Leicestershire and Rutland Breweries

Sources

Sources
The main primary sources used were trade directories (1794-1952), O.S. maps (especially 25" 1st edition 1880s), local newspapers and the 1861 and 1881 censuses (at the L.R.O., Bishop Street Reference Library [Leicester] and the Rutland Museum, Oakham). Parts of this article originally appeared in the CAMRA Real Ale Guide to Leicestershire (1st Edition). I would like to thank Keith Osbourne of the Labologist Society and P.A. Neaverson of the Leics. Industrial History Society (in whose journal much of this article was published in 1985) for commenting on drafts of this article. [Also Tim & Geoff Smith and Richard Berridge of Leicester CAMRA for transporting me around the depths of Leicestershire and Rutland some time ago!]

Of the many secondary sources consulted I found H.S.Corran’s "A History of Brewing" (David and Charles, 1975) the most useful.

1999 Postscript
Various amendments to this article have been made, some due to information provided in Norman Barber’s excellent "A Century of British Brewers 1890-1990" (Brewery History Society, 1994).

2008 Postscript
Site updated and moved to CMSMS. New photos added to the gallery.