Strong & Co Romford Brass collar

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Name/Title

Strong & Co Romford Brass collar

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.461

Description

Strong & Co Romford Beer barrel brass collar

Context

Strong & Co. of Romsey Ltd, Horsefair Brewery, Romsey, Hampshire. Founded c.1778. Brewery and 23 tied houses leased to Thomas Strong 1858, who bought the business in 1883. Registered November 1894. Strongs were acquired by Whitbread & Co. Ltd in 1969 with 940 public houses. Brewing ceased at Romsey in 1981. Partly demolished in the early 1990s. Source Breweryhistory.com

Category

Breweries and Brewing

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Location

* Untyped Location

C11S2