway Date of Application  : 19/8/1881 Used Prior to 1875?  : NO