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{{Trade Mark |regno = 290,298|desc=Signature|date=09/02/1907|seventy=NO}}
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A turn of the century newspaper advert
A turn of the century newspaper advert
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Vaux Breweries Ltd, Castle Street Brewery, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear.

Founded by Cuthbert Vaux 1837 at Matlock Street Brewery. Moved to Castle Street 1875. Registered 1896 as C.Vaux & Sons Ltd.

Name changed as above 1973. At that time they held 700 houses in England and 200 Thomas Usher & Son Ltd houses in Scotland.

After pressure from the City, they closed their remaining breweries in 1999.


Takeover and closure history:

  • John Heslop Ltd's Norton Grange Brewery, Norton-on-Tees, was acquired in 1923.
  • They acquired Whitwell, Mark & Co. Ltd of Kendal in 1947 with 30 tied houses. Brewing ceased there on 18th September 1968.
  • Hepworth & Co. Ltd of Ripon were acquired with about 51 pubs in 1947 and brewing ceased there in 1952.
  • Thomas Usher & Son Ltd of Edinburgh were acquired in 1959 with 170 public houses. Sold to Allied Breweries in 1980.
  • They acquired Ward & Co. Ltd of Sheffield in 1972 with 102 tied houses, and closed that brewery in 1999.
  • W M Darley Ltd of Thorne, Yorkshire, were acquired in 1978 with 88 houses. Darley's Brewery was closed in September 1986.



The Bottling Department in 1907


An assortment of views of the brewery taken in 1930

An assortment of views of the brewery taken over the last 10 years of operation.

Entry in the Trade Mark Registry

Registration No  : 290,298
Description  : Signature
Date of Application  : 09/02/1907
Used Prior to 1875?  : NO