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Dallam Lane site acquired and brewery built 1866. Replaced by a new brewery on the same site in 1867.  
Dallam Lane site acquired and brewery built 1866. Replaced by a new brewery on the same site in 1867.  


Registered 1889 as [[Peter Walker & Sons]], Warrington & Burton Ltd. Also at the Midland Brewery, Burton-on-Trent 1890-1923 when lager brewing ceased.  
Registered 1889 as [[Peter Walker & Sons]], Warrington & Burton Ltd. Also at the Midland Brewery, Burton-on-Trent 1890-1923 when lager brewing ceased.


New company registered September 1921 as Peter Walker (Warrington) and [[Robert Cain & Sons Ltd]].  
Merged with the Liverpool brewer [[Robert Cain & Sons Ltd]] in September 1921 to form '''Peter Walker & Robert Cain Ltd'''. The name was changed to '''Walker Cain Ltd''' in 1946.  


Name changed as above in 1946.  
Merged with [[Joshua Tetley & Son Ltd]] of Leeds in 1960 to form [[Tetley Walker Ltd]], later part of [[Carlsberg-Tetley]]. The Warrington brewery was closed in 1996, and now forms part of a large supermarket and the new Warrington Wolves Rugby League ground.


Merged with [[Joshua Tetley & Son Ltd]]. 1960 to form [[Tetley Walker Ltd]], later part of [[Carlsberg-Tetley]]. Closed 1996.


'''> [[List of Peter Walker & Sons, Warrington & Burton Ltd. pubs]]'''


[[List of Peter Walker & Sons, Warrington & Burton Ltd. pubs]]


 
'''Views of the brewery.'''
'''An assortment of views of the brewery.'''


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Revision as of 01:05, 23 March 2018

The brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published 1890
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The Peter Walker brewery in 1896.
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Peter Walker logo above the door to the Rodney pub on Winwick Road


Walker Cain Ltd, Dallam Lane Brewery, Dallam Lane, Warrington, Cheshire

The Peter Walker Brewery was founded in 1864 when the brewery in King Street was built.

Dallam Lane site acquired and brewery built 1866. Replaced by a new brewery on the same site in 1867.

Registered 1889 as Peter Walker & Sons, Warrington & Burton Ltd. Also at the Midland Brewery, Burton-on-Trent 1890-1923 when lager brewing ceased.

Merged with the Liverpool brewer Robert Cain & Sons Ltd in September 1921 to form Peter Walker & Robert Cain Ltd. The name was changed to Walker Cain Ltd in 1946.

Merged with Joshua Tetley & Son Ltd of Leeds in 1960 to form Tetley Walker Ltd, later part of Carlsberg-Tetley. The Warrington brewery was closed in 1996, and now forms part of a large supermarket and the new Warrington Wolves Rugby League ground.


> List of Peter Walker & Sons, Warrington & Burton Ltd. pubs


Views of the brewery.