Joshua Tetley & Son Ltd

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An advert from 1865
A share certificate
Letterhead 1986
Sign at New Market Street, Leeds, 2024

Joshua Tetley & Son Ltd, 21 Hunslet Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire

Founded before October 1822 when Joshua Tetley acquired William Sykes' brewery. Registered July 1897.

As Joshua Tetley, they acquired the following breweries:

Merged with Walker Cain Ltd. with 2,771 houses 1960 to form Tetley Walker Ltd. In 1961, it became part of Allied Breweries but in January 1993 was renamed Carlsberg-Tetley as a result of an amalgamation with the Carlsberg Brewery.

Brewing ceased at Leeds in June 2011 and most of site has since been cleared. Tetley ales continue to be brewed elsewhere, under licence from Carlsberg-Tetley.


The brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published 1890.



An assortment of images of the brewery


The brewery in 1980


The brewery in 1988. Courtesy Walter Dunlop:


The brewery in 1991


The brewery in 2001


BHS visit to Tetley's Brewery, September 2008

In the Adelphi beforehand

At the brewery


The brewery in 2009


At one point both Tetley and Eldridge, Pope & Co. Ltd "shared" a common Trade Mark


Labels, etc


Entry in the Trade Mark Registry

Registration No  : 1,124
Description  : Heraldic Shield with 5 pointed star
Date of Application  : 20/01/1876
Used Prior to 1875?  : Since 1866