{"id":3591,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/?post_type=product&p=3591"},"modified":"2025-11-04T10:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T10:00:19","slug":"friary-meux-ltd-square-tin","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/product\/friary-meux-ltd-square-tin\/","title":{"rendered":"Friary Meux Ltd Square Tin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friary Meux Ltd tin tray dating from the 1960s.<\/p>\n

Friary, Holroyd & Healy’s Breweries Ltd<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Friary Brewery, located on Commercial Road, Guildford, was established in 1865.
\nWhen George Holroyd’s Byfleet Brewery, with 15 public houses, was acquired in 1889, the Company was registered as Friary & Holroyd Ltd.
\nHealy & Co. of Chertsey, with its Crown Brewery and 27 public houses, was purchased in 1890, but it was not until 1895 that the Company was registered as Friary, Holroyd & Healy’s Breweries Ltd.<\/p>\n

Meux’s Brewery Co. Ltd<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

London based Meux’s Brewery Co Ltd, on the other hand, was founded around 1764.
\nThe Company and its Horseshoe Brewery was registered in 1888.
\nBrewing was transferred to Thorne Brothers former Nine Elms Brewery in 1921.
\nThe original Horseshoe Brewery was demolished in 1922, and the Nine Elms Brewery was renamed the Horseshoe Brewery.<\/p>\n

Friary Meux Ltd<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Friary, Holroyd & Healy’s Breweries Ltd merged with Meux’s Brewery Co. Ltd in 1956, to form Friary Meux Ltd.
\nThe merged Company entered into liquidation in 1961, and was acquired by Allied Breweries Ltd in 1964.
\nThe Horseshoe Brewery closed that year, and the Friary Brewery ceased brewing in 1969, when all production was transferred to Ind Coope’s brewery in Romford, Essex.
\nThe Friary Brewery was demolished during 1973 and 1974.
\nThe site was redeveloped as a shopping centre and bus station.
\nThe Friary Meux brand was later revived by Allied Breweries Ltd in 1979, but was discontinued by the Carlsberg-Tetley Group in 1997.<\/p>\n

The manufacturer’s mark states – Made in Great Britain by Reginald Corfield Ltd 4599.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Friary Meux Ltd tin tray dating from the 1960s.
\nAt the date the tray featured was produced, Friary Meux Ltd owned two breweries. The Friary Brewery was based in Guildford, Surrey, and Meux’s Horseshoe Brewery was based in Westminster, Greater London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[379],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3591","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-england-1960s","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"purchasable","12":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=3591"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3591"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}