Breweries - Market Rasen Brewery
Variety of bottles from the Market Rasen Brewery which closed it's doors for the last time in 1927 at its Oxford Street site. It was formed in 1881 originally in Queen Street, previously known as Favill & Co. with founder being Robert Favill. Following this known as Favill & Taylor until Robert Favill sold his shares and J. Taylor became the sole Manager I believe. He was manager of the Brewery shortly after the move to Oxford Street (c1884), until around 1891 when the Manager became William Pilgrim as seen on the bottles above. By 1903 the Manager had changed hands again to Arthur J. Tillett. He remained there until the company was taken over by Holes & Co. of Newark in 1927.
This photo has been seen locally in the Market Rasen Mail in Aug 2003 and in the "Breweries" publication by Brian Ward. Many thanks to Fred Rowlands for this print. It is a gathering of the Maltings staff working in Oxford St for the Market Rasen Brewery Company c1907. The article in the Rasen Mail as mentioned above lists the people as follows
Standing (L-R?): Fred Bartram, J. Good, Herbert Fieldsend, George Fieldsend (Foreman), Charles Atkin, Wm. Creasey, Wm. Aisthorpe, John “Pig Mutton” Smith (so called because he could never decide what he wanted from the butchers), & K. Smith. Seated: A. J. Tillett, W. Bletcher (Owner), Samuel Bamford (Brewer). Front: “Banker” Smith.
Breweries - Union Street Brewery
Tom Scott managed the Union Street Brewery from around 1877-1885 following his father James Scott. Many thanks to Pete Spilman for this fine Porter bottle.
Union Street was built in the early 1830s, somewhere around 1831 when it was referenced in Title Deeds as “New Street” in 1832 . The 1835 Pigots Directory has no mention of either Brewery or Union Street, yet as seen again by Deeds, by 1838 it was already in the process of changing it’s name from Brewery Street to Union Street. It was possibly originally named Brewery Street due to the street running down to Back Lane (now Chapel Street) where the previously mentioned Pigot's Directory mentions a William White of Back Lane who was a Brewer. Or it could of course be referencing the Union Street brewery, although at time of writing I am unsure when this was established. The earliest reference found to date is in the Stamford Mercury of 7th July 1837 where an article tells us that the proclamation of Queen Victoria was read opposite the Red Lion, at the bottom of Queen Street, at the top of Brewery Street, and the Market Place.
The earliest mention found to date pertaining to a brewery in Union Street was Stamford Mercury 1837 where Mr Nash brewer is advertising for an Operative Brewer. The 1841 Census shortly after confirms the Nash family in Union Street. The Nash family ran the brewery for several years, the last member being Frederick Nash who was partner with James Strugnell. This partnership dissolved in 1862 as mentioned in the Perrys Bankrupt Gazette, and Strugnell carried the business on. This was only short lived as an announcement in the Market Rasen Mail in 1863 tells us that James Scott of the Railway Inn was taking over the brewery.
Scott leased the brewery until 1870 when he bought it from the Executors of Nash's Estate. Somewhere between 1871-1881 Tom Scott, the son of James also became a brewer after before being a book keeper. (Rase Heritage Society have reference of a quote "James Scott & Son" in 1877 so this would fit). It could be that he was brought in to replace his father due to illness as James died in 1881. The brewery was advertised for sale in 1885 after being "in the occupation of T.Scott the late owner"
The brewery was then owned by the Union Brewery Company managed by George William Favill, However as recorded in the London Gazette in 1895, George W. Favill was declared bankrupt, and the brewery was back on the market.
In the very same year 1895 the brewery was bought by the Lincoln Co-Operative Society. Co-Op documents from this year tell us
"Our Market Rasen premises not being suitable for the requirements of the trade, we have purchased the Old Union Brewery property for the sum of £595 as a site for a branch store."
They demolished the brewery buildings to build a new Co-Op store which opened in 1897. This building is still there and now the home of Mattu's Supermarket.