Morgan & Bladworth

Morgan & Bladworth, Warminster Brewery, 18 Silver Street, Warminster, Wiltshire.

Acquired by the Anglo-Bavarian Brewery Co. Ltd. 1898. The Warminster Brewery was located behind the Ship and Punchbowl Public House at number 18 Silver Street. The brewery developed from a malting concern, and belonged to the Morgan family: begun in about 1830, by the 1890s it was known as Morgan & Bladworth's Warminster Brewery.

Number 22 Silver Street has long since been renumbered No. 34. The property is known for its one-time association with The Warminster Brewery (acquired by the Anglo-Bavarian Brewery Co. Ltd) which stood behind it. It is generally believed that the brewery owned the house as a residence for its head brewer.

The Warminster Brewery was demolished in the early 1900s and a row of cottages built on the site. Plans were submitted in 1903 for "Twelve cottages, Old Brewery Road, Warminster". [Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office, G16/760/203]. Built as 1 to 12 Obelisk Terrace, they survive as 19 to 30 Silver Street.

By that time the Warminster Brewery at Silver Street had undergone various changes of owners and amalgamations, including Morgan & Bladworth of Warminster, eventually merging with Bartlett & Co. Ltd's Brewery which was at High Street, Warminster (a property built in 1885).

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  An Ordnance Survey 1886 extract of the brewery. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland http://maps.nls.uk/index.html

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  An extract from the Warminster Local Board's Surveyor's Map showing the location of 22 Silver Street and the proximity of the Warminster Brewery. Courtesy http://www.dannyhowell.net.

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  The Ship & Punchbowl taken in December 2014. The former pub stood in front of the brewery. Courtesy Sandra Bates.

Entry in the Trade Mark Registry Registration No  : 35,868 Description  : Column Date of Application  : 1/3/1884 Used Prior to 1875?  : NO