Ind Coope Ltd

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The Romford brewery circa 1890

Ind Coope Ltd, Station Street, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Burton brewery opened 1856. Registered 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. 1923.

Merged with Allsopp & Sons Ltd. 1934 and became Ind Coope & Allsopp Ltd. Name changed as above 1959. Merged with Tetley Walker Ltd. and Ansells Brewery Ltd. in 1961 to form Ind Coope Tetley Ansell Ltd.

Renamed Allied Breweries in 1963. Allied off-loaded a 50% stake in its breweries to Carlsberg in 1993 to form Carlsberg-Tetley Brewing Ltd, and the remainder in 1997.

The Burton Brewery was sold to Bass in 1998 and is still brewing under the Molson-Coors banner.


Ind Coope Ltd, Star Brewery, Romford, Essex.

Founded 1708 at the Star Inn by George Cardon. In 1799 Star Inn and brewery purchased by Edward Ind and J.Grosvenor. C.E.Coope joined firm in 1845. Registered 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. 1923. Merged with Allsopp & Sons Ltd. 1934 and became Ind Coope & Allsopp Ltd.

Name changed as above 1959.

Later part of Carlsberg-Tetley and eventually closed in 1992.


An assortment of images of the Burton on Trent brewery

An assortment of images of the Romford brewery