Wenlock Brewery Co. Ltd Round Alloy

Wenlock Brewery Co. Ltd alloy tray dating from the 1950s. Richard Alfred Glover purchased the Wenlock Brewery in Hoxton in the 1875 and operated there until 1887. The business was taken over by, and traded as, Glover, Bll & Co. until 1893 when it was registered as the Wenlock Brewery Co. Ltd. During the 1920s the Company brewed for Eldridge Pope & Co. Ltd of Dorchester when a fire destroyed part of the brewery. The brewery with over 170 public houses, was acquired by Worthington & Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton Ltd, in 1953. Bass had already purchased 80% of ordinary share capital. The brewery was closed in 1962.