// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy was the Timeline of British breweries sad? It was brewed up in the past.

This article presents a timeline of British breweries, charting the histories and corporate changes of breweries operating in the United Kingdom from the 1880s to the early 2000s. The table traces individual breweries, mergers, acquisitions, and closures across this period, illustrating the consolidation of the British brewing industry over the twentieth century.

Timeline of British Breweries

Brewer	1880					1890					1900					1910					1920					1930					1940					1950					1960					1970					1980					1990					2000
Adnams, Southwold	Adnams
Whitbread, London	Whitbread																																																												Interbrew
Flowers, Stratford	Flower & Sons																																									"
JW Green, Luton	JW Green (Brewmaster)																																					"
Cheltenham, Cheltenham					Cheltenham																													Cheltenham & Hereford Breweries						WCB			"
Tredegar, Tredegar	Tredegar									Hereford & Tredegar Brewery/Imperial Brewery
Hereford, Hereford	Hereford
Stroud, Stroud	Stroud
Godsell's, Stroud	Godsell's																								"
Lacon's, Great Yarmouth	Lacon's																																											"
Fremlins, Maidstone	Fremlins																																												"
Threlfalls, Salford	Threlfalls																																												"
Chester's, Ardwick	Chester's																																									"
Wethered, Marlow	Thomas Wethered & Sons																																			Strong & Co										"
Boddington's, Manchester	Boddington's																																																							"
SA Brain, Cardiff	SA Brain
Crown, Pontyclun	Crown Brewery																																																							Crown Buckley				"
Buckley's, Llanelli	Buckley's
Hancock's, Cardiff	Hancock's																																									Bass																			"
Arkell's, Swindon	Arkell's
Carlsberg, Northampton																																																Carlsberg
Ind Coope, Burton	Ind Coope																											Ind Coope & Allsopp/Ind Coope														Allied Breweries																Carlsberg-Tetley/Carlsberg
Ind Coope, Romford
Bindley's, Burton	Bindley & Co																	"
Robinson's, Burton	Robinson's Brewery																				"
Woolf's, Burton	Woolf's																						"
Colchester, Colchester	Colchester Brewery Co																							"
Burton, Burton	Burton Brewery Co																								"
All Saints	All Saints Brewery																									"
Budden & Biggs	Budden & Biggs																										"
Leeds City, Leeds	Leeds City Brewery																										"
Allsopp's	Samuel Allsopp & Sons
Showell's	Showell's																	"
New Victoria Brewery	New Victoria Brewery																				"
Hall's	Hall's																							"
Stretton's	Stretton's																								"
Arrol's, Alloa	Archibald Arrol & Sons																									"
Lichfield, Lichfield	Lichfield Brewery																									"
Aylesbury, Aylesbury	Aylesbury Brewery																																		"
Parker's	Parker's																																			"
Wrexham, Wrexham	Wrexham Lager Brewery																																			"
Lonsdale & Adshead	Lonsdale & Adshead																																				"
Trouncer's	Trouncer & Co																																					"
Benskin's, Watford	Benskins Brewery																																							"
Weller's, Amersham	W & G Weller																									"
Taylor Walker	Taylor Walker & Co																																								"
Black Eagle	Black Eagle																																								"
Norris, Brackley	Hopcraft and Norris																																	C&B						"
Chesham, Chesham	Chesham Brewery																																							"
Tetley's, Leeds	Tetley's
Walkers, Warrington	Walker's																																								"
Ansells, Aston Cross	Ansell's
Friary	Friary, Holroyd and Healy's Breweries																																						Friary Meux				"
Meux	Meux's Brewery
Thorne Brothers, London	Thorne Brothers																					"
Thomas Ramsden	Thomas Ramsden																																										"
Blatch's, Theale	Blatch's																																											"
Greenalls, Warrington	Greenall's
Shipstone's	Shipstone's																																																	"
Davenport's									Davenport's																																													"
Dare's	Dare's																																									"
JW Lees	JW Lees
Greenall's (pubs)	Greenall's																																																												S&N
Usher's	Ushers of Trowbridge																																								"						"									Ushers of Trowbridge					Wychwood
Gibbs Mew, Salisbury	Gibbs Mew																																																											"
Gibbs Mew (pubs)	Gibbs Mew																																																											Enterprise
Younger's, Edinburgh	William Younger's																										Scottish Brewers														Scottish & Newcastle																								Heineken
McEwan's, Edinburgh	McEwan's
Red Tower, Manchester	Red Tower Lager Brewery																																						"
Newcastle, Newcastle	Newcastle Brewery Company
Federation, Dunston	Federation Brewery																																																														"
Home, Nottingham						Home Brewery																																																	S&N
Matthew Brown	Matthew Brown
Theakston's, Masham	Theakston's																																																				"		"								Theakston's
Lightfoot	Lightfoot																				"
Carlisle	Carlisle State Brewery																																															"
Caledonian, Edinburgh	Lorimer & Clark																				Vaux Brewery																																		Caledonian								part-Heineken
S&N (pubs)	S&N																																																														Spirit
Watney Mann (pubs)	Watney Mann/Grand Met																																																									"
Courage (pubs)	Courage																																																								Inntrepreneur					Enterprise
Ballard's																																																													Ballard's
Bateman's	Bateman's
Banks & Taylor																																																				Banks & Taylor/B&T
Daniel Batham	Daniel Batham
Donnington, Donnington	Donnington Brewery
Elgoods	Elgoods
Everards	Everards
Felinfoel	Felinfoel
Frederic Robinson, Stockport	Frederic Robinson
Fuller's, London	Fuller, Smith & Turner
Gale's	Gale's																																																															"
Greene King, Bury St Edmunds	Greene King																																																															Greene King
Morland	Morland Brewery|Morland																								Morland																																				"
Saxby's						"
Field's	Field & Sons					"
Wantage, Wantage	Wantage Brewery										"
Dymore-Brown	Dymore-Brown & Sons
Field's	Field & Sons
Hewett & Co	Tower Steam Brewery
Ruddles, Oakham	Langham Brewery																Ruddles																																					Watneys			Grolsch			"
Ridley's	Ridley's
Cobbold	Cobbold Brewery																																							Tolly Cobbold																						"
Tollemache	Tollemache Brewery
SA Paine's	SA Paine																																																						"
Belhaven, Dunbar	Belhaven
Hardy's, Kimberley	William & Thomas Hardy																									Hardy & Hanson's
Hanson's, Kimberley	Hanson's
Hall & Woodhouse	Hall & Woodhouse
King & Barnes	Barnes													King & Barnes																																															"
Harveys	Harveys
Charles Wells, Bedford	Charles Wells																																																															Wells and Young's
Young's, Wandsworth	Young & Co
Courage, London	John Courage																																														Imperial							Elders IXL/Fosters			Courage		S&N						"
Courage, Reading																																																																	Heineken
Barclay, Perkins & Co	Barclay, Perkins & Co																																						"
Georges, Bristol	Georges, Rickettes & Sons				Bristol Brewery Georges & Co																																					"
Bristol United, Bristol	Bristol United Breweries																																						"
Simonds, Reading	Simonds Brewery																																								"
Plymouth, Plymouth	Plymouth Breweries																																													"
John Smith's, Tadcaster	John Smith's
Shaw's	William Shaw																															"
Watneys	James Watney									Watney, Combe & Reid																														Watney Mann							Grand Metropolitan
Combe Delafield	Combe Delafield & Co
Reid's	Reid and Co
Crowley's, Alton	Crowley's																																		"
Mann's	Mann, Crossman & Paulin
Webster's, Halifax	Samuel Webster
Stock's	Joseph Stocks & Co																										"
Hey's	J Hey & Co																																											"
Phipps, Northampton	Phipps																																							Phipps NBC	"
Ratliffe & Jeffery	Ratliffe & Jeffery										"
Hipwell's, Olney	Hipwell's																				"
Castle	T Manning																											"
Campbell Praed	Campbell Praed																																					"
Dulley's, Wellingborough	Dulley's																				"
NBC, Northampton	Northampton Brewery Co
Lion	Lion Brewery Co					"
Allen & Burnett	Allen & Burnett					"
Hope	Hope Brewery						"
Chouler & Company	Chouler & Company								"
Eady & Dulley	Eady & Dulley																									"
Phillips	Phillips																																				"
Truman's, London	Truman, Hanbury, Buxton & Co
Holdens	Holdens
Hook Norton, Hook Norton	Hook Norton Brewery
Hydes, Manchester	Hydes
Holt's	Joseph Holt
Banks', Wolverhampton	Banks & Co					Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries																																																											Marston's
Thompson's, Dudley	Dudley & Victoria
Smith's, Wolverhampton	Smith's
Hanson's, Dudley	Hanson's																																"
Marston's, Burton	J. Marston									Marston, Thompson & Evershed																																																			"
Thompson's, Burton	John Thompson & Son									"
Evershed's, Burton	Evershed's													"
Mansfield, Mansfield	Mansfield Brewery																																																												"
Jennings, Cockermouth	Jennings Brewery																																																															"
Wychwood, Witney																																																					Glenny Brewery			Wychwood Brewery						Refresh UK
Brakspear, Henley	Brakspear																																																														"
Brakspear's (pubs)	Brakspear's
Burtonwood, Burtonwood	Burtonwood Brewery																																																											Burtonwood Thomas Hardy				Thomas Hardy Ltd
Morrells, Oxford	Morrell's																																																															Greene King
Thomas Hardy	Eldridge Pope
Eldridge Pope (pubs)	Eldridge Pope																																																															Marston's
Castle Eden Brewery, Castle Eden	Castle Eden																																										Whitbread																	Castle Eden		W&D (Cameron's)			"
Cameron's, Hartlepool	Cameron's																																															Ellerman					Barclay Brothers				W&D
McMullens	McMullens
Bass (pubs)	Bass pubs																																																												Six Continents		Mitchells & Butlers
Bass, Burton	William Bass/Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton																																									Bass, Mitchells & Butlers			Bass Charrington																Interbrew	Coors/Molson Coors
Walker's	Walker's																						"
Thomas Salt	Thomas Salt																								"
Worthington, Burton	Worthington																								"
James Eadie	James Eadie																											"
Tadcaster Twr, Tadcaster			Tadcaster Tower Brewery																																"
Mitchell's, Smethwick	Henry Mitchell									Mitchells & Butlers
Butler's, Wolverhampton	William Butler
Charrington's	Charrington & Moss									Charrington & Co																																Charrington United
John Jeffrey, Edinburgh	John Jeffrey & Co																																								UB/NB																					"			C&C
Edinburgh Utd, Edinburgh	Edinburgh United																												"
Hammond's, Bradford	Hammond's
Hope & Anchor, Sheffield	Hope & Anchor
Catterall's, Poulton	Catterall & Swarbrick
Catterall's, Blackpool																									Catterall & Swarbrick
Tennent's	Tennent's																																										"
Stones, Sheffield	William Stones																																												"																	Interbrew/InBev
Hewitt Brothers	Hewitt Brothers																																													"
Henry Hall, Alton	Henry Hall											Courage																																						"												Coors/Molson Coors
Highgate, Walsall										Highgate Brewery																				M&B/Bass																													Aston Manor Brewery			Global Star
Okells	Okells
Castletown	Castletown																																																					"
Palmers	JC & RH Palmer
Randalls	Randalls
Shepherd Neame	Shepherd Neame
Sam Smith's, Tadcaster	Samuel Smith
St Austell, St Austell	St Austell
Thwaites, Lancaster	Thwaites
Lancaster, Lancaster	Lancaster Brewery
Timothy Taylor	Timothy Taylor
Traquair																																												Traquair House
Vaux, Sunderland	Vaux Brewery																																																												Double Maxim
Wards, Sheffield	Wards Brewing Company																																														"
Wadworths, Devizes				Wadworths