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Revision as of 18:56, 15 May 2016
Watney, Combe, Reid & Co. Ltd, Stag Brewery, Pimlico, London SW1.
Founded by William Greene 1641. Came under the control of James Watney 1858.
Registered 1885 as Watney & Co. Ltd.
Registered as above June 1898 to amalgamate Watney & Co. Ltd; Combe & Co. Ltd. and Reid's Brewery Co. Ltd.
Merged with Mann, Crossman & Paulin Ltd. 1958 to form Watney Mann Ltd.
The Stag Brewery was closed on 23rd April 1959 and brewing was concentrated at Mann's Albion Brewery and Mortlake.
Acquired by Grand Metropolitan Hotels Ltd. 1972 and was merged with Truman, Hanbury & Buxton & Co. Ltd. in 1974.
The Hind Statue once in the front of the offices is now located in Lockmeadow shopping mall, Maidstone.
An assortment of images of the brewery
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