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Registered January 1889. Merged with [[Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton Ltd]]. 1927 but continued to operate as a separate concern until brewing ceased in 1967. | Registered January 1889. Merged with [[Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton Ltd]]. 1927 but continued to operate as a separate concern until brewing ceased in 1967. | ||
Brewery and its maltings demolished in late 1960s, the former to provide a car park, later a shopping precinct. The latter, by the middle of the 1970s, became a new public library. | Brewery and its maltings demolished in late 1960s, the former to provide a car park, later a shopping precinct. | ||
The latter, by the middle of the 1970s, became a new public library. | |||
'''An assortment of images of the brewery''' | |||
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Worthington Bottle Car B&W.jpg | |||
Worthington Burton White Shield car.jpg | |||
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Revision as of 15:51, 10 August 2015
Worthington & Co. Ltd, 137 High Street, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Brewery founded c.1761 (William Worthington arrived in Burton as a cooper in 1744).
Registered January 1889. Merged with Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton Ltd. 1927 but continued to operate as a separate concern until brewing ceased in 1967.
Brewery and its maltings demolished in late 1960s, the former to provide a car park, later a shopping precinct.
The latter, by the middle of the 1970s, became a new public library.
An assortment of images of the brewery