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<big>'''Roberts & Wilson Ltd, '''''Ivinghoe Brewery, Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire.''</big>
[[File:Ivinghoe_Map1898.jpg|thumb|Ivinghoe in 1898]]
[[Image:Ivinghoe 2.jpg|thumb]]
[[Image:Ivinghoe 1.jpg|thumb]]
<big>'''Roberts & Wilson Ltd''', ''Ivinghoe Brewery, Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire.''</big>


C.1766, Thomas Meacher acquired brewery from John Emerton.  
Thomas Meacher acquired the brewery from John Emerton in about 1766. Registered in 1914.  


Registered 1914.  
Acquired by [[Benskins Ltd]] in 1927 with 56 houses and brewing ceased. The brewer’s house survives.


Acquired by [[Benskins Ltd]]. 1927 with 56 houses and brewing ceased.


'''An assortment of views of the brewery'''
'''George Crutcher supplied the following notes:'''
 
''Roberts and Wilson's publicity stated that the business was established in 1720. By the 1770s it appears to have been operated by John Emmerton and '''A Brewers Compendium – A Directory Of Buckinghamshire Brewers''' (ABC) by Mike Brown says that it then came under the control of the Meacher family who also had brewing and malting interests in Newport Pagnell.
 
''By the end of the century, George Meacher was running the business and in early directories the business is described as George Meacher and Co. Subsequently it became Meacher and Rackstrowe, the Meacher in question being George's son Charles Meacher. He died in 1871 and the business was subsequently (1872-1873) sold to William Wilson (see also Dagnall) and Henry Roberts. At this time it included 30 pubs and beerhouses, many of which were in Bedfordshire and north west Herts.
 
''The business expanded, more licensed premises were acquired and improvements made to the Brewhouse. Malting capacity on site was limited and leases were taken out on Maltings at Tring and Dagnall.  The Malthouse at New Mill was taken over from [[Locke & Smith Ltd]] of Berkhamsted in about 1912.
 
''In 1927 the business was taken over by [[Benskins Ltd]] of Watford, with 56 licensed premises, and brewing ceased in October of that year. The brewery was subsequently demolished (circa 1930) but the adjacent Brewery House survives, having been a youth hostel until 2006.''
 
[[List of Roberts & Wilson Ltd pubs]]
 
'''The brewery:'''


<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Roberts and Wilson's Brewery, Ivinghoe.jpg
Image:Roberts Ivinghoe.jpg
Image:Roberts and Wilsons Brewery Stables, Ivinghoe 1976.jpg|The brewery stables in 1976  
Image:Roberts and Wilsons Brewery Stables, Ivinghoe 1976.jpg|The brewery stables in 1976  
Image:Roberts and Wilsons Brewery, malt and hop store, Ivinghoe 1976.jpg |The malt & hops store in 1976
Image:Roberts and Wilsons Brewery, malt and hop store, Ivinghoe 1976.jpg |The malt & hops store in 1976
Image:Roberts and Wilson's Brewery, Ivinghoe.jpg
</gallery>
Image:Roberts Ivinghoe.jpg
 
Image:Ivinghoe Bwy Hse.jpg  
'''The brewer's house:'''
 
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Image:Ivinghoe Bwy Hse.jpg
Image:Ivinghoe Brewery 2011 4.jpg  
Image:Ivinghoe Brewery 2011 4.jpg  
Image:Ivinghoe Brewery 2011 3.jpg  
Image:Ivinghoe Brewery 2011 3.jpg  
Image:Ivinghoe 2.jpg
Image:Ivinghoe 1.jpg
</gallery>
</gallery>
{{Trade Mark |regno = 13,278|desc=Horses hoof in a shield|date=1/10/1877|seventy=NO}}
[[Category:Buckinghamshire]]

Latest revision as of 13:43, 20 January 2019

Ivinghoe in 1898
Ivinghoe 2.jpg
Ivinghoe 1.jpg

Roberts & Wilson Ltd, Ivinghoe Brewery, Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire.

Thomas Meacher acquired the brewery from John Emerton in about 1766. Registered in 1914.

Acquired by Benskins Ltd in 1927 with 56 houses and brewing ceased. The brewer’s house survives.


George Crutcher supplied the following notes:

Roberts and Wilson's publicity stated that the business was established in 1720. By the 1770s it appears to have been operated by John Emmerton and A Brewers Compendium – A Directory Of Buckinghamshire Brewers (ABC) by Mike Brown says that it then came under the control of the Meacher family who also had brewing and malting interests in Newport Pagnell.

By the end of the century, George Meacher was running the business and in early directories the business is described as George Meacher and Co. Subsequently it became Meacher and Rackstrowe, the Meacher in question being George's son Charles Meacher. He died in 1871 and the business was subsequently (1872-1873) sold to William Wilson (see also Dagnall) and Henry Roberts. At this time it included 30 pubs and beerhouses, many of which were in Bedfordshire and north west Herts.

The business expanded, more licensed premises were acquired and improvements made to the Brewhouse. Malting capacity on site was limited and leases were taken out on Maltings at Tring and Dagnall. The Malthouse at New Mill was taken over from Locke & Smith Ltd of Berkhamsted in about 1912.

In 1927 the business was taken over by Benskins Ltd of Watford, with 56 licensed premises, and brewing ceased in October of that year. The brewery was subsequently demolished (circa 1930) but the adjacent Brewery House survives, having been a youth hostel until 2006.

List of Roberts & Wilson Ltd pubs

The brewery:

The brewer's house:


Entry in the Trade Mark Registry

Registration No  : 13,278
Description  : Horses hoof in a shield
Date of Application  : 1/10/1877
Used Prior to 1875?  : NO