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Timeline of British breweries

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Adapted from the English Wikipedia article Timeline of British breweries, available under CC BY-SA 4.0Updated 11 August 2025
Chronology of British Brewing Companies
Brewery 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Adnams, Southwold Adnams
Whitbread, London Whitbread Interbrew
Flowers, Stratford-upon-Avon Flower & Sons "
JW Green, Luton JW Green (Brewmaster) "
Cheltenham, Cheltenham Cheltenham Cheltenham & Hereford Breweries WCB "
Tredegar, Tredegar Tredegar Hereford & Tredegar Brewery/Imperial Brewery
Hereford Brewery, Hereford Hereford
Stroud Brewery, Stroud, Gloucestershire Stroud
Godsell & Sons Ltd, Stroud, Gloucestershire Godsell's "
Lacon's, Great Yarmouth Lacon's "
Fremlins Brewery, Maidstone Fremlins "
Threlfalls Brewery, City of Salford Threlfalls "
Chester's Brewery, Ardwick Chester's "
Wethereds Brewery, Marlow, Buckinghamshire Thomas Wethered & Sons Strong & Co "
bgcolor=# F000 F000 Boddington's, Manchester
  colspna55bggco=Boddington's  
  colspna5bggco="" 
bgcolor=# F000 F000 SA Brain, Cardiff
  colspna65bggco=SABrain 
bgcolor=# F000 F000 Crown Brewery , Pontyclun
  colspna55bggco=Crown Brewery  
  colspna4row2bggco=Crown Buckley   
  colspna6row2bggco="" 
bgcolor=# F000 F000 Buckley's , Llanelli
  colspna55bggco=Buckley's  
bgcolor=# F000 F000 Hancock's , Cardiff
  colspna41bggco=" Hancock's "  
  colspna19bggco=Bass Brewery  
  colspna5bggco=""  
bgcolor=# F000 F000 Arkell's Brewery , Swindon
  colspna65bggco=" Arkell's "  
bgcolor=# F000 F000 Carlsberg Group , Northampton
  colspna47=""  
  colspna18bggco="Carlsberg"   
bgcolor=# F000 F000 Ind Coope, Burton
  colspn27row2bggco="Ind Coope"  
  colspn14row17bggco=Ind Coope & Allsopp/Ind Coope   
  colspn16row31bggco=Allied Breweries   
  colspn8row36bggco=Carlsberg-Tetley/Carlsberg   
bgcolor=# F000 F000 Ind Coope, Romford
bgcolor=# F000 F000 Bindley & Co, Burton
  colspn17bggco="Bindley & Co"  
  colspn10bggco=""  
bgcolor=# F000 F000 Robinson's Brewery, Burton
  colspn20bggco=Robinson's Brewery  
  colspn7bggco=""  
bgcolor=# F000 F000 Woolf's Brewery, Burton
  colspn22bggco="Woolf's"  
  colspn5bggco=""  
bgcolor=# F000 F000 Colchester Brewery Co, Colchester
  colspn23bggco="Colchester Brewery Co"  
  colspn4bggco=""  
bgcolor=# F000 F000 Burton Brewery, Burton
  colspn24bggco="Burton Brewery Co"  
  colspn3bggco=""  
bgcolor=# F000 F000 All Saints Brewery
  colspn25bggco=All Saints Brewery  
  colspn2bggco=""  
bgcolor=# F000 F000 Budden & Biggs
  colspn26bggco="Budden & Biggs"  
  colspn1bggco=""  
bgcolor=# F000 F000 Leeds City Brewery, Leeds
  colspn26bggco="Leeds City Brewery"  
  colspn1bggco=""  
bgcolor=# F000 F000 Samuel Allsopp & Sons
  colspn27bggco="Samuel Allsopp & Sons"    
bgcolor=# F000 F000 Showell's
  colspn17bggco="Showell's"   
  colspn10bggco=""   
bgcolor=# F000 F000 New Victoria Brewery
   colspn20bggco="New Victoria Brewery"   
   colspn7bggco=""   
bgcolor=# F000 F000 Hall's
   colspn23bggco="Hall's"   
   colspn4bggco=""   
bgcolor=#F00FF00 Stretton's
   colspn24 b g g c o ="Stretton's"
   c o l s p a n ="3"
   b g g c o =""
   -
   b g c o l o r =
   #FFF
   "Hopcraft and Norris", Brackley
   c o l s p a n =
   "33"
   b g c o l o r =
   #CCC
   "Hopcraft and Norris until 1946"
   c o l s p a n =
   "6"
   r o w s p a n =
   "2"
   b g c o l o r =
   #CCC
   "Chesham and Brackley Brewery up to 1957"
   c o l s p a n =
   "2"
   b g c o l o r =
   #CCC
    "
    Taylor Walker thereafter "
    -
    b g c o l o r =
    #FFF
    Chesham brewery Chesham
    c o l s p a n =
    "33"
    b g c o l o r =
    #CCC
    Chesham brewery until 1946
    c o l s p a n =
    "2"
    b g c o l o r =
    #CCC
     "
     "
     -
     b g c o l o r =
     #FFF
     Tetley's brewery Leeds till1961
     c o l s p a n =
     "41"
     b g c o l o r =
     #CCC
     Tetley's brewery Leeds until1961


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