Plymouth Breweries Ltd

The original share prospectus from 1889.

An advert from 1890.

The brewery in Stonehouse c.1950.

Plymouth Breweries Ltd, Regent Brewery, Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon.

Listed as Thomas Edwards in 1852 then Thomas Prynn in 1857.

Registered October 1889 to amalgamate: Samuel Vosper, Regent Brewery; Amanda Henrietta Butcher, Anchor Brewery, Chapel Street, Stonehouse; George Ryall, 41 Frankfurt Street Brewery; Hicks & Co, South Devon Brewery, 2 Willow Street, all in Plymouth and Frederick Richard Vaughan, Saltash Brewery.

Acquired by Courage & Co. Ltd. December 1970 for £6.5 million. Was known as 'Courage South West' for a while.

Brewing ceased in 1983.

Amanda Henrietta Butcher's, Anchor Brewery.

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Regent Brewery in 1984.

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Regent Brewery in 1990.

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Some labels and ephemera.

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  A special bottled beer from 1970.

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  A special bottled beer from 1980.

Entry in the Trade Mark Registry Registration No  : 27,942 Description  : A female figure, anchor, ships Date of Application  : 21/3/1882 Used Prior to 1875?  : 8 years Registration No  : 61,005 Description  : Arrow through circle with words "Butcher Stonehouse" TM for mineral waters Date of Application  : 15/1/1887 Used Prior to 1875?  : NO