Ind Coope Ltd

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The brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published 1890
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Ind Coope Romford Col Ad.jpg
Courtesy Malvern Tipping
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The Romford brewery circa 1890
The Osborne Stores c.1899
The Scunthorpe stores
The Colchester Depot. Courtesy Ian P Peaty
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Ind Coope Ltd, Star Brewery, Romford, Essex

Around 1800 Edward Ind, from a Cambridge and Herts brewing family, and J John Grosvenor, acquired the brewery here, probably from the Carder family. C E Coope joined the firm in 1845.

In 1856, the company opened their brewery at Burton-upon-Trent: see Ind Coope (Burton). Registered in November 1886 as Ind Coope & Co. Ltd.

In receivership January 1909 and was re-registered 1912 as Ind Coope & Co.(1912) Ltd. Name reverted to Ind Coope & Co. Ltd. in 1923. Merged with Allsopp & Sons Ltd in 1934 and became Ind Coope & Allsopp Ltd.

Name changed as above 1959. In 1961, it became part of Allied Breweries and in January 1993 it became part of Carlsberg-Tetley.

The Romford brewery was closed in 1992 and was redeveloped as a shopping mall.


An assortment of views of the brewery


The brewery in the 1950s:


The rebuilding of the brewery in 1960:


The brewery in 1992. Photos Ian P Peaty:


The brewery in 1989:


The brewery in 1995:


The brewery in 2006. Courtesy Derek Taylor:


More images of the Romford brewery:


The entries in the Brewers Journal:


Entry in the Trade Mark Registry

Registration No  : 3,282
Description  : Britannia
Date of Application  : 4/3/1876
Used Prior to 1875?  : 12 years

Registration No  : 3,283/9
Description  : Double Diamond
Date of Application  : 4/3/1876
Used Prior to 1875?  : 20 years

Registration No  : 3,379
Description  : Building
Date of Application  : 4/3/1876
Used Prior to 1875?  : 9 years

Registration No  : 3,382
Description  : KA Monogram
Date of Application  : 4/3/1876
Used Prior to 1875?  : 9 years

Registration No  : 26,501/2
Description  : A building
Date of Application  : 19/7/1881
Used Prior to 1875?  : NO

Registration No  : 154,576
Description  : Walrus
Date of Application  : 4/3/1891
Used Prior to 1875?  : NO

Registration No  : 401,025
Description  : Man with crate of ale
Date of Application  : 21/02/1920
Used Prior to 1875?  : NO