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<big>'''Thomas Salt & Co. Ltd''', ''119 High Street, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire''</big> | |||
Founded as maltsters 1774. Thomas Salt had been employed by [[Joseph Clay & Son]] as a maltster and as manager of their breweries. Salt established his own brewery in High Street around 1800. Registered November 1893. | |||
Malting continued at the firm's Walsitch Maltings under Bass until the 1960s, now mostly converted into industrial units. | They acquired: | ||
* [[Thomas William Thompson & Co]], Wooden Box Brewery, Woodville, in 1909 | |||
* [[Brunt, Bucknall & Co]], Hartshorne Brewery, High Street, Woodville, in 1919, with over 100 pubs | |||
* [[Crescent Brewery, Burton-upon-Trent]] in 1919 | |||
Acquired by [[Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton Ltd]] in 1927 and brewing ceased. Site cleared to build shopping precinct c.1965. | |||
Malting continued at the firm's Walsitch Maltings under Bass until the 1960s, now mostly converted into industrial units. A microbrewery has been established here: see [[Tower Brewery (Burton)]]. | |||
* '''[[List of Thomas Salt & Co Ltd pubs]]''' | |||
'''The brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published 1890.''' | '''The brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published 1890.''' | ||
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'''The Salt family memorial in St Modwen's churchyard, Burton''' | |||
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File:BurtonStModwen_Salt1a.jpg | |||
File:BurtonStModwen_Salt2a.jpg | |||
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'''These two images show Salt's London depot at St Pancras Station. There is over 120 years between the two pictures but interestingly there is little visual difference''' | '''These two images show Salt's London depot at St Pancras Station. There is over 120 years between the two pictures but interestingly there is little visual difference''' | ||
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File:Thomas Salt St Pancras.jpg|From Barnards book on British Breweries | File:Thomas Salt St Pancras.jpg|From Barnards book on British Breweries | ||
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{{Trade Mark 2 |regno = 3,988|desc=Maltese Cross|date=17/03/1876|seventy=Since 1856 | {{Trade Mark 2 |regno = 3,988|desc=Maltese Cross|date=17/03/1876|seventy=Since 1856 | ||
|regno2 = 13,888|desc2=Maltese Cross and S|date2=12/12/1877|seventy2=Since March 1875}} | |regno2 = 13,888|desc2=Maltese Cross and S|date2=12/12/1877|seventy2=Since March 1875}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:38, 31 July 2022
Thomas Salt & Co. Ltd, 119 High Street, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
Founded as maltsters 1774. Thomas Salt had been employed by Joseph Clay & Son as a maltster and as manager of their breweries. Salt established his own brewery in High Street around 1800. Registered November 1893.
They acquired:
- Thomas William Thompson & Co, Wooden Box Brewery, Woodville, in 1909
- Brunt, Bucknall & Co, Hartshorne Brewery, High Street, Woodville, in 1919, with over 100 pubs
- Crescent Brewery, Burton-upon-Trent in 1919
Acquired by Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton Ltd in 1927 and brewing ceased. Site cleared to build shopping precinct c.1965.
Malting continued at the firm's Walsitch Maltings under Bass until the 1960s, now mostly converted into industrial units. A microbrewery has been established here: see Tower Brewery (Burton).
The brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published 1890.
The Salt family memorial in St Modwen's churchyard, Burton
These two images show Salt's London depot at St Pancras Station. There is over 120 years between the two pictures but interestingly there is little visual difference
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