Tattershall Brewery
John Short, 17 High Street, Tattershall, Lincolnshire.
Recorded in 1902.
Traded as William Short & Sons.
J&T Short partnership dissolved October 1901.
Executors offered brewery for sale in 1903 with 4 freehold and several others held under tenancies.
Acquired by Charles Howland of the Hundleby Brewery Ltd.
John Stephenson writes:
Short's Brewery (also known as the Tattershall Brewery)
Old newspapers and censuses tell us the following about this former brewery:
It was originally owned by ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ (1817-1890), a maltster, master brewer and farmer who at various times in the 1830s and 1840s had been licensee of the ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ and ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ป๐ป at Tattershall. His sons ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป and ๐ง๐ผ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ later joined him, the company trading as ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ & ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ป๐ (๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐). From around the 1860s ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ had been licensee of the ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐บ๐ on Tattershall Market Place.
๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ died in 1890, after which the sons formed a partnership known as ๐ & ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ and gave their address as ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, Tattershall. It had a malt house next to it, converted from an old grammar school for church choristers built in the 15th century. However, in 1901 the ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ was ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฑ by mutual agreement. From then on John Short ran the brewery alone, whilst Tom Short concentrated on farming.
๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ died in 1902, after which his executors put the brewery on the market. It and the Phoenix Brewery at Horncastle were bought by ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐น๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ at Hundleby with a view to merging the three breweries at Hundleby (see: - Hundleby Brewery Ltd. However, it wasnโt a great success as ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐น๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ went bankrupt just three years later, in 1905. The brewery at Tattershall then fell into disrepair. Most of it seems to have been demolished by 1931, leaving only the ruins of the old malt house.
The former malt house buildings were used by Tattershall College in 1970.
