The Crown Brewery, Hungerford
| Brewer | : | The Crown Brewery |
| Location | : | 23 High Street, Hungerford, Berkshire |
| Property History | : | 1781-1832: The Angel Alehouse |
| 1836-1850: Residential Property | ||
| 1850-1938: The Crown Brewery | ||
| 1938-Current: Various, Swift Cleaners since 1978 |
The period which has particular interest for me is when this property was The Crown Brewery as this was the time when Ginger Beer would have been produced and sold in Stone Ginger Beer Bottles.
During this period of 1850-1938 the following people ran The Crown Brewery (sourced from the Hungerford Virtual Museum Website (see also link at bottom of page)):
1851-1854 Henry Brookes Marriot - Brewer
1854-1858 Benjamin Keen - Brewery and Spirit Shop (died 1858)
1858-1869 Jane Elizabeth Keen - Wine and Spirit Merchant (William Charles Fisher - was the actual Brewer)
1869-1876 Jane Elizabeth Keen - Wine and Spirit Merchant (Thomas Frankland - was the actual Brewer, born 1812)
1876-1896 Elisha Love - Wine and Spirit Merchant - note photo 1 (1838-1909)
1896-1901 Elisha Love and Frederick Edward Love (born 1872, son of Elisha Love) (T. Crook
- was the actual Brewer)
1901-1913 Tom Evi Crook - note shop frontage change in 1903 per photos 2 and 3 (bankrupt in 1913)
1917-1938 Francis Mason Adnams - The Speenhamland Brewery (A brewer from Newbury)
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So I would like to find the stone ginger beer bottles for this period while it was The Crown Brewery. I am aware of 6 known ginger beers relating to The Crown Brewery:
1) ELISHA LOVE, CROWN BREWERY, HUNGERFORD - ALL WHITE BOTTLE WITH A SMALL CROWN TRADE MARK
2) E. LOVE & CO., CROWN BREWERY, HUNGERFORD - ALL WHITE BOTTLE WITH A SMALL CROWN TRADE MARK
3) E. LOVE & SON, CROWN BREWERY, HUNGERFORD - ALL WHITE BOTTLE WITH A LARGER CROWN TRADE MARK
4) E. LOVE & SON, CROWN BREWERY, HUNGERFORD - ALL WHITE BOTTLE WITH A SMALL CROWN TRADE MARK
5) LOVE & CROOK, CROWN BREWERY, HUNGERFORD - ALL WHITE WITH A SMALL CROWN TRADE MARK
6) T. CROOK, CROWN BREWERY, HUNGERFORD - ALL WHITE WITH A LARGER CROWN TRADE MARK
Currently I have only one of these which is no. 2 on this list (see picture below). Also pictured below is no. 3 and no. 6, but they are not part of my collection. I would like to find all these though and of course any currently unknown ones which may possibly exist somewhere! - please help me to find them!!!
It is also possible that a ginger beer bottle from the time that Thomas Frankland was at the crown exists because there is a known flagon with his name on it.
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