Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Birmingham Brass collar
Name/Title
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Birmingham Brass collarEntry/Object ID
2025.1.471Description
Mitchells & Butlers Birmingham Beer Barrel brass collarContext
Mitchells & Butlers Brewery was formed when Henry Mitchell's old Crown Brewery (founded in Smethwick in 1866, and in partnership with Herbert Glendilling Bainbridge, former partner in Young's and Bainbridge from 1888) merged with William Butler's Brewery (also founded in Smethwick in 1866) in 1898. Henry Mitchell had moved to the Cape Hill site in 1879 and this became the company's main brewing site. It had its own railway network connected to the national railway system from 1907 to 1962, via the Harborne line. Another brewery, opened by a completely different William Butler, in 1874, at Springfield in Wolverhampton, also became part of M&B in 1960. Brewing at this site ceased in 1990 and the site closed in 1991. It was badly damaged by fire in 2004. The site is now occupied by a campus of the University of Wolverhampton, with some original buildings, including the ornate entrance arch, retained. Spurce WikipediaCategory
Breweries and Brewing