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The family were also brewers in Devon: see [[Furze & Co. Ltd]].
The family were also brewers in Devon: see [[Furze & Co. Ltd]].


'''THE FAMILY BREWERY IN WHITECHAPEL information from C Furze'''
To add to the above the family Furze originally came from the village of Uffculme in Devon, where they owned and operated a brewing and malting house from approximately 1838 until 1903, when they then turned to cider making. The brewery still stands to this day, but is now empty.
It was sold around 1903 to Dart & Co. It was owned by William A Furze who then passed it on to his son, another William Furze, who was associated with the St Georges Brewery Furzes, and in fact a number of the Furze family left Uffculme in the 1850s to set up a new life in the Whitechapel area of London and to work in the family brewery of St Georges. The remainder of the family stayed in Uffculme, Devon, to maintain the brewery there, and to expand the Culm Valley railway of which they were the main shareholders.
A branch of the family also had a brewery in Newcastle at New Bridge Street, but there is no information on this brewery (although any would be most welcome!). Since those heady days the Furze family have gone from owning breweries to being greengrocers and now lorry drivers, but they still enjoy doing our family history research with all its twists and turns.


'''Views of St George Brewery:'''
'''Views of St George Brewery:'''

Revision as of 11:35, 19 June 2019

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John Furze & Co, St George Brewery, 33-35 Commercial Road, Whitechapel, London E1

Acquired by Taylor, Walker & Co. Ltd in 1901 and was closed.

The premises became a depot of Johnny Walker of Kilmarnock until at least 1949.

Buildings still standing and in various industrial uses.

The family were also brewers in Devon: see Furze & Co. Ltd.


THE FAMILY BREWERY IN WHITECHAPEL information from C Furze

To add to the above the family Furze originally came from the village of Uffculme in Devon, where they owned and operated a brewing and malting house from approximately 1838 until 1903, when they then turned to cider making. The brewery still stands to this day, but is now empty.

It was sold around 1903 to Dart & Co. It was owned by William A Furze who then passed it on to his son, another William Furze, who was associated with the St Georges Brewery Furzes, and in fact a number of the Furze family left Uffculme in the 1850s to set up a new life in the Whitechapel area of London and to work in the family brewery of St Georges. The remainder of the family stayed in Uffculme, Devon, to maintain the brewery there, and to expand the Culm Valley railway of which they were the main shareholders.

A branch of the family also had a brewery in Newcastle at New Bridge Street, but there is no information on this brewery (although any would be most welcome!). Since those heady days the Furze family have gone from owning breweries to being greengrocers and now lorry drivers, but they still enjoy doing our family history research with all its twists and turns.


Views of St George Brewery: