Hunt, Edmunds & Co. Ltd tin tray dating from the 1950s.<\/p>\n
Foundation of the Hunt Family Businesses<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The business was founded by Thomas Hunt in 1807 when he purchased the Unicorn pub and its brewhouse in Market Place, Banbury. Hunt, Edmunds & Co. Ltd<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Charles succeeded his father in 1896, and in that year the Company was registered as Hunt, Edmunds & Co. Ltd. The Bass, Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Takeover<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n By 1951, Hunt Edmunds & Co. Ltd was suppling its beers to seven different counties. The manufacturer’s mark states – Reginald Corfield Ltd Lombard Road. London. S.W.19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hunt, Edmunds & Co. Ltd tin tray dating from the 1950s.
\nThomas bequeathed the business to his son, John Hunt, who was succeeded at the Unicorn in turn, by his son John Hunt.
\nJohn held three roles in Banbury, as owner of the Unicorn and its brewhouse, from 1832 to 1841, as a maltster in Market Place from 1835 to 1839, and as a maltster and brewer on Bridge Street.
\nJohn and his brother Thomas traded as T. & J.Hunt both at the Unicorn and at Bridge Street from 1842 to 1847.
\nThomas Hunt purchased the Unicorn from John Hunt in 1848 and the partnership was dissolved.
\nIn 1850 Thomas Hunt went into partnership with William Edmunds. Edmund’s son, Charles Fletcher Edmunds, became a partner in 1886 when the Company owned two breweries and 64 tied houses. The firm traded as Hunt Edmunds.
\nIn 1879 the partnership purchased its local rival the Banbury Brewery Co., and in 1884 it acquired another local business, William Barett’s Britannia Brewery, on Newland Road.
\nHunt Edmunds famous Banbury Cross trade mark was registered in 1894.<\/p>\n
\nBy the turn of the century the Bridge Street Brewery had become the Company’s main site, and its estate totalled 64 public houses.
\nIn 1918 the Company acquired its last local competitor, Dunnell & Sons Old Brewery, with 35 tied houses, and in the same year it purchased Hudson’s of Witney and Hunt’s of Burford.
\nIn 1924, the Borough Brewery of Hitchman & Co. Ltd, with 36 public houses, based in Chipping Norton, was taken over by Hunt Edmunds.
\nBoth companies continued to operate independently through a holding company, Hunt Edmunds Hitchman Co. Ltd.
\nHunt Edmunds indirectly acquired Harper’s Hitchman’s Ltd Loweswater Brewery of Worcester, which was owned by Hitchman & Co. Ltd.
\nBrewing ceased at the Loweswater Brewery in 1929, and at Chipping Norton in 1933.
\nThe Borough Brewery site was used as a mineral water factory until 1968, and it was demolished in 1970.<\/p>\n
\nFolllowing almost three decades of steady trading and sound finances, the business became a target for a takeover.
\nThe Company, with its 187 public houses, was acquired by Bass, Mitchells & Butlers Ltd in 1965, and brewing ceased in 1967.
\nThe Bridge Street Brewery and its landmark chimney were demolished in 1974.<\/p>\n
\nThe Bridge Street brewery was based in Banbury, Oxfordshire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[378],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3732","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-england-1950s","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\/3732","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=3732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=3732"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3732"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}