Monument record TR 02 SW 50 - Pale ale brewery

Summary

Brewery on High Street, Lydd

Location

Grid reference TR 0414 2043 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR02SW
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish LYDD, SHEPWAY, KENT

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Established in 1862 when Edwin Finn bought Catherine Green's Sun Brewery. This new brewery also moved to the High Street, where a new breewery was built in 1885. Acquired by Style & Winch in 1921 and was subsequiently closed. The brewery was bought by Kenward & Court to brew a new beer for export. The brewhouse and the maltings were demolished in the mid 1900's, but some of the ancillary buildings still remain.(1)


<1> Norman Barber (Brewery History Society 1994), A Century of British Brewers 1890-1990 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6449.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Norman Barber (Brewery History Society 1994). A Century of British Brewers 1890-1990.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Dec 1 1997 12:00AM