Edmund Parfitt Round Brass

Edmund Parfitt brass tray dating from the 1890s. In 1897, Edmund Parfitt's Atlas Brewery on Bartholomew Street in Newbury, merged with Thomas Edward Hawkins & Co. West Mills Brewery also in Newbury. The Company was registered as Hawkins & Parfitt South Berkshire Brewery Co. Ltd. In 1900 it acquired John Platt & Son's Manor Brewery in Hungerford, and in 1902 it purchased local Newbury brewer Westcombe & Son's St. Nicholas Brewery. Hawkins & Parfitt's final acquisition was in 1910 when it took over Blandy, Hawkins & Co's Castle Brewery in Reading. The Company name was shortened to the South Berkshire Brewery Co. Ltd in 1913. The business was acquired by H. & G.Simonds Ltd in 1920 with over 150 public houses. H. & G.Simonds closed the West Mills Brewery, Platt's Manor Brewery, and Blandy, Hawkins & Co's Castle Brewery, in 1920. The Atlas Brewery continued operating until 1930, when it was closed. The Company was liquidated in 1936.