Richard Whitaker & Sons Ltd Round Black Backed Steel

Richard Whitaker & Sons Ltd black backed steel tray dating from the 1930s. Richard Whitaker's brewery was founded as the Stannery Inn Brewery in Halifax, in 1849. In 1867 the business moved to Corporation Street in Halifax and was named the Seedlings Mount Brewery. Richard died in 1871 and was succeeded by his sons under whose ownership the business continued to thrive. The Company was registered as Richard Whitaker & Sons Ltd in 1890. The Seedings Mount Brewery was enlarged in 1893 and later became known as the 'Cock 'o' the North Brewery'. Another branch of the family, headed by George Bedford Whitaker, owned the Grove Brewery at Brearley near Luddenfoot. This business was acquired by Richard Whitaker & Sons Ltd in 1905 with 14 public houses and the subsequent non-alcoholic barley beer brewery was demolished in 1918. In 1959 Whitaker's entered into a trading agreement with Whitbread & Co. Ltd and two of the Whitbread directors joined the Whitaker's board. The inevitable Whitbread & Co. Ltd takeover occurred in 1968 and the brewery closed in 1969. All brewing was transferred to Bentley's Yorkshire Breweries Ltd of Leeds, another Yorkshire Company owned by Whitbread & Co. Ltd. At its closure the Company owned 135 public houses. The brewery stood derelict until it was demolished in 1973. The manufacturer's mark states - Reginald Corfield Ltd Lombard Road.London.S.W.19.