S & W B Co Ltd WEM Brass collar

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Name/Title

S & W B Co Ltd WEM Brass collar

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.406

Description

Shrewsbury & Wem Brewery Beer barrel brass collar

Context

Shrewsbury & Wem Brewery Co. Ltd, Talbot Brewery, High Street; and Noble Street, Wem, Shropshire. In 1895 William Hall & Co. Name changed as above in 1898 when the Noble Street brewery of Charles Kynaston was acquired. The Talbot Brewery was then closed in 1900 and Noble Street extended. Acquired by Greenall Whitley & Co. Ltd in 1951 with 94 public houses; but the company operated relatively independently for many years. The tied estate grew to about 225 pubs. Brewing ceased February 1988

Category

Breweries and Brewing

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Location

* Untyped Location

C11S1