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- [1801]-1983 (Creation)
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0.66 linear metres
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Biographical history
1787: John Courage, a shipping agent, purchased a brewery at Horsleydown, Southwark, London
1800: firm carried on after John Courage died by his senior clerk, John Donaldson, and is known as Courage and Donaldson
1851: Donaldson family withdrew from management and John Courage junior and his sons Robert and John take over the business
1887: output exceeded 300,000 barrels a year
1888: Courage and Company registered as a limited liability company
1903-1943: followed policy of expansion, acquiring 7 breweries and their associated licensed public houses
1955: merged with another Southwark brewery, Barclay, Perkins and Company Ltd, forming a new company, Courage and Barclay Ltd
1960: acquired H and G Simonds Ltd of Reading, Berkshire and changed name to Courage, Barclay and Simonds Ltd
1956-1970: continued to expand, acquiring 14 other breweries
1970: changed name to Courage Ltd
1972: acquired by Imperial Tobacco Group Ltd for £320 million, changed name to Imperial Brewing and Leisure Ltd.
1986: Imperial Group aquired by Hanson Trust plc, which sold Courage Ltd as a separate concern to Elders IXL, the Australian conglomerate.
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GB 0074 ACC/3255 [1801]-1983 Collection 0.66 linear metres Courage Ltd , brewers
1787: John Courage, a shipping agent, purchased a brewery at Horsleydown, Southwark, London
1800: firm carried on after John Courage died by his senior clerk, John Donaldson, and is known as Courage and Donaldson
1851: Donaldson family withdrew from management and John Courage junior and his sons Robert and John take over the business
1887: output exceeded 300,000 barrels a year
1888: Courage and Company registered as a limited liability company
1903-1943: followed policy of expansion, acquiring 7 breweries and their associated licensed public houses
1955: merged with another Southwark brewery, Barclay, Perkins and Company Ltd, forming a new company, Courage and Barclay Ltd
1960: acquired H and G Simonds Ltd of Reading, Berkshire and changed name to Courage, Barclay and Simonds Ltd
1956-1970: continued to expand, acquiring 14 other breweries
1970: changed name to Courage Ltd
1972: acquired by Imperial Tobacco Group Ltd for £320 million, changed name to Imperial Brewing and Leisure Ltd.
1986: Imperial Group aquired by Hanson Trust plc, which sold Courage Ltd as a separate concern to Elders IXL, the Australian conglomerate.
Received in 1993 (ACC/3255)
Deeds of licensed premises belonging to Courage Ltd, [1801]-1983, including:
Acton: The Railway Tavern (later Railway Hotel)
Chelsea: Nos. 36-38, 42, 44 Markham Street
Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire: Lease of Colnbrook Brewery, and various public houses in Buckinghamshire and Middlesex - with plans
Finsbury: Merlins Cave Public House, Rosoman Street, Clerkenwell
Friern Barnet: Railway Hotel, Colney Hatch
Hackney: Gladstone Working Men's Club (later New Commonwealth Club and Institute)
Hampstead: The Adelaide Public House, Chalk Farm
Islington: The Prince Regent, nos. 201-205 Liverpool Road
Lambeth: The Tudor Club, Brixton
Southall: Southall Working Men's Club: report on provision of beer
Southwark: The Fox Public House, Southwark Bridge Road; The Ship Inn, Borough Road and the Windmill Public House, Upper Ground Street
Staines: Beerhouse, no.31 Wyatt Road; The Bush Inn and Clarence Hotel, Clarence Street; Land and copyhold messuage at Church End and Penton House and grounds
Uxbridge: No.26 Rockingham Street and baker's shop adjoining Rockingham Arms
Woolwich: The New Steam Packet Inn
Hampstead Brewery Company: Papers concerning mortgages and Chiswick Branch of Transport and General Workers Union.
ACC/3255/001 - ACC/3255/020
Available for general access.
Copyright rests with the depositor.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
See also main collection of Courage records, reference ACC/2305.
See The Courage Group (Courage and Barclay, 1968); G N Hardinge, The Development and Growth of Courage's Brewery (Courage and CO, 1932) and J Pudney, A Draught of Contentment: The Story of the Courage Group (1971).
Also L Richmond and A Turton, The Brewing Industry: A Guide to Historical Records, (1990), LMA Library reference 60.43 RIC.
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Received in 1993 (ACC/3255)
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Deeds of licensed premises belonging to Courage Ltd, [1801]-1983, including:
Acton: The Railway Tavern (later Railway Hotel)
Chelsea: Nos. 36-38, 42, 44 Markham Street
Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire: Lease of Colnbrook Brewery, and various public houses in Buckinghamshire and Middlesex - with plans
Finsbury: Merlins Cave Public House, Rosoman Street, Clerkenwell
Friern Barnet: Railway Hotel, Colney Hatch
Hackney: Gladstone Working Men's Club (later New Commonwealth Club and Institute)
Hampstead: The Adelaide Public House, Chalk Farm
Islington: The Prince Regent, nos. 201-205 Liverpool Road
Lambeth: The Tudor Club, Brixton
Southall: Southall Working Men's Club: report on provision of beer
Southwark: The Fox Public House, Southwark Bridge Road; The Ship Inn, Borough Road and the Windmill Public House, Upper Ground Street
Staines: Beerhouse, no.31 Wyatt Road; The Bush Inn and Clarence Hotel, Clarence Street; Land and copyhold messuage at Church End and Penton House and grounds
Uxbridge: No.26 Rockingham Street and baker's shop adjoining Rockingham Arms
Woolwich: The New Steam Packet Inn
Hampstead Brewery Company: Papers concerning mortgages and Chiswick Branch of Transport and General Workers Union.
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ACC/3255/001 - ACC/3255/020
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Available for general access.
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Copyright rests with the depositor.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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See also main collection of Courage records, reference ACC/2305.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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