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'' 54 High Street and Fore Street, Tiverton, Devon , Bridgwater , Somerset .''</big> | '' 54 High Street and Fore Street, Tiverton, Devon , Bridgwater , Somerset .''</big> | ||
Founded by George Knight 1840. Registered November 1887 as Starkey, Knight & Co. Ltd. to acquire the businesses of Henry and George Knight, Northgate Brewery and Thomas Starkey, North Petherton and Taunton breweries with a total of 30 public houses. | Founded by George Knight 1840. Registered November 1887 as Starkey, Knight & Co. Ltd. to acquire the businesses of Henry and George Knight, Northgate Brewery and [[Thomas Starkey]], North Petherton and Taunton breweries with a total of 30 public houses. | ||
Name changed as above 1895 when [[Thomas Ford & Son]] of Tiverton was acquired with 40 tied houses. | Name changed as above 1895 when [[Thomas Ford & Son]] of Tiverton was acquired with 40 tied houses. | ||
Revision as of 15:14, 11 September 2013
Starkey, Knight & Ford Ltd, 54 High Street and Fore Street, Tiverton, Devon , Bridgwater , Somerset .
Founded by George Knight 1840. Registered November 1887 as Starkey, Knight & Co. Ltd. to acquire the businesses of Henry and George Knight, Northgate Brewery and Thomas Starkey, North Petherton and Taunton breweries with a total of 30 public houses.
Name changed as above 1895 when Thomas Ford & Son of Tiverton was acquired with 40 tied houses.
North Petherton and Taunton breweries closed 1906.
Acquired by Whitbread & Co. Ltd. 1962 with 400 tied houses.
The Bridgwater brewery was closed in the same year.