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<big>'''Simpson's Brewery Ltd, '''''High Street, Baldock, Hertfordshire.''</big> | |||
Private company registered March 1935. To avoid death duties sold to [[Greene King & Sons Ltd]]. 1954 for £525,000 and was closed 1965. Sold to Baldock U.D.C. 1966 and demolished 1968 to make way for a housing estate. Offices remain. | Founded in the 1730s when it was owned by John Thurgood. Leased by the Pryor family 1775 before buying it outright 1799, and owned it until 1853 when it was bought by Joseph & Thomas George Simpson, nephews of John Phillips of [[J & J E Phillips Ltd]]. | ||
Private company registered March 1935. To avoid death duties sold to [[Greene King & Sons Ltd]]. with 130 houses in 1954 for £525,000 and was closed 1965. | |||
Sold to Baldock U.D.C. 1966 and demolished 1968 to make way for a housing estate. Offices remain. | |||
* '''[[List of Simpson's Brewery Ltd pubs]]''' | |||
'''An assortment of images of the brewery''' | |||
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Baldock Simpsons.jpg |The brewery in 1960s | |||
Baldock Simpson 1965.jpg |The brewery in 1965 | |||
Baldock Simpson house 1998.jpg |The brewery in 1998 | |||
Baldock Simpson 1998.jpg |The brewery in 1998 | |||
File:Baldock Simpsons.jpg | |||
File:Baldock Simpsons 2.jpg | |||
File:Simpsons Baldock RD zx (1).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Simpsons Baldock RD zx (2).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Simpsons Baldock RD zx (3).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Simpsons Baldock RD zx (4).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Simpsons Baldock RD zx (5).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Category:Hertfordshire]] |
Latest revision as of 21:00, 30 October 2023
Simpson's Brewery Ltd, High Street, Baldock, Hertfordshire.
Founded in the 1730s when it was owned by John Thurgood. Leased by the Pryor family 1775 before buying it outright 1799, and owned it until 1853 when it was bought by Joseph & Thomas George Simpson, nephews of John Phillips of J & J E Phillips Ltd.
Private company registered March 1935. To avoid death duties sold to Greene King & Sons Ltd. with 130 houses in 1954 for £525,000 and was closed 1965.
Sold to Baldock U.D.C. 1966 and demolished 1968 to make way for a housing estate. Offices remain.
An assortment of images of the brewery