Charrington Brewery - Breweries

Breweries

The Anchor Brewery on Mile End Road ceased production in January 1975, but remained the company's head office. By now, most of the brewery buildings have been demolished.

Bottling and warehousing facilities were also housed in a former distillery at Three Mills, in Bromley-by-Bow. Today, the site at Three Mills is used as offices serving a film studio complex, and the main Anchor Brewery site has been redeveloped as housing, offices and a shopping centre.

The company took over the brewing business of:

• Joseph Friends Bell, Peterborough Lane, Parson's Green, Fullham, London, in 1890.
• Walter & John Fline East, Oil Mill Lane, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey in 1891.
• Walker & Son Ltd, Wellington Brewery, Wellington Street, Gravesend, Kent in 1903.
• Campbell, Johnstone & Co. Ltd, Phoenix Brewery, Latimer Road, Notting Hill, London in 1909.
• Brook's Peckham Brewery, Peckham Hill Street, Peckham, London in 1916.
• Savill Brothers Ltd, Stratford Brewery, Maryland Road, Stratford, London in 1925.

The Brewing of Pale Ale was transferred from Abbey Brewery, Burton-on-Trent, to the Anchor Brewery, London in 1925 and the former was closed in 1926 and sold with 86 tied houses.

• Lewis Meakin Brewery, Abbey Brewery, Burton-upon-Trent, closed 1926.
• Edward Tilney & Co, Alma Brewery, Spelman Street, Whitechapel, London in 1927.
• Seabrookke & Sons Ltd, Thurrock Brewery, Bride Road, Grays, Essex in 1929.
• Hoare & Co Ltd, Red Lion Brewery, Lower East Smithfield, London in 1933, closed in 1934.
• Thompson & Son Ltd, Walmer Brewery, Walmer, Kent in 1950.
• Properties from Charles Hammerton & Co Ltd, Stockwell, Stockwell Green, London in 1951.
• Batey & Co, Mineral Water manufacturers in 1952.
• Kemp Town Brewery, Brighton, East Sussex in 1954, closed 1963.
• Brutton, Mitchell & Toms Ltd, Princes Street, Yeovil, Somerset in 1960, closed in 1965.
• People's Refreshment House Association Ltd and Yeo, Retcliffe & Dawe, wine merchants, Barnstaple, Devon in 1961.
• Offiler's Brewery Ltd, Vine Brewery, Ambrose Street, Derby, in 1965.
• Dunmow Brewery Ltd, Dunmow Brewery, North Street, Great Dunmow, Essex in 1965.
• Massey's Burnley Brewery Ltd, Bridge End Brewery, Westgate, Burnley, Lancashire in 1966.