St Botolph Brewery
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Samuel Bawtree, 39 St Botolph Brewery, Botolph Street, Colchester, Essex.
Samuel Bawtree founded a brewing business in the parish of St Botolph prior to 1800. Samuel also was in partnership with George Savill who founded in Colchester what was described as the largest distillery of its type in 1825. By 1823 his son John was listed as a brewer until 1826.
On 9th March, 1829, John Bawtree sold the brewery with 15 licenced houses to Adolphus William Hume for the sum of £19,265 4/-. It was up for sale again in 1833 on the death of Mr A.W. Hume, but by then the estate had increased to 35 public houses.
The brewery had maltings with two kilns integral within an enclosed yard. Stock at the last sale included 14 hogsheads of London Porter and 51 barrels, with the same quantity of Truman, Hanbury & Buxton & Co. Ltd beers.
In 1839 the brewery was jointly a beer and vinegar brewery, but by 1848 it is shown on a map as being only a vinegar brewery. The owner was one John Pasford Osborne. Arthur Thomas Osborne, the son of John, was listed for 1863, the last record was in 1884.
The brewery was demolished c.1936.
A and F. Osborne and Company (ale and porter merchants) at 39, St Botolph Street were last listed in 1884.
In 1891 the bank of Messrs Mills, Bawtree and Company failed at Wivenhoe. The brewery premises were bought by Mr Kavanagh for his shoe factory but it was burnt down in January, 1889.
From ESSEX BREWERS - The Malting and Hop Industries of the County by Ian P Peaty 1992 now out of print ISBN 978 1 873966 02 4