Cannon Brewery Co. Ltd Ceramic Coaster

Cannon Brewery Co. Ltd ceramic coaster dating from the 1910s.

Origins of the Cannon Brewery & Early Trading

The Company was founded by Rivers Dickinson on St. John Street in Clerkenwell in the early 18th century.
It was named the Cannon Brewery in 1751.
By 1798 the business was trading as John Richard and Rivers Dickinson, and by 1818 solely as John Dickinson.
The brewery was run as Gardner & Co. by 1823, and was known as William & Philip Gardner from 1828.
In 1863 the Canon Brewery, with 58 public houses, was purchased by George Hanbury and Barclay Field, and in 1876 it became the Cannon Brewery Co.

Canon Brewery Co. Ltd Registration & Expansion

The Company was registered as the Cannon Brewery Co. Ltd in 1895 with 110 public houses.
The Company expanded in the early part of the 20th century acquiring four breweries.
In 1912 it acquired Holt & Co. Marine Brewery of East Hern with 27 public houses, in 1923 it purchased Clutterbuck & Co. of Harrow with 84 tied houses, in 1924 it acquired Salter & Co. Ltd of Rickmansworth with 76 tied houses, and in 1927 it purchased Christie & Co. Ltd of Hoddesdon with 159 tied houses.

Taylor, Walker & Co. Ltd Takeover

The Cannon Brewery, with 424 public houses, was acquired by Taylor, Walker & Co. Ltd in 1930.
Brewing continued until 1955.
In 1959 It was converted into a distillery and bonded warehouse and became known as Ind Coope (London) Ltd in 1960.
After Ind Coope Ltd became part of Allied Breweries Ltd in 1961 the brewery buildings continued to be used, becoming the headquarters of Carlsberg-Tetley in the late 1990s.
The buildings were redeveloped into residential properties in 2001.

The manufacturer's mark states - W.T.Copeland & Sons Stoke on Trent