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

Cataloged By

Colin Whittle

Category

Breweries and Brewing

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Location

Cabinet

C12S2