IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2305/72
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: PLYMOUTH BREWERIES
Date(s): 1890-1973
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.5 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Plymouth Breweries Ltd
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Samuel Vosper, "Regent Brewery", Stonehouse; Mrs Butcher, "Anchor Brewery", Chapel Street, Stonehouse; George Ryall, "Frankfort Street Brewery", Plymouth; Hicks and Company "South Devon Brewery", Willow Street, Plymouth and FR Vaughan and Company, "Saltash Brewery", Saltash-on-Tamar, Cornwall, were all amalgamated and incorporated as Plymouth Breweries in 1889. By 1894 all but the Regent Brewery had closed.
The Company acquired Torquay Brewing and Trading Co. Ltd. in 1897 and Swayne and Co. Ltd., Ellacombe Brewery, Church Road, Torquay and Greenslade Bros. St Mary Church Brewery, Fore Street, Torquay, in 1925.
They were acquired by Courage, Barclay and Simonds in 1970. The company name was changed to Courage (PB) in 1971 and became part of Courage (Western) in 1973.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Plymouth Breweries Limited, including Directors' minute books; annual general meetings minutes; and letters.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged into one series: ACC/2305/72/001-010: Corporate Records.
Conditions governing access:
Restricted access: please see staff.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited as part of an accession of records from Courage Barclay and Simonds, 1969-1988.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Further records have been deposited in Bristol Record Office.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2009 to February 2010