Benskins Ltd: Takeover Trail
List of Breweries Taken Over by Benskins Ltd
- Ashdown Brothers, Leighton Buzzard: acquired 1897 with 13 houses
- John Edward Groome, King's Langley: acquired with 22 public houses in October 1897
- Kingsbury (St.Albans) Brewery Co. Ltd: November 1897 with 34 public houses
- Wigan's Black Lion Brewery, Braintree: 1898 with 8 public houses
- E. J. & C. Healey Ltd, Watford: 1898 with 15 tied houses
- Hawkes & Co, Bishop's Stortford: 1898 with 157 public houses, continued as a depot until 1987
- Locke & Smith Ltd, Berkhamsted: acquired June 1913 and closed
- Walter H. Pullen, Aston Clinton: December 1915 with at least 3 public houses
- Bailey Brothers, Fox Brewery, Bishops Stortford: 1915 with one off-licence; demolished 1921
- J. W. & J. L. Taylor, Saffron Walden: acquired by Reid's Brewery Co. Ltd in 1897 with 80 tied houses and was sold to Benskins Ltd in 1916 due to wartime difficulties
- Pryor, Reid & Co. Ltd, Hatfield: 1920 for £190,000 with 105 tied houses
- M. A. Sedgwick & Co, Watford: 23rd November 1923 with 97 public houses and was converted into maltings 1927
- Roberts & Wilson Ltd, Ivinghoe Brewery: 1927 with 56 houses and brewing ceased
- W & G Weller, Amersham Brewery: 1929 with over 130 tied houses
- Wells Watford Brewery Ltd: had 23 houses by 1947 but acquired by Benskins in 1951.