Frome United Breweries

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Name/Title

Frome United Breweries

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.345

Description

Frome United Breweries - Beer Barrel Brass Collar

Context

Frome & Lamb Ltd, Badcox Brewery, Vallis Way, Frome, Somerset. Registered in March 1889 as Frome United Breweries Co. Ltd to amalgamate: Edmund Baily, Bath Arms Brewery, Palmer Street; Jonathan Drew Knight, Castle Brewery; Catherine Hill and Edward R.Trotman, Badcox Brewery. Brewing was concentrated at the Badcox Brewery. In 1955 they merged with Lamb Brewery Ltd of Frome, and the name was changed to Frome & Lamb Ltd. Acquired jointly by the Stroud Brewery Co. Ltd and Usher's Wiltshire Brewery Ltd in 1957 with 300 public houses and was closed. The Badcox Brewery has been demolished.

Category

Breweries and Brewing

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Location

* Untyped Location

C12S1