James Fox & Sons Ltd
James Fox & Sons Ltd, Isle of Axholme Brewery, Brewery Avenue, Crowle, Lincolnshire.
Founded 1856.
Private company registered July 1917.
Bought by the Barnsley Brewery Co. Ltd. 1949 with 40 tied houses.
Demolished 1988.
List of James Fox & Sons Ltd pubs
List of Tune's Isle of Axholme Brewery pubs
An assortment of views of the brewery
The brewery in 1984
The brewery in 1989
The brewery in 1989
Pat Aldabella and Robert Barnard write:-
Peter Tune & Son were brewers c.1868 from the Isle of Axholme and Marshland Brewery. The brewery may have been founded in 1856. Tune continued until January 1884 when “bankruptcy of Thomas Smith otherwise Tune of Crowle, common brewer and farmer, carrying on business as Thomas Tune of Crowle, and lately carrying on business in partnership with Thomas Edward Johnson of the Trent Side Brewery, Gainsborough, as Johnson and Tune. Liabilities £40,000. Property valued at £1,164.15s.” By 1889 the executors of Peter Tune were in control with Thomas Johnson Cranridge as manager.
James Fox and Sons Ltd took over the Isle of Axholme Brewery, Brewery Avenue, by 1896. The firm was registered as a private company in July 1917. Thornas Fox was James's son, apparently they had been active in the South Yorkshire brewing trade since 1872. Thomas & Charles Fox, wine & spirits merchants, took over from Tune's executors c.1885 (this conflicts with the above statement that the executors of Tune were still in control in 1889). Fox's had a wine and spirit business behind the Queens Hotel, Regent Street, Barnsley.
Fox owned:-
- Imperial Hotel, Peel Sq, Barnsley
- Coach and Horses, Sheffield Rd., Barnsley
- Marlborough Hotel, Dodworth Rd, Barnsley (formerly the Boy and Barrel)
- Trafalgar Hotel, New Street, Barnsley
- Spread Eagle, Penistone Star, Hoyland Common
- Old Windmill, Shambles St., Barnsley
- Swan Inn, Queen St., Barnsley
- George Hotel, Sheffield Rd., Barnsley (formerly the Sailor Prince)
- Elephant Hotel, Market Place, Pontefract
- Burlington Hotel, Alexander St., Goole
- William IV, Howden
- Plough Inn, Adlingleet, Lincs.
- Blacksmiths Arm’s, High St, Bawtry
- Windmill, Finkle St., Thorne
- Blue Bell, Hatfield
- Railway Hotel, Bridge St, Castleford
- Old Royal Oak, Peel Sq., Barnsley
- Victoria Hotel, South .Find, Thorne
- Queens Hotel, Barnsley
- Percy Arms, Knedlington.
Fox possibly owned the following:-
- White Hart, High St, Crowle
- Cross Keys, Market Place, Crowle
- Butchers’ Arms, Crowle now Hunters Inn)
- Masons Arms, Crowle
- Bay Horse, Shore St., Garthorpe
- South Yorkshire Inn, Ealand
- Dolphin, Althorpe
- Steer Arms, High St, Belton
- Furnace Arms, High St., Scunthorpe
- Lord Roberts, Wells St., Scunthorpe
- Black Bull, Wrawby St., Brigg
The brewery and 40 public houses were taken over by the Barnsley Brewery Co. Ltd in 1949. The brewery was demolished in 1988.