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<big>''' Starkey, | [[Image:Bridgewater Knight Northgate c1865.jpg|thumb|The brewery approach c.1865]] | ||
'' 54 High Street and Fore Street, Tiverton, Devon | [[Image:Bridgewater Starkey Knight c1969.jpg|thumb|The brewery in 1969]] | ||
[[File:StarkeyKF_Sign_RayFarleigh.jpg|thumb|(in the Lethbridge Arms, Bishops Lydeard, 2009)]] | |||
[[File:StarkeyKF_Sign1_RayFarleigh.jpg|thumb|(in the Lethbridge Arms, Bishops Lydeard, 2009)]] | |||
<big>'''Starkey, Knight & Ford Ltd''', ''54 High Street, Bridgwater, Somerset and Fore Street, Tiverton, Devon.''</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 | Name changed as above 1895 when [[Thomas Ford & Son]] of Tiverton was acquired with c.75 tied houses. | ||
North Petherton and Taunton breweries closed 1906. | North Petherton and Taunton breweries closed 1906. | ||
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The Bridgwater brewery was closed in the same year. | The Bridgwater brewery was closed in the same year. | ||
*Read: [http://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/154/SKF.pdf "Starkey, Knight & Ford" by Jessica Boak & Ray Bailey] | |||
'''An assortment of views of the brewery.''' | |||
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Image:Starkey 01.jpg|One of their early powered drays. | |||
Image:Starkey 02.jpg|A charabanc outing for the brewery staff. | |||
Image:Tiverton 01.jpg|The Whitbread Bottling Hall. | |||
Image:Tiverton 02.jpg|An advert from 1900. | |||
Image:Tiverton 03.jpg| | |||
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[[Category:Devon]] | |||
Revision as of 12:08, 26 July 2019
Starkey, Knight & Ford Ltd, 54 High Street, Bridgwater, Somerset and Fore Street, Tiverton, Devon.
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 c.75 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.
An assortment of views of the brewery.
One of their early powered drays.
A charabanc outing for the brewery staff.
The Whitbread Bottling Hall.
An advert from 1900.
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