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[[Image:Tiverton 02.jpg|thumb|An advert from 1900]] | [[Image:Tiverton 02.jpg|thumb|An advert from 1900]] | ||
[[Image:Tiverton 03.jpg|thumb|Letterhead 1951]] | [[Image:Tiverton 03.jpg|thumb|Letterhead 1951]] | ||
[[File:StarkeyKF_Sign_RayFarleigh.jpg|thumb|In the Lethbridge Arms, Bishops Lydeard, 2009]] | [[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]] | [[File:StarkeyKF_Sign1_RayFarleigh.jpg|thumb|In the Lethbridge Arms, Bishops Lydeard, 2009]] | ||
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'''An assortment of views of the brewery | '''An assortment of views of the brewery''' | ||
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Image:Starkey 02.jpg|A charabanc outing for the brewery staff. | Image:Starkey 02.jpg|A charabanc outing for the brewery staff. | ||
Image:Tiverton 01.jpg|The Whitbread Bottling Hall. | Image:Tiverton 01.jpg|The Whitbread Bottling Hall. | ||
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File:s-l225 (7).jpg|Tivvy Ales | |||
File:Starkey Knight & Ford Tiverton Ale.jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | File:Starkey Knight & Ford Tiverton Ale.jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | ||
File:Starkey Knight & Ford.jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | File:Starkey Knight & Ford.jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison |
Revision as of 10:45, 31 May 2020
Starkey, Knight & Ford Ltd, Northgate Brewery, Bridgwater, Somerset.
Founded 1842 by George Knight. Registered November 1887 as Starkey, Knight & Co., having merged with Thomas Starkey, of North Petherton and Taunton.
In 1889 a new tower brewery was constructed, their offices being at what had been the Heal & Cook site 54 High Street. In 1895 changed to Starkey, Knight & Ford Ltd in 1895 when Thomas Ford & Son of Tiverton was acquired with 40 tied houses.
North Petherton and Taunton closed 1906.
Acquired by Whitbread & Co. Ltd. in 1962 with 400 tied houses. The Bridgwater brewery was closed in the same year, and demolished 1967.
An assortment of views of the brewery
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