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<big>''' Wadworth & Co. Ltd, ''' '' Northgate Brewery, Northgate Street , Devizes , Wiltshire .''</big>
[[File:Henry Alfred Wadworth.jpg|thumb|Henry Alfred Wadworth]]
[[File:DevizesWadworthsFirstBrewery_1885.jpg|thumb|The original brewery. An Ordnance Survey extract from 1885. "Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland" http://maps.nls.uk/index.html]]
[[File:DevizesWadworthsNewBrewery_1922.jpg|thumb|The new brewery. An Ordnance Survey extract from 1922. "Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland" http://maps.nls.uk/index.html]]
[[File:WadworthLeaflet2007a.jpg|thumb|History of the company - from a Wadworth's leaflet in 2007]]
[[File:WadworthShires2007a.jpg|thumb|The Wadworth Shires - from a Wadworth's leaflet in 2007]]
[[image:Wadworths 2 1900.jpg |thumb|An advert from 1900]]
[[File:Wadworth 1969.jpg|thumb|Letterhead 1965]]


The original Northgate Brewery is said to have been founded in 1768.  
<big>'''Wadworth & Co. Ltd'''</big>


The present site is thought to date from 1837 and in 1875 was bought by Henry Alfred Wadworth.
<big>(1) ''Northgate Street, Devizes, Wiltshire''</big>


Registered 1889.
<big>(2) ''Northgate Brewery, Northgate Street, Devizes, Wiltshire''</big>


Still operating independently.
<big>(3) ''Folly Road, Devizes, Wiltshire''</big>
 
 
The original Northgate Brewery - on the south side of Northgate Street - is said to have been founded in 1768. The buildings survive here, converted to apartments.
 
The site of the Northgate Brewery is thought to date from 1837 and in 1875 was bought by Henry Alfred Wadworth, who built a new brewery there in 1885. Registered in 1889 and still operating independently.
 
In 2020, they announced their intention to move the brewing operation to a new site at Folly Road in Devizes. This site comprises a former book warehouse and brewing commenced here in 2023.
 
* '''[[List of Wadworth & Co. Ltd pubs]]'''
* '''[[Wadworths - Gallery]]'''
* Read: '''[http://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/137/6X.pdf "Mystery of the Name 6X" by Brian Yorston]'''
* The Brewery History Society visited both sites in July 2023. For more images of the breweries, see: '''[[Wadworths BHS AGM 20 July 2023]]'''
 
 
'''The Northgate Street brewery'''
 
<gallery>
File:Wadworth original site.jpg
File:Wadworth original 2.jpg
File:Wadworth orig entrance.jpg
File:Wadworth 2007 (22).jpg|2007
File:Wadworth 2007 (21).jpg|2007
File:Wadworth 2007 (8).jpg|2007: from the Northgate Brewery
File:Wadworth 2007 original entrance (20).jpg|The original brewery in 2007
File:WiltsDevizes_OldWadworthBry_SP_Apr2010.jpg|The original brewery in 2010
File:DevizesWadworthOldBrewery2023aa_SP_July23.jpg|The original brewery in 2023
</gallery>
 
 
'''The 1885 brewery'''
 
<gallery>
File:Wadworth Devizes.jpg
File:Wadworth brewery Devizes 5.10.1973.jpg|The brewery 1973: courtesy Roy Denison
File:DevizesWadworthBry198508a_SP.jpg|The brewery 1985
File:Wadworth 1992 Sechiari (7).jpg|The brewery 1992
File:Wadworth 1992 Sechiari (3).jpg|The brewery 1992
File:Wadworth 1992 Sechiari (1).jpg|The brewery 1992
File:Wadworth 1997.jpg|The brewery 1997
File:DevizesWadworthBry200207a_SP.jpg|The brewery 2002
File:DevizesWadworthBry200207b_SP.jpg|The brewery 2002
File:DevizesWadworthBry200207c_SP.jpg|The brewery 2002
File:DevizesWadworthBry200207d_SP.jpg|The brewery 2002
File:DevizesWadworthBry200207e_SP.jpg|The brewery 2002
File:DevizesWadworthBry200207f_SP.jpg|The brewery 2002
File:DevizesWadworthBry200207g_SP.jpg|The brewery 2002
File:DevizesWadworthBry200207h_SP.jpg|The brewery 2002
File:DevizesWadworthBry200207j_SP.jpg|The brewery 2002
File:DevizesWadworthBry96_SP_Apr2010.jpg|The brewery 2010
File:DevizesWadworthBry97_SP_Apr2010.jpg|The brewery 2010
File:DevizesWadworthBry95_SP_Apr2010.jpg|The brewery 2010
File:DevizesWadworthSignShop2023aa_SP_July23.jpg|The Sign Shop in 2023
File:DevizesWadworthSignShop2023bb_SP_July23.jpg|The Sign Shop in 2023
File:DevizesWadworthYard2023aa_SP_July23.jpg|2023
File:DevizesWadworth2023aa_SP_July23.jpg|2023
File:DevizesBear_BHSAGM2023a_SP_July23.jpg|Brewery History Society AGM at the Bear Hotel, 2023
</gallery>
 
 
'''The 1885 brewery in 2007'''
 
<gallery>
Wadworth 2007 (23).jpg
Wadworth 2007 (19).jpg
Wadworth 2007 (18).jpg
Wadworth 2007 (17).jpg
Wadworth 2007 (16).jpg
Wadworth 2007 (15).jpg
Wadworth 2007 (14).jpg
Wadworth 2007 (13).jpg
Wadworth 2007 (12).jpg
Wadworth 2007 (11).jpg
Wadworth 2007 (10).jpg
Wadworth 2007 (9).jpg
Wadworth 2007 (6).jpg
Wadworth 2007 (5).jpg
Wadworth 2007 (4).jpg
Wadworth 2007 (3).jpg
Wadworth 2007 (2).jpg
</gallery>
 
 
'''The Folly Road brewery'''
 
<gallery>
File:DevizesWadworthNewBry2023nn_SP_July23.jpg|2023
File:DevizesWadworthNewBry2023mm_SP_July23.jpg|2023
File:DevizesWadworthNewBry2023kk_SP_July23.jpg|2023
File:DevizesWadworthNewBry2023aa_SP_July23.jpg|2023
File:DevizesWadworthNewBry2023bb_SP_July23.jpg|2023
File:DevizesWadworthNewBry2023cc_SP_July23.jpg|2023
File:DevizesWadworthNewBry2023dd_SP_July23.jpg|2023
File:DevizesWadworthNewBry2023ee_SP_July23.jpg|2023
File:DevizesWadworthNewBry2023ff_SP_July23.jpg|2023
File:DevizesWadworthNewBry2023gg_SP_July23.jpg|2023
File:DevizesWadworthNewBry2023hh_SP_July23.jpg|2023
File:DevizesWadworthNewBry2023ii_SP_July23.jpg|2023
File:DevizesWadworthNewBry2023jj_SP_July23.jpg|2023
</gallery>
 
 
'''A selection of their products'''
 
<gallery>
File:Wadworth RD zx (1).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Wadworth RD zx (2).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Wadworth beer mat RD zmx (1).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Wadworth beer mat RD zmx (2).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Wadworth beer mat RD zmx (3).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Wadworth beer mat RD zmx (4).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Wadworth beer mat RD zmx (5).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Wadworth beer mat RD zmx (6).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
</gallery>
 
 
{{Trade Mark 3 |regno = 31,294|desc=????|date=30/1/1883|seventy=NO
|regno2 = 383,147/8/9|desc2=Whisky labels|date2=29/04/1918|seventy2=NO
|regno3 = 513,668|desc3=Whisky|date3=12/06/1930|seventy3=NO}}
 
 
[[Category:Wiltshire]]

Latest revision as of 17:38, 27 August 2023

Henry Alfred Wadworth
The original brewery. An Ordnance Survey extract from 1885. "Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland" http://maps.nls.uk/index.html
The new brewery. An Ordnance Survey extract from 1922. "Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland" http://maps.nls.uk/index.html
History of the company - from a Wadworth's leaflet in 2007
The Wadworth Shires - from a Wadworth's leaflet in 2007
An advert from 1900
Letterhead 1965

Wadworth & Co. Ltd

(1) Northgate Street, Devizes, Wiltshire

(2) Northgate Brewery, Northgate Street, Devizes, Wiltshire

(3) Folly Road, Devizes, Wiltshire


The original Northgate Brewery - on the south side of Northgate Street - is said to have been founded in 1768. The buildings survive here, converted to apartments.

The site of the Northgate Brewery is thought to date from 1837 and in 1875 was bought by Henry Alfred Wadworth, who built a new brewery there in 1885. Registered in 1889 and still operating independently.

In 2020, they announced their intention to move the brewing operation to a new site at Folly Road in Devizes. This site comprises a former book warehouse and brewing commenced here in 2023.


The Northgate Street brewery

  • Wadworth original site.jpg
  • Wadworth original 2.jpg
  • Wadworth orig entrance.jpg
  • 2007

    2007

  • 2007

    2007

  • 2007: from the Northgate Brewery

    2007: from the Northgate Brewery

  • The original brewery in 2007

    The original brewery in 2007

  • The original brewery in 2010

    The original brewery in 2010

  • The original brewery in 2023

    The original brewery in 2023


The 1885 brewery

  • Wadworth Devizes.jpg
  • The brewery 1973: courtesy Roy Denison

    The brewery 1973: courtesy Roy Denison

  • The brewery 1985

    The brewery 1985

  • The brewery 1992

    The brewery 1992

  • The brewery 1992

    The brewery 1992

  • The brewery 1992

    The brewery 1992

  • The brewery 1997

    The brewery 1997

  • The brewery 2002

    The brewery 2002

  • The brewery 2002

    The brewery 2002

  • The brewery 2002

    The brewery 2002

  • The brewery 2002

    The brewery 2002

  • The brewery 2002

    The brewery 2002

  • The brewery 2002

    The brewery 2002

  • The brewery 2002

    The brewery 2002

  • The brewery 2002

    The brewery 2002

  • The brewery 2002

    The brewery 2002

  • The brewery 2010

    The brewery 2010

  • The brewery 2010

    The brewery 2010

  • The brewery 2010

    The brewery 2010

  • The Sign Shop in 2023

    The Sign Shop in 2023

  • The Sign Shop in 2023

    The Sign Shop in 2023

  • 2023

    2023

  • 2023

    2023

  • Brewery History Society AGM at the Bear Hotel, 2023

    Brewery History Society AGM at the Bear Hotel, 2023


The 1885 brewery in 2007

  • Wadworth 2007 (23).jpg
  • Wadworth 2007 (19).jpg
  • Wadworth 2007 (18).jpg
  • Wadworth 2007 (17).jpg
  • Wadworth 2007 (16).jpg
  • Wadworth 2007 (15).jpg
  • Wadworth 2007 (14).jpg
  • Wadworth 2007 (13).jpg
  • Wadworth 2007 (12).jpg
  • Wadworth 2007 (11).jpg
  • Wadworth 2007 (10).jpg
  • Wadworth 2007 (9).jpg
  • Wadworth 2007 (6).jpg
  • Wadworth 2007 (5).jpg
  • Wadworth 2007 (4).jpg
  • Wadworth 2007 (3).jpg
  • Wadworth 2007 (2).jpg


The Folly Road brewery

  • 2023

    2023

  • 2023

    2023

  • 2023

    2023

  • 2023

    2023

  • 2023

    2023

  • 2023

    2023

  • 2023

    2023

  • 2023

    2023

  • 2023

    2023

  • 2023

    2023

  • 2023

    2023

  • 2023

    2023

  • 2023

    2023


A selection of their products

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison


Entry in the Trade Mark Registry

Registration No  : 31,294
Description  : ????
Date of Application  : 30/1/1883
Used Prior to 1875?  : NO


Registration No  : 383,147/8/9
Description  : Whisky labels
Date of Application  : 29/04/1918
Used Prior to 1875?  : NO


Registration No  : 513,668
Description  : Whisky
Date of Application  : 12/06/1930
Used Prior to 1875?  : NO
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