Mansfield Brewery Co. Ltd ceramic jug dating from the 1930s.<\/p>\n
Foundation of the Mansfield Brewery<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n In 1855 the brewery was established in Littleworth, Mansfield, by brewer John Watson of Sheffield, farmer Samuel Hage of Ollerton, and investor William Edward Baily of Mansfield. The Mansfield Brewery Company Ltd Registration<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n After the First World War, S.C.Deakin became its head brewer and it was he who gave the firm a reputation for brewing quality ales. Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries Ltd Takeover<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n In 1999 the Company, with over 400 public houses, was taken over by Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries Ltd, which moved production to its Park Brewery in Wolverhampton. The manufacturer’s mark states – J.Clifton Cottle London<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mansfield Brewery Co. Ltd ceramic jug dating from the 1930s.
\nThe firm began trading as William Baily & Company.
\nIn 1856 John Watson sold his shares to the other two partners who traded as Baily & Hage. They established a malting facility in 1863 to support the business.
\nIn 1873 Addison Titley bought into the business which traded as Hage & Titley. The firm owned 19 public houses.
\nIn 1878 Addison Titley, William Baily and his uncle, John Baily, formed Titley, Baily & Baily.
\nTitley retired in 1885, leaving William Baily. H.S.Shacklock, William Jackson Chadburn, and James Handley Hopwell as partners.
\nWilliam Chadburn became the dominant partner, and by 1901 the firm leased 72 licensed premises including public houses, hotels, and off licences.
\nIn that year, E.A.Titley and Walter Titley, joined the partnership.
\nAround that time, the Company introduced one of it most well-known ales, ‘Golden Drop’.
\nThe original brewery was re-built in 1907 significantly increasing its capacity.
\nIn 1910 Francis Ludlow and Claude Chadburn became partners.<\/p>\n
\nIn 1925 the Company was registered as The Mansfield Brewery Company Ltd.
\nAfter acquiring the Chesterfield Brewery Co. Ltd in 1934 with 100 public houses, the Company became publicly listed on the Stock Exchange.
\nAfter the Second World War the business continued to grow and from 1972 through to 1982 its focus became keg beers with no real ale produced during that time.
\nBy 1977 Mansfield Brewery Co. Ltd owned 181 public houses.
\nIn 1982 the Company became Mansfield Brewery plc.
\nA new brewhouse and bottling stores were added in 1984.
\nNorth Country Breweries Ltd of Hull, with 212 public houses, was acquired in 1985, and by 1987 the Company was operating a total of 420 licensed premises.<\/p>\n
\nThe brewery in Mansfield was closed in 2002 and the site was demolished in 2008 for future redevelopment.<\/p>\n
\nThe Mansfield Brewery was based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[269],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5187","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-jugs","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\/5187","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=5187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=5187"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=5187"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=5187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}