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<big>''' Simpson's Brewery Ltd, | <big>'''Simpson's Brewery Ltd, '''''High Street, Baldock, Hertfordshire.''</big> | ||
Founded in the 1730s when it was owned by John Thurgood | Founded in the 1730s when it was owned by John Thurgood. | ||
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. | 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 the Royston Brewery. | ||
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. | |||
'''An assortment of images of the brewery''' | |||
<gallery> | |||
Baldock Simpsons.jpg |The brewery in 1960s | |||
Baldock Simpson house 1998.jpg |The brewery in 1998 | |||
Baldock Simpson 1998.jpg |The brewery in 1998 | |||
Baldock Simpson 1965.jpg |The brewery in 1965 | |||
</gallery> | |||
Revision as of 20:29, 7 August 2015
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 the Royston Brewery.
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.
An assortment of images of the brewery
The brewery in 1960s
The brewery in 1998
The brewery in 1998
The brewery in 1965
