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[[File:Heavitree Brewery Exeter aa.jpg|thumb]]
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[[Image:Heavitree 01.jpg|thumb]]
[[Image:Heavitree 01.jpg|thumb]]
[[Image:Heavitree 02.jpg|thumb|A quayside Heavitree pub.]]
[[Image:Heavitree 02.jpg|thumb|Cockwood]]
[[Image:Heavitree 21.jpg|thumb|Bideford]]
 
<big>'''Heavitree Brewery Ltd''', ''16 Church Street, Heavitree, Exeter, Devon.''</big>
<big>'''Heavitree Brewery Ltd''', ''16 Church Street, Heavitree, Exeter, Devon.''</big>


Founded in 1790.
Founded in 1790. Originally Wilcocks & Rewe, but in 1857 was noted in Billings Directory as Heavitree Brewery with Elizabeth Baker as brewer. Registered in February 1890 to acquire E N Birkett.
 
Originally Wilcocks & Rewe, but in 1857 was noted in Billings Directory as Heavitree Brewery with Elizabeth Baker as brewer.
 
Registered in February 1890 to acquire E N Birkett.
 
The company decided to end brewing in 1970, the directors citing rising costs and a change of public taste - only 45% of the company's pubs took Heavitree beers at the time. After closure, the 135 tied houses were initially supplied by Whitbread.


The brewery was demolished in 1986.
The company decided to end brewing in 1970, the directors citing rising costs and a change of public taste - only 45% of the company's pubs took Heavitree beers at the time. After closure, the 135 tied houses were initially supplied by Whitbread. The brewery was demolished in 1986.


The company retains a pub estate, most of which is in Devon.
The company retains a pub estate, most of which is in Devon.


* '''[[Heavitree Brewery: Announcement of the Cessation of Brewing, 1970]]'''
* '''[[Heavitree Brewery Pubs]] - a Gallery'''


'''[[BREWING TRADES REVIEW & BOTTLING, APRIL 1970]]'''
[[Image:Heavitree 21.jpg|thumb|Some clues to the brewery remain.]]


'''An assortment of views of the brewery.'''
'''An assortment of views of the brewery.'''
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File:Heavitree Exeter RD zx.jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Heavitree Exeter RD zx.jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
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</gallery>


{{Trade Mark |regno = 154,504|desc=Sheaf of barley & sickle|date=2/3/1891|seventy=70 year before Feb 1891}}
{{Trade Mark |regno = 154,504|desc=Sheaf of barley & sickle|date=2/3/1891|seventy=70 year before Feb 1891}}
[[Category:Devon]]
[[Category:Devon]]

Latest revision as of 12:15, 17 June 2022

Heavitree Brewery Exeter aa.jpg
Heavitree 01.jpg
Cockwood
Bideford

Heavitree Brewery Ltd, 16 Church Street, Heavitree, Exeter, Devon.

Founded in 1790. Originally Wilcocks & Rewe, but in 1857 was noted in Billings Directory as Heavitree Brewery with Elizabeth Baker as brewer. Registered in February 1890 to acquire E N Birkett.

The company decided to end brewing in 1970, the directors citing rising costs and a change of public taste - only 45% of the company's pubs took Heavitree beers at the time. After closure, the 135 tied houses were initially supplied by Whitbread. The brewery was demolished in 1986.

The company retains a pub estate, most of which is in Devon.


An assortment of views of the brewery.


Entry in the Trade Mark Registry

Registration No  : 154,504
Description  : Sheaf of barley & sickle
Date of Application  : 2/3/1891
Used Prior to 1875?  : 70 year before Feb 1891