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[[Image:CHELTENHAM.JPG|thumb|Cheltenham Original Brewery Co., New Brewery, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.  Brewers’ Journal 15th November 1898]]  
[[Image:CHELTENHAM.JPG|thumb|Cheltenham Original Brewery Co., New Brewery, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.  Brewers’ Journal 15th November 1898]]
[[Image:Original 51.jpg|thumb|An advert from 1945]]
[[Image:West Country Brewery plaque.jpg |thumb]]
[[Image:West Country Brewery plaque.jpg |thumb]]


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'''An assortment of images of the brewery'''
'''An assortment of images of the brewery'''
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Original 51.jpg|An advert from 1945
Whitbread Cheltenham.jpg  
Whitbread Cheltenham.jpg  
Cheltenham Whitbread 1990 (4).jpg |The brewery in 1990
Cheltenham Whitbread 1990 (4).jpg |The brewery in 1990
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'''Images of the brewery, 1993 (Ian Peaty)'''
'''Images of the brewery, 1993 (Ian Peaty)'''
<gallery>
<gallery>
Whitbread Cheltenham 1993 Peaty (7).jpg |Courtesy Ian Peaty
Whitbread Cheltenham 1993 Peaty (7).jpg
Whitbread Cheltenham 1993 Peaty (6).jpg |Courtesy Ian Peaty
Whitbread Cheltenham 1993 Peaty (6).jpg
Whitbread Cheltenham 1993 Peaty (5).jpg |Courtesy Ian Peaty
Whitbread Cheltenham 1993 Peaty (5).jpg
Whitbread Cheltenham 1993 Peaty (4).jpg |Courtesy Ian Peaty
Whitbread Cheltenham 1993 Peaty (4).jpg
Whitbread Cheltenham 1993 Peaty (3).jpg |Courtesy Ian Peaty
Whitbread Cheltenham 1993 Peaty (3).jpg
Whitbread Cheltenham 1993 Peaty (2).jpg |Courtesy Ian Peaty
Whitbread Cheltenham 1993 Peaty (2).jpg
Whitbread Cheltenham 1993 Peaty (1).jpg |Courtesy Ian Peaty
Whitbread Cheltenham 1993 Peaty (1).jpg
</gallery>
</gallery>
{{Trade Mark 2 |regno = 205,246|desc=Leckhampton Hill with the Devil's Chimney and pigeons picking up calcareous matter out of the original Cheltenham Spring|date=27/05/1897|seventy=NO
{{Trade Mark 2 |regno = 205,246|desc=Leckhampton Hill with the Devil's Chimney and pigeons picking up calcareous matter out of the original Cheltenham Spring|date=27/05/1897|seventy=NO
|regno2 = 214,727|desc2=Tower with battlements|date2=07/06/1898|seventy2=NO}}
|regno2 = 214,727|desc2=Tower with battlements|date2=07/06/1898|seventy2=NO}}

Revision as of 12:04, 3 April 2018

Cheltenham Original Brewery Co., New Brewery, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Brewers’ Journal 15th November 1898
An advert from 1945
West Country Brewery plaque.jpg


West Country Breweries Ltd, 256 High Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Registered 15th April 1888 as the Cheltenham Original Brewery Co. Ltd to acquire the business of J.T.Agg-Gardner founded in 1760.

Name changed to Cheltenham & Hereford Breweries Ltd. 1945 when the Hereford & Tredegar Brewery Ltd. was acquired and was later renamed again to Cheltenham Brewery Holdings Ltd.

Merged with the Stroud Brewery Co. Ltd. 1958 to form West Country Breweries Ltd. with 1,275 tied houses.

Acquired by Whitbread & Co. Ltd. 1963 and was known as Whitbread Flowers Ltd.

Closed 1998 and demolished in 2004.


An assortment of images of the brewery

  • Whitbread Cheltenham.jpg
  • The brewery in 1990

    The brewery in 1990

  • The brewery in 1990

    The brewery in 1990

  • The brewery in 1990

    The brewery in 1990

  • The brewery in 1990

    The brewery in 1990

  • The brewery in 1973

    The brewery in 1973

  • The brewery in 1973

    The brewery in 1973

  • The brewery in 1970

    The brewery in 1970

  • The brewery in 1970

    The brewery in 1970

  • The brewery in 1970

    The brewery in 1970

  • Cheltenham Flowers roof lines.jpg
  • The brewery in 1998

    The brewery in 1998

  • The brewery in 1973

    The brewery in 1973

  • The brewery in 1973

    The brewery in 1973

  • From 1945

    From 1945

  • Whitbread Flowers Cheltenham.jpg
  • West Country Cheltenham.jpg


Images of the brewery, 1993 (Ian Peaty)

  • Whitbread Cheltenham 1993 Peaty (7).jpg
  • Whitbread Cheltenham 1993 Peaty (6).jpg
  • Whitbread Cheltenham 1993 Peaty (5).jpg
  • Whitbread Cheltenham 1993 Peaty (4).jpg
  • Whitbread Cheltenham 1993 Peaty (3).jpg
  • Whitbread Cheltenham 1993 Peaty (2).jpg
  • Whitbread Cheltenham 1993 Peaty (1).jpg

Entry in the Trade Mark Registry

Registration No  : 205,246
Description  : Leckhampton Hill with the Devil's Chimney and pigeons picking up calcareous matter out of the original Cheltenham Spring
Date of Application  : 27/05/1897
Used Prior to 1875?  : NO


Registration No  : 214,727
Description  : Tower with battlements
Date of Application  : 07/06/1898
Used Prior to 1875?  : NO
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