Truman, Hanbury & Buxton & Co. Ltd

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Advert 1908

Truman, Hanbury & Buxton & Co. Ltd, Black Eagle Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London E1

The Black Eagle Brewery was built by Thomas Bucknall in about 1666 and it was acquired by Joseph Truman in 1679. In 1722 Benjamin Truman (born c1700, knighted in 1760) became a partner. Following Sir Benjamin's death, Sampson Hanbury joined the business. In 1811, Thomas Fowell Buxton, aged 25, became a partner and they were trading as Truman Hanbury & Buxton & Co. Registered in January 1889.

In order to brew the increasingly popular 'pale ales', the company acquired Phillips Bros Brewery in Burton-upon-Trent in 1873. They rebuilt the brewery and brewed there until 1971. See Truman, Hanbury, Buxton (Burton).

Acquired by Grand Metropolitan Hotels Ltd in 1971; the name changed to Truman Ltd. Merged with Watney Mann Ltd from October 1974. Brewing ceased in 1989. The site remains an assortment of commercial buildings.

• List of Truman's pubs - East London
• List of Truman's pubs - North London
• List of Truman's pubs - South East London
• List of Truman's pubs - South West London
• List of Truman's pubs - West London
• List of Truman's pubs – East Anglia, North of England, South Wales, South West England, Other Locations
• List of Truman's Burton Brewery pubs
• Trumans and Jack The Ripper
• The Thomas Fowell Buxton Monument, Weymouth
• A brochure published in 1969 regarding the Redevelopment of Brick Lane
• Article: "The Resurrection of Truman's" by Michael-George Hemus and James Morgan
• Article: "Truman, Hanbury, Buxton, and Co's Entire" (Published 16 January 1875)

The brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published 1890.

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An assortment of images of the Brick Lane brewery:

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  The Truman's Board Room, originally Sir Ben Truman's drawing room

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  1842

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  The Experimental Brewery. Photo dated 1937

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  Announcing the opening of the Burton brewery 1877

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  The draymen at the Swansea depot

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  Tanker 1970s

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  1989

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  1997

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The brewery in 1930:

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The brewery in 1931:

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The brewery in 1990:

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The Brick Lane Brewery in 2006. Courtesy "Watneys Red Barrel":

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The Brick Lane Brewery during a BHS Urban Walk in 2009:

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A range of their products

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  Courtesy Roy Denison

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  Courtesy Roger Corbett

Some Truman Pubs:

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  The Hop Pole, Pitfield Street in a derelict state

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  The restored Hop Pole, Pitfield Street

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  Old Blue Last, Shoreditch

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  Old Blue Last, Shoreditch

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  Duke of Sussex, Waterloo

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  George, Bermondsey

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  George, Bermondsey

Entry in the Trade Mark Registry Registration No  : 40,779 Description  : Eagle Date of Application  : 10/11/1884 Used Prior to 1875?  : NO