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<big>'''Woolf Brothers Ltd''', ''Ballaughton Brewery, Douglas, Isle of Man.''</big>
<big>'''Woolf Brothers Ltd''', ''Ballaughton Brewery, Ridgeway Street, Douglas, Isle of Man.''</big>


About 1880, Edward Samuel Woolf acquired the [[Castle Hill Brewery (Douglas)]]. The Woolf family brewed as [[Woolf's Ltd]] in Crewe, Cheshire.
About 1880, Edward Samuel Woolf acquired the [[Castle Hill Brewery (Douglas)]].  


In February 1889, registered as Woolf’s Brewery & Mineral Water Co Ltd, who acquired mills at Ballaughton, which they converted into a brewery, inaugurated in November 1889.
The Woolf family brewed as [[Woolf's Ltd]] in Crewe, Cheshire.  


(Then briefly owned by Thomas Kewley, bottler and wine and spirit merchant.) (?)
In February 1889, registered as Woolf’s Brewery & Mineral Water Co Ltd, who acquired mills at Ballaughton, which they converted into a brewery, inaugurated in November 1889.  


On 24 June 1899, The Isle of Man Breweries Ltd, of Douglas, was formed to acquire Woolf's Brewery, the [[Castletown Brewery Ltd|Castletown Brewery]], and the [[Ramsey Brewery]].
On 24 June 1899, The Isle of Man Breweries Ltd, of Douglas, was formed to acquire Woolf's Brewery, the [[Castletown Brewery Ltd]], and the [[Ramsey Brewery]].
 
Woolf's Brewery was closed, and the company was acquired by [[Boddington's Breweries Ltd]] of Manchester in 1904.


* See: '''[http://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/164/IsleofMan.pdf "Breweries in the Isle of Man and the Amalgamation of 1899" by Peter Dyer]'''
* See: '''[http://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/164/IsleofMan.pdf "Breweries in the Isle of Man and the Amalgamation of 1899" by Peter Dyer]'''
Following liquidation of the new company, Woolf's Brewery was closed, and the company was acquired by Boddingtons of Manchester in 1904.




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[[category:Isle of Man]]

Latest revision as of 10:05, 20 May 2020

Woolf Brothers Ltd, Ballaughton Brewery, Ridgeway Street, Douglas, Isle of Man.

About 1880, Edward Samuel Woolf acquired the Castle Hill Brewery (Douglas).

The Woolf family brewed as Woolf's Ltd in Crewe, Cheshire.

In February 1889, registered as Woolf’s Brewery & Mineral Water Co Ltd, who acquired mills at Ballaughton, which they converted into a brewery, inaugurated in November 1889.

On 24 June 1899, The Isle of Man Breweries Ltd, of Douglas, was formed to acquire Woolf's Brewery, the Castletown Brewery Ltd, and the Ramsey Brewery.

Woolf's Brewery was closed, and the company was acquired by Boddington's Breweries Ltd of Manchester in 1904.