Whitbread & Co. Ltd

Chiswell Street South side c.1900

Chiswell Street North side (aka Sun Court) c.1900

Original site in Old Street

One of a large number of adverts issued by the company over its lifetime

Label featuring anti-forgery text

In the Seaview Hotel, IOW

Whitbread & Co. Ltd, Chiswell Street, London EC1

Founded in 1742. Registered in July 1889.

Brewing ceased at Chiswell Street in 1976. Many buildings remain. The site has been converted to other uses, including a posh hotel. The Porter Tun Room is now a conference centre. The company ceased brewing and now concentrates on its leisure business including hotels, restaurants and coffee shops.

The company constructed three major green-field breweries:

• Whitbread Luton in 1969; closure was announced in 1984.
• Whitbread West Pennines Ltd at Samlesbury, Lancashire in 1972.
• Whitbread Magor in South Wales in 1979.

• List of Whitbread & Co. Ltd pubs
• Whitbread & Co Ltd: Takeover and Closure Trail
• Francis Pelham Whitbread 1867-1941
• A Short Tour of Chiswell Street
• The brewery was in the forefront of steam technology and ordered their first engine in 1784. For more information:- [[1]]

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

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  Horse drawn dray in Sundial Court, opposite the main brewery building
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  Tanker at Sundial Court, opposite the main brewery building
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  The brewery stables 2011: Courtesy Colin Bridgland
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Entry in the Trade Mark Registry Registration No  : 10,098 Description  : Deer's head Date of Application  : 8/12/1876 Used Prior to 1875?  : 6 years Registration No  : 447,808 Description  : Words "THE FOREST" Date of Application  : 26/04/1924 Used Prior to 1875?  : NO Registration No  : 448,998 Description  : Pioneer brands Family Ale Labels Date of Application  : 04/06/1924 Used Prior to 1875?  : NO Registration No  : 485,346 Description  : Advert Date of Application  : 29/10/1927 Used Prior to 1875?  : NO Registration No  : 501,126 Description  : Double brown label Date of Application  : 20/03/1928 Used Prior to 1875?  : NO Registration No  : 549,806 Description  : Words "WHITBREAD" Date of Application  : 24/03/1934 Used Prior to 1875?  : NO