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THETFORD |
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The THETFORD
BREWERY Co |
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Founded 1710.
Shelford Bidwell is first recorded brewing beer in Thetford 1795.
Owner given as Samuel Bidwell in 1826
Leonard Shelford Bidwell by 1830 to 1868 |
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Conveyed from Leonard Shelford Bidwell to Shelford Clarke Bidwell 30th September 1868 for
£30,000
The estate included the Brewery, Maltings, Public Houses in Thetford and 20 other houses
in Norfolk.
Suffolk houses were :-
the COCK at Botesdale, landlord Daniel Pawsey
the BELL at Brandon, landlord Cornelius Hyam
Cambridgeshire houses were :-
CHERRY TREE, Fitzroy Street, Cambridge.
GREYHOUND, Coldham Lane, Cambridge
WHITE HORSE, Coronation Street, Cambridge
GLOBE, Newmarket Road, Fen Ditton.
Ownership passes from Thomas S. Bidwell of Thetford
to his trustees : The Reverend George Woodward Bidwell of Upton, Huntingdonshire &
Shelford Bidwell of Southfield, London.
The estate was valued 25th July 1889 at £68,052.
This included 55 Public Houses, Malthouses, Dwelling Houses and land in Norfolk &
Suffolk.
The Brewery was valued at £6500 and a Malthouse in Dolphin Yard at £700, Malthouse &
2 pieces land near the railway at £4950.
A Malthouse in Raymond Street was valued at £750 with £550 being placed on the Residence
and garden. A Slaughterhouse in Magdalen Street was valued at £400.
Sale priced quoted 25th July 1889 :-
Suffolk houses :-
Brandon - Bell ( £500 ), Coach & Horses ( beerhouse - £450 ) & White Horse (
£360 )
Bardwell - Six Bells ( £530 )
Barton Mills - Bull ( £500 )
Botesdale - Cock ( £240 )
Lakenheath - Anchor ( £375 )
When offered for sale in 1904 the estate was described as:-
Including 105 Hotels, Public House & Beerhouses.
Average of 10,379 barrels sold over previous 4 years.
Comprising 9108 barrels of Beer & 1271 barrels of Stout.
Spirit sales averaged 6192 gallons.
Mineral waters produced good profit and wine sales were fair.
Stout not produced but purchased for many years from Truman, Hanbury & Co
for which 7,000 to 10,000 Quarters of Malt were produced on commission.
The estate was purchased 01.04.1905 by Eustace Cuthbert Quilter of Bawsey Manor for the
sum of £104,250.
Trading continued under the name of Bidwells.
Ownership in Licence Registers ( 1921 ) given as BIDWELL & SUTTON.
The estate was purchased by Bullards in 1924 but change of ownership is not noted in the
Licence Registers until January 1925. |
| Bidwell & Co are also
known to have owned c1886 :-
Isleham, Cambs - Swan ( Beerhouse )
Honington, Suffolk - Fox
Lakenham, Suffolk - Green Dragon
Mildenhall, Suffolk - Prince of Wales
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