Hundred Brewery (Romsey)

The Home Tavern, Eastleigh, when a Cressey's house. Was rebuilt in 1887 and 1890, and is now a Wetherspoon's pub. Photo courtesy bishopstokehistory.uk

Hundred Brewery (Jesser & Cressey), Winchester Road, Romsey, Hampshire

Pulling & Rant in 1781. Listed as Mrs Sarah Jesser from 1852, but Sarah died 1854. The Lansdowne Arms in Church Street was bought in 1855. Then Jesser & Cressey from 1857 and Mr Francis Cressey from 1867 to 1872; then 1873 Mrs Emily Cressey. Acquired by Strong & Co Ltd in 1886. Brewing may have continued, as the brewery is shown on the Ordnance Survey map in 1908. and the boilers were not sold until 1919.

The site has been redeveloped, and there is a modern street 'Cressey Road' on the site of the brewery.

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  Ordnance Survey extract from 1908. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland (http://maps.nls.uk/index.html)