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| | | * '''[[Marston, Thompson & Evershed, Acquisition Trail|Acquisition and closure trail]]''' |
| '''Acquisition and closure trail:''' | | * '''[[List of Marston, Thompson & Evershed Ltd pubs]]''' |
| | | * '''[[Marston's Brewing Ledgers From 1940]]''' |
| * John Marston & Son acquired [[John Yeomans, Blue Posts Brewery]], Burton in 1890 with 8 premises.
| | * '''[[Marston's Brewery, Burton on Trent - Photographs taken by Roger Putman - 11 January 2006]]''' |
| * Marston, Thompson & Son acquired the Anstey, Leicestershire brewery of [[Daniel Pettifor & Sons]] in 1900 with 20 public houses.
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| * [[Ealand's Brewery]] of Southwell, with 10 pubs, came in 1904.
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| * The 10 pubs of [[Walker's Leek Brewery]] were acquired in 1922.
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| * In 1922, the company acquired [[Zachary Smith & Co]] of Shardlow with over 80 houses, and closed the brewery. [[Pim & Co. Ltd]] of Stoke-on-Trent, a subsidiary of Smith's, came into Marstons' ownership in 1925.
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| * In 1923, they acquired [[Winchester Brewery Co. Ltd]] with 108 houses, and closed the brewery; but the site was used as a Marston's depot for many years afterwards. | |
| * [[Pearce's Crystal Fountain Brewery Co]] of Market Drayton acquired in 1925.
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| * [[Newport (Salop) Brewery Co. Ltd]]: seven houses acquired in 1927.
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| * [[Alfred Bertwistle & Sons]] of Appleby, Cumbria were acquired in August 1928. Used as a depot until the 1970s.
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| * They acquired John [[Elworthy & Co. Ltd]] of Kettering in October 1931 with 20 houses and 13 off-licences. Brewing ceased here in 1940.
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| * In 1937, they acquired [[Lewis Clarkes Ltd]] of Worcester and closed that brewery.
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| * In 1958, they acquired the approximately 60 public houses of [[Taylor's Eagle Brewery Ltd]], Gorton, Manchester; to whom they had supplied beers previously.
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| * They acquired W T [[Rothwell Ltd]] of Newton Heath in February 1961 and brewing ceased in 1968.
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| * [[Smith & Sons Ltd (Macclesfield)]] were acquired in 1962 with about 20 public houses and that brewery used as a depot until 1989.
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| * In 1984, they acquired [[Border Brewery Ltd]] of Wrexham with 170 houses, and closed down that brewery in October 1984.
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| * [[List of Marston, Thompson & Evershed Ltd pubs]]
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| * [[Marston's Brewery, Burton on Trent - Photographs taken by Roger Putman - 11 January 2006]] | |
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The brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published 1890
Marston's locomotive at Barrow Hill 2007
Marston, Thompson & Evershed Ltd, Shobnall Road, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire.
Founded at the Horninglow Brewery by John Marston in 1834.
The Albion Brewery, Burton was built in 1875 by Mile End brewers Mann, Crossman & Paulin Ltd and used by them until 1896. Marstons moved to the Albion Brewery in 1898.
Registered in 1890 as John Marston & Son Ltd. and was re-registered June 1896.
Merged with John Thompson & Son Ltd in 1898 and the name was changed to J.Marston, Thompson & Son Ltd; and then to Marston, Thompson & Evershed Ltd in 1905 when Sydney Evershed Ltd was acquired.
In 1999, Marstons were bought by Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries Ltd, and the brewery group was later renamed Marstons PLC.
Still brewing at Burton-upon-Trent.
The Burton brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published in 1890:
Posters and Labels
Various images of the brewery:
Taken from roughly the same position
The canal near the brewery
Marston's Unions:
The brewery in October 1985:
A tour of the brewery in May 1990:
The Brewery in 1992:
The Brewery in 2002:
The Brewery in 2003:
Marston warehouse 2014 (courtesy Keith Busby):
Entry in the Trade Mark Registry
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Registration No : 20,680
Description : Shield & 3 barrels
Date of Application : 26/5/1879
Used Prior to 1875? : 8 years
Registration No : 34,571
Description : Stafford knot
Date of Application : 10/12/1883
Used Prior to 1875? : 8 years
Registration No : 493,283
Description : Words "GOOKAN"
Date of Application : 13/07/1928
Used Prior to 1875? : NO
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