Smith, Garrett & Co. Ltd

The brewery is in the top left of this photograph from the 1900s

William Whiffen's photograph of the brewery frontage in 1932, shortly before demolition

Smith, Garrett & Co. Ltd, 246 Bow Road, Bow, London E3

George Hodgson started brewing in Bow in 1752. His son Mark moved to the Bow site in about 1815-17. The brewery at Bow Bridge was rebuilt in 1821, when it was being run by Frederick Hodgson and Thomas Drane. From at least 1838, the Bow brewery partnership was known as Hodgson and Abbott. It was still Hodgson & Abbott in 1845, but by 1849 Edwin Abbott & Son, Pale Ale and Stout Brewers, were in business on their own at the Bow Bridge brewery.

In 1863 the concern became the Bow Brewery Co Ltd, and in 1869 it turned into Smith, Garrett & Co. Registered in July 1882. In july 1927 Smith Garrett was taken over by Taylor, Walker & Co. Ltd of Limehouse, and the brewery was closed.

The Bow brewery was demolished in 1933 to make way for London County Council flats.

• Read about: "Hodgson's Brewery, Bow and the Birth of IPA" by Martyn Cornell
• The Duke of York, Antill Road, Bow

Images of the brewery

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  Mitford Tavern, Hackney. Demolished and replaced by flats 2002

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  Smith Garrett fascia revealed at the Oak & Pastor (originally Junction Arms), London N19: 2013

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  Oak & Pastor (originally Junction Arms), London N19: 2013

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Princess of Wales, E15. Smith, Garrett tiling revealed for a short time in 2009 (photos Chris Murray):

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Entry in the Trade Mark Registry Registration No  : 245,054 Description  : Label design with Bow Bridge ™ Date of Application  : 21/03/1902 Used Prior to 1875?  : NO