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- 1902-1936 (Creation)
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The Brewery on Church Street, Staines was founded in 1796 by Thomas Ashby. The business was incorporated in 1887 as "Charles Ashby and Company Limited" and then in 1899 as "Ashby's Staines Brewery Limited". The company took over Thomas Fladgate Harris' Knowle Green Brewery, Kingston Road, Staines, 1903; Headington and Son, Wellington Brewery, Denmark Street, Wokingham, 1920; and Wheeler's Wycombe Breweries in 1929. They were acquired by H and G Simonds in 1931 and in voluntary liquidation in 1936.
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GB 0074 ACC/2305/61 1902-1936 Collection 0.33 linear metres Ashby's Staines Brewery Ltd
Charles Ashby and Co Ltd , brewers
The Brewery on Church Street, Staines was founded in 1796 by Thomas Ashby. The business was incorporated in 1887 as "Charles Ashby and Company Limited" and then in 1899 as "Ashby's Staines Brewery Limited". The company took over Thomas Fladgate Harris' Knowle Green Brewery, Kingston Road, Staines, 1903; Headington and Son, Wellington Brewery, Denmark Street, Wokingham, 1920; and Wheeler's Wycombe Breweries in 1929. They were acquired by H and G Simonds in 1931 and in voluntary liquidation in 1936.
Deposited as part of an accession of records from Courage Barclay and Simonds, 1969-1988.
Records of Ashby's Staines Brewery Limited, including Directors' attendance book; debenture stockholders' minutes; register of mortgages and directors; compensation fund account book; Directors' reports and accounts, and impersonal ledger.
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Deposited as part of an accession of records from Courage Barclay and Simonds, 1969-1988.
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Records of Ashby's Staines Brewery Limited, including Directors' attendance book; debenture stockholders' minutes; register of mortgages and directors; compensation fund account book; Directors' reports and accounts, and impersonal ledger.
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