William Hancock & Co. Ltd

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Butchers Arms, Llandaff

William Hancock & Co. Ltd, Crawshay Street, Cardiff, Glamorgan.

William Hancock, brewer of Wiveliscombe, Somerset, (see William Hancock & Sons (Wiveliscombe) Ltd), bought the Bute Dock Brewery of North and Low in 1884.

Registered 7th July 1887.

Acquired County Brewery in Crawshay Street in 1894 from F S Lock and moved from the Bute Dock Brewery.

Acquired by Bass, Charrington Ltd. in 1968 with 505 tied houses and became Welsh Brewers before Bass Wales.

Site sold to Brain & Co. Ltd in 1999.


Images of the brewery:


The brewery in 1995:


Entry in the Trade Mark Registry

Registration No  : 515,682
Description  : Words "VINELIX"
Date of Application  : 02/01/1931
Used Prior to 1875?  : NO