Ind Coope Ltd












Ind Coope Ltd, Star Brewery, Romford, Essex
Around 1800 Edward Ind, from a Cambridge and Herts brewing family, and J John Grosvenor, acquired the brewery here, probably from the Carder family. C E Coope joined the firm in 1845.
In 1856, the company opened their brewery at Burton-upon-Trent: see Ind Coope (Burton). Registered in November 1886 as Ind Coope & Co. Ltd.
In receivership January 1909 and was re-registered 1912 as Ind Coope & Co.(1912) Ltd. Name reverted to Ind Coope & Co. Ltd. in 1923. Merged with Allsopp & Sons Ltd in 1934 and became Ind Coope & Allsopp Ltd.
Name changed as above 1959. In 1961, it became part of Allied Breweries and in January 1993 it became part of Carlsberg-Tetley.
The Romford brewery was closed in 1992 and was redeveloped as a shopping mall.
- List of Ind Coope Ltd pubs
- Ind Coope, Romford - A History
- Double Diamond
- Allsopp's and Ind Coope's 'Hand'
- Article: The Ind Coope Family, by Ray Anderson
- Article: "Calling time on the Star Inn: a reassessment of the origins of Romford Brewery" by M Abel
- Article: Ind Coope's Own Regiment
An assortment of views of the brewery
The brewery in the 1950s:
The rebuilding of the brewery in 1960:
The brewery in 1992. Photos Ian P Peaty:
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The Middle Yard
The brewery in 1989:
The brewery in 1995:
The brewery in 2006. Courtesy Derek Taylor:
More images of the Romford brewery:
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1860
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Buffer tanks in 1978
The entries in the Brewers Journal:
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