Worthington & Co. Ltd

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Messrs. Worthington & Co. Ltd., Burton upon Trent. New Maltings. Brewers’ Journal 15th October 1899
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Blue plaque at the Unicorn Inn, Orton-on-the-Hill, unveiled in August 2017. Photo: Steve Peck
The Worthington ‘dagger’ on the former brewery offices at 146 High Street. Photo: Steve Peck 2009.
A Civic Society blue plaque on the former brewery offices at 146 High Street. Photo: Steve Peck 2009.
White Hart, Duffield 2010


Worthington & Co Ltd, 137 High Street, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire


William Worthington was born, the son of a yeoman farmer, in Orton-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire, in 1723. He arrived in Burton as a cooper in 1744, and founded his brewery in about 1761.

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.

List of Worthington & Co Ltd pubs

The brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published 1890.


The Worthington Bottle Car:


Entry in the Trade Mark Registry

Registration No  : 3,664
Description  : Sword on shield
Date of Application  : 8/3/1876
Used Prior to 1875?  : In use since 1863


Registration No  : 3,667
Description  : Sword on shield
Date of Application  : 8/3/1876
Used Prior to 1875?  : In use since 1863