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[[Image:STRONG.JPG|thumb|Messrs. Strong & Co. Ltd, Romsey, Hants. New Maltings. Brewers’ Journal 15th June 1902]]
[[Image:STRONG.JPG|thumb|Messrs. Strong & Co. Ltd, Romsey, Hants. New Maltings. Brewers’ Journal 15th June 1902]]
<big>''' Strong & Co. of Romsey Ltd, ''' '' Horsefair Brewery , Romsey , Hampshire .''</big>
[[File:Strong 1940.jpg|thumb|Letterhead 1948]]
[[File:HantsGodshillFightingCocks1.jpg|thumb|The Fighting Cocks at Godshill]]
[[File:StDenysHotel_22_SP_Apr2012.jpg|thumb|St Denys Hotel, Southampton]]


Founded c.1778.  
<big>'''Strong & Co. of Romsey Ltd''', ''Horsefair Brewery, Romsey, Hampshire.''</big>


Brewery and 23 tied houses leased to Thomas Strong 1858, who bought the business in 1883.  
Founded c.1778. Brewery and 23 tied houses leased to Thomas Strong 1858, who bought the business in 1883. Registered November 1894.


Registered November 1894. Acquired by [[Whitbread & Co. Ltd]]. 1969 with 940 public houses.  
* They acquired [[Wethered & Sons Ltd]] of Marlow with 236 tied houses in 1949.


Brewing ceased 1981.  
* [[Mew, Langton & Co. Ltd]] of Newport, Isle of Wight, was acquired in 1965 with 144 houses and brewing ceased there in 1969.


Partly demolished in the early 1990s.
 
Strongs were acquired by [[Whitbread & Co. Ltd]] in 1969 with 940 public houses. Brewing ceased at Romsey in 1981. Partly demolished in the early 1990s.  




'''An assortment of images of the brewery'''
'''An assortment of images of the brewery'''
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Strongs Romsey run about zx.jpg
Romsey Strong aa.jpg  
Romsey Strong aa.jpg  
Romsey Strong bb.jpg  
Romsey Strong bb.jpg  
Romsey Strongs F4325.jpg  
Romsey Strongs F4325.jpg  
Romsey Strongs.jpg  
Romsey Strongs.jpg  
Strong Maltings Romsey zxc 1.JPG|The maltings
Strong Romsey zxc 2.JPG
Strong Romsey 1985 2.jpg|1985
Strong Romsey 1985.jpg|1985
Strong Romsey 1999 2.jpg|1999
Strong Romset 1999 1.jpg|1999
HantsRomseyStrongs1 BHK Sep09.jpg|2009. Photo "Bank House Kennels".
HantsRomseyStrongs2 BHK Sep09.jpg|2009. Photo "Bank House Kennels".
</gallery>
<gallery>
File:Strongs RD zx (1).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Strongs RD zx (2).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Strongs RD zx (3).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Strongs RD zx (4).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Strongs RD zx (5).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Strongs RD zx (6).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Strongs RD zx (7).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
</gallery>
</gallery>
[[category:Hampshire]]

Revision as of 16:24, 25 February 2021

P1100276.JPG
Messrs. Strong & Co. Ltd, Romsey, Hants. New Maltings. Brewers’ Journal 15th June 1902
Letterhead 1948
The Fighting Cocks at Godshill
St Denys Hotel, Southampton

Strong & Co. of Romsey Ltd, Horsefair Brewery, Romsey, Hampshire.

Founded c.1778. Brewery and 23 tied houses leased to Thomas Strong 1858, who bought the business in 1883. Registered November 1894.

  • Mew, Langton & Co. Ltd of Newport, Isle of Wight, was acquired in 1965 with 144 houses and brewing ceased there in 1969.


Strongs were acquired by Whitbread & Co. Ltd in 1969 with 940 public houses. Brewing ceased at Romsey in 1981. Partly demolished in the early 1990s.


An assortment of images of the brewery