Wadworth & Co. Ltd

Henry Alfred Wadworth

The original brewery. An Ordnance Survey extract from 1885. "Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland" http://maps.nls.uk/index.html

The new brewery. An Ordnance Survey extract from 1922. "Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland" http://maps.nls.uk/index.html

History of the company - from a Wadworth's leaflet in 2007

The Wadworth Shires - from a Wadworth's leaflet in 2007

An advert from 1900

Letterhead 1965

Wadworth & Co. Ltd

(1) Northgate Street, Devizes, Wiltshire

(2) Northgate Brewery, Northgate Street, Devizes, Wiltshire

(3) Folly Road, Devizes, Wiltshire

The original Northgate Brewery - on the south side of Northgate Street - is said to have been founded in 1768. The buildings survive here, converted to apartments.

The site of the Northgate Brewery is thought to date from 1837 and in 1875 was bought by Henry Alfred Wadworth, who built a new brewery there in 1885. Registered in 1889 and still operating independently.

In 2020, they announced their intention to move the brewing operation to a new site at Folly Road in Devizes. This site comprises a former book warehouse and brewing commenced here in 2023.

In 2025 the Old Brewery site as now cleared with 102 new houses to be built. This site was previously the 1960's warehouses, stables, empty cask yard and garages.

Main brewery is listed and is to be converted to apartments.

• List of Wadworth & Co. Ltd pubs
• Wadworths - Gallery
• Read: "Mystery of the Name 6X" by Brian Yorston
• The Brewery History Society visited both sites in July 2023. For more images of the breweries, see: Wadworths BHS AGM 20 July 2023

The Northgate Street brewery

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  2007: from the Northgate Brewery
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  The original brewery in 2007
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  The original brewery in 2010
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  The original brewery in 2023

The 1885 brewery

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  The brewery 1973: courtesy Roy Denison
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  The brewery 1985
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  The brewery 1992
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  The brewery 1992
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  The brewery 1992
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  The brewery 1997
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  The brewery 2002
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  The brewery 2002
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  The brewery 2002
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  The brewery 2002
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  The brewery 2002
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  The brewery 2002
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  The brewery 2010
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  The brewery 2010
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  The brewery 2010
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  Brewery History Society AGM at the Bear Hotel, 2023

The 1885 brewery in 2007

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The Folly Road brewery

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A selection of their products

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  Courtesy Roy Denison
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  Courtesy Jeff Sechiari
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Entry in the Trade Mark Registry Registration No  : 31,294 Description  : ???? Date of Application  : 30/1/1883 Used Prior to 1875?  : NO Registration No  : 383,147/8/9 Description  : Whisky labels Date of Application  : 29/04/1918 Used Prior to 1875?  : NO Registration No  : 513,668 Description  : Whisky Date of Application  : 12/06/1930 Used Prior to 1875?  : NO