Taylor, Walker & Co. Ltd Ceramic Jug (Tall)

Taylor, Walker & Co. Ltd ceramic jug dating from the 1930s. The business was founded as Hare & Salmon on Fore Street, Stepney, in 1730. Edward Vickeris Taylor acquired Hare's shareholding and formed a partnership with Truman Harford in 1796. The Company began trading as Taylor, Walker & Co. in 1816 when John Taylor, Isaac and John Walker, and Samuel Jones became partners. The brewery moved to Limehouse in 1823 and a new Barley Mow Brewery was rebuilt at the Limehouse site in 1889. In 1900 the Company purchased John Furze & Co. of Whitechapel, the beginning of a number of acquisitions during its history. The business was registered as Taylor, Walker & Co. Ltd in 1907. In 1912 it purchased the Highbury Brewery Ltd with 40 public houses. Between the wars, Taylor Walker acquired five businesses including Smith, Garrett & Co. Ltd of Bow in 1927, 84 off-licences of Victoria Wine in 1929, Glenny's Brewery Ltd of Barking with 15 public houses in 1930, the Cannon Brewery Co. Ltd of Clerkenwell with 600 public houses in 1930, and the Chelmsford Brewery (Wells & Perry) Ltd with 72 public houses in 1934. After WWII the Company acquired three breweries; Bushell, Watkins & Smith Ltd's Westerham Brewery with 100 public houses in 1948, Chesham & Brackley Breweries Ltd in 1956, and Ward & Son Ltd of Foxearth with 31 public houses in 1957. By 1959 Taylor Walker & Co. Ltd owned 1360 public houses and off-licences, and operated four breweries at Limehouse, Westerham, Brackley and Foxearth. The size of the business made it a perfect target for a takeover and it was acquired by Ind Coope Ltd in 1959. The Brackley brewery of Chesham & Brackley Breweries Ltd was closed around the time of the Ind Coope Ltd takeover and the Barley Mow Brewery in Limehouse was closed in 1960 and demolished in the mid-1960s. Ward & Sons Ltd Foxearth brewery was repurchased by the Ward family from Ind Coope Ltd in 1960. Brewing continued at Westerham until 1965 although the premises were used as a depot until 1989. In 2010 UK pub chain Punch Taverns announced that it would resurrect the Taylor Walker name for its historic and noted public houses in London and selected properties in the UK. Punch Taverns demerged its managed pubs arm becoming the Spirit Pub Company in 2011. The name Taylor Walker was used for 120 public houses. In 2015 the Greene King Group took over the Spirit Pub Company and the Taylor Walker brand name was retired.