Manchester Brewery Co. Ltd

Old Three Crowns, Bolton

Lower Turks Head, Manchester

Manchester Brewery Co. Ltd, Britannia Brewery, Broadie Street, Ardwick, Manchester.

Registered in January 1888 to acquire the business of Col. James Henry Deakin from his executors.

• List of Deakin's pubs

In financial difficulties 1904 due to the purchase of unrenumerative properties and Broadbents Ltd was sold in 1905. In 1907, in order to reduce their mortgages, they sold all their properties in Wolverhampton. Some or all of these were acquired by North Worcestershire Breweries Ltd.

Acquired by Walker & Homfrays Ltd in 1912.

In 1924 brewing transferred to Walker & Homfrays' Woodside brewery and 46 of their public houses were sold to the Palatine Bottling Co. Ltd. in 1935.

Mike Brown comments:-

In 1847 this was owned by Benjamin Smith & Sons, the successors to William Nell. It has always seemed probably more than a coincidence that there was a Benjamin Smith at the Waterloo Brewery in Stockport and one of his relatives, also called Benjamin Smith, later became manager of the Britannia Brewery. Benjamin Smith & Sons are listed 1848-1856. The connection, if any, between Benjamin Smith & Sons of the Britannia Brewery and Benjamin Smith & Sons (later Henry Smith) of the Waterloo Brewery, Hall Street, Stockport still needs to be established.

1850/53 Benjamin Smith & Sons 1850 June - John Smith

Partnership heretofore existing between us the undersigned, Benjamin Smith, John Fairfield Smith, and Thomas Samson Smith, carrying on business as Wine and Spirit Merchants, and Dealers, and as Brewers of, and Dealers in, Ale and Porter, at Manchester, and at Ardwick, under the firm of Benjamin Smith and Sons, has been dissolved by mutual consent, so far as respects the said John Fairfield Smith, as and from the 1st day of May last. All debts due and owing to and by the said late firm, will be received and paid by the said Benjamin Smith and Thomas Samson Smith, by whom the business will be conducted as heretofore, under the firm of Benjamin Smith and Son. Witness our hands this 18th day of August 1852.

1849 Jan JFS’s wife Caroline Turner had died at Bath Street, Glasgow. JFS seems to have moved from Manchester

1867 26th March John Fairfield, only son of JFS of Penrith, married in Sydney. 1872 JFS living in Hornby. JFS aged 54 died 21st Nov 1873 at Cringleber House, Melling, 1874 occ Mrs Smith

Isaac Smith of Melling to show Cringleber house to let Sep 1845

1846 TSS wine merchant married 16th Apr to Miss Johnstone. 1852 son born, living 22 Dover Street. TSS aged 31 died Dover Street 14th Jan 1853 and his son Benjamin aged 16 weeks died the day after. 1872 eldest daughter Annie married John Loudon of Edinburgh. Marriage again at the Scotch church.

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  Ordnance Survey extract from 1915. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland (http://maps.nls.uk/index.html)
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  An advert from 1866