Mounted Brass Beer Barrel Collar-Bentleys Yorkshire Breweries

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Name/Title

Mounted Brass Beer Barrel Collar-Bentleys Yorkshire Breweries

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.243

Description

A Brass Beer Barrel Collar from Bentleys Yorkshire Brewery

Context

Founded by Henry Bentley in 1828 as the Oulton Brewery. Registered in 1880 as Henry Bentley & Co. Ltd. Re-registered in 1892 as Henry Bentley & Co. and Yorkshire Breweries Ltd. and the name was changed as above in March 1893. Acquired by Whitbread & Co. Ltd in 1968 with 380 houses and brewing ceased in October 1972. Whitbread continued to use the site as a depot until 1984. Site cleared in about 1989. Source Wikipedia

Category

Breweries and Brewing

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Location

Cabinet

C12S2