Webster & Sons Ltd

Messrs. S. Webster & Sons Ltd., New Malting, Halifax. Brewers’ Journal 15th August 1901

The brewery, ca.1900

An advert from the 1930s

Shepherds Boy, Dewsbury

Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd, Fountain Head Brewery, Ovenden Wood, Halifax, West Yorkshire.

Founded in about 1820 by John Mitchell and was being operated by Samuel Webster by 1838 (bought in 1860?).

Registered in March 1890. Acquired by Watney Mann Ltd in March 1972 with 288 public houses.

Websters were amalgamated with Wilsons Brewery Ltd in 1985, and for a few years, Wilson's beers were brewed at Halifax.

The Halifax brewery closed in 1996.

• List of Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd. pubs

An assortment of images of the brewery

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  The brewery in 1985. courtesy Richard Spivey
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  Their maltings
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  Their maltings
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  The brewery in 1995. Courtesy Roy Denison
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  The brewery in 1995. Courtesy Roy Denison
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  The brewery in 1995. Courtesy Roy Denison
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  The brewery in 1995. Courtesy Roy Denison
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  The brewery in 1995. Courtesy Roy Denison
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  The brewery in 1995. Courtesy Roy Denison
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  Courtesy Roy Denison