Hereford & Tredegar Brewery Ltd

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Hereford & Tredegar Brewery Ltd, Imperial Brewery, Bewell Street , Hereford , Hereford & Worcester .

Charles Watkins started in Eign Street as innkeeper then c.1850 moved to the Imperial Inn, Widemarsh Street, which had a brewhouse.

Around 1858 he bought the Hereford Brewery in Bewell Street, previously J C Reynolds, which he then renamed the Imperial Brewery, Sunlight was mainly a brand name. On his retirement in 1898 he sold the firm to the Tredegar Brewery Co.

Registered August 1899 as the Tredegar & Hereford Brewery Co. Ltd.

Under the control of Allsopps 1899-1902.

Acquired by the Cheltenham Original Brewery Co. Ltd. 1945 who then changed their name to Cheltenham & Hereford Breweries Ltd. 

Many of the public houses were sold to Rhymney Breweries Ltd.

Brewing ceased at Hereford 1963.

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