Vaux Breweries Ltd
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.
- Merged with North Eastern Breweries Ltd in 1927 to form Associated Breweries Ltd.
- They acquired Coldstream Brewery Co. Ltd in November 1943.
- In 1946, they aquired Lorimer & Clark Ltd of Edinburgh.
- Thomas Usher & Son Ltd of Edinburgh was acquired in 1959 with 170 public houses.
- In 1969, they acquired Steel, Coulson & Co. Ltd of Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Name changed as above 1973.
At that time held 700 houses in England and 200 Thomas Usher & Son Ltd houses in Scotland.
After pressure from the City, closed 1999.
List of Vaux Breweries Ltd. pubs in County Durham
List of Vaux Breweries Ltd. pubs in Northumberland
List of Vaux breweries Ltd. pubs in North Yorkshire
List of Vaux Breweries Ltd. pubs in West Yorkshire
List of Vaux Breweries Ltd. pubs in North Western England
List of Vaux Breweries Ltd. pubs in London
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.
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