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[[File:Smith&Co_Plan1940.jpg|thumb|1940 plan]]
[[File:Smith&Co_Plan1940.jpg|thumb|1940 plan, courtesy John Smith's Brewery Archives]]
[[File:Smiths Oundle.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Smith&Co_History100.jpg|thumb|History, courtesy John Smith's Brewery Archives]]
[[File:Smith Oundle.jpg|thumb|Letterhead]]
[[File:OundleSmithBry_Plaque.jpg|thumb|Cast-iron plaque, approx 12 inches diameter. Photo courtesy Ricky Roberts]]


<big>'''Smith & Co.(Oundle) Ltd''', ''North Street, Oundle, Northamptonshire''</big>
<big>'''Smith & Co (Oundle) Ltd''', ''North Street, Oundle, Northamptonshire''</big>


Founded in 1775.  
John Smith, a farmer from Stoke Doyle, founded the North Street Brewery in 1775.  


Private company registered December 1935.  
The company was incorporated as above on 23 December 1935. At the time, they also had maltings and 85 licensed houses mainly in Northamptonshire.
 
Malting ceased in 1947. Acquired by [[Warwicks & Richardsons Ltd]] with 83 houses in 1955. In 1962, Warwicks merged with [[John Smith's Tadcaster Brewery Co. Ltd]], and brewing was transferred from Oundle to the Newark brewery. The last brew at Oundle was on 11 September 1962.
 
The site was developed for housing in the mid-1980s.
 
 
'''OS Map of the Brewery, 1884:'''
 
[[File:Smith&Co_OSmap1884.jpg|200px]]


Acquired by [[Warwicks & Richardsons Ltd]] with 83 houses in 1955. Ceased brewing 1962.


'''An assortment of views of the brewery'''
'''An assortment of views of the brewery'''
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Oundle Smith site 1992 a.jpg
File:Oundle Smith site 1992 a.jpg
File:Oundle Smith site 1992 b.jpg
File:Oundle Smith site 1992 b.jpg
File:Oundle Smith site 1992.jpg
File:Oundle Smith site 1992.jpg
File:Oundle Smith.jpg
File:Oundle Smith cooperage.jpg|The cooperage
File:Oundle Smith cooperage.jpg|The cooperage
File:Oundle Smith malting 1993 b.jpg|The maltings
File:Oundle Smith malting 1993 b.jpg|The maltings
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File:Oundle Smiths.jpg
File:Oundle Smiths.jpg
File:Oundle Smiths 2.jpg
File:Oundle Smiths 2.jpg
File:Mckee Oundle (4).jpg
</gallery>
</gallery>
'''Labels, etc'''
<gallery>
File:Smith Oundle.jpg|Letterhead
File:Smiths Oundle.jpg
File:Smith Oundle RD zx.jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
</gallery>
[[category:Northamptonshire]]

Latest revision as of 11:35, 29 May 2022

1940 plan, courtesy John Smith's Brewery Archives
History, courtesy John Smith's Brewery Archives
Cast-iron plaque, approx 12 inches diameter. Photo courtesy Ricky Roberts

Smith & Co (Oundle) Ltd, North Street, Oundle, Northamptonshire

John Smith, a farmer from Stoke Doyle, founded the North Street Brewery in 1775.

The company was incorporated as above on 23 December 1935. At the time, they also had maltings and 85 licensed houses mainly in Northamptonshire.

Malting ceased in 1947. Acquired by Warwicks & Richardsons Ltd with 83 houses in 1955. In 1962, Warwicks merged with John Smith's Tadcaster Brewery Co. Ltd, and brewing was transferred from Oundle to the Newark brewery. The last brew at Oundle was on 11 September 1962.

The site was developed for housing in the mid-1980s.


OS Map of the Brewery, 1884:

Smith&Co OSmap1884.jpg


An assortment of views of the brewery


Labels, etc