Place    From 1616  To 1975

Anchor / Barclay Perkins Brewery

Categories: Commerce, Food & Drink

Thrale.com states that the Anchor name was acquired during Child's ownership, since he supplied the navy with "masts, yards and bowsprits as well as stores and beer."

Wikipedia gives the early life of this brewery, in Deadman's Place, Southwark, as follows: “..established in 1616 by James Monger Sr. … On his death, the brewery passed to his godson, James Monger Jr. James {we think this should read Josiah} Child acquired the brewery after the younger Monger's death in 1670, and owned it until his death in 1696. His son in law, Edmund Halsey, managed the business with James Child from 1693, and subsequently as sole proprietor until his death in 1729. The brewery was then purchased by Ralph Thrale, the brewery manager and a nephew of Halsey, for £30,000 in instalments over 11 years.”

The Thrale family turned into a large profitable business. On Henry Thrale's death in 1781 the brewery was sold to David Barclay (of Barclays Bank) and became Barclay Perkins, the largest brewery in the world. A fire in 1832 meant that much of the site was rebuilt and so attracted notable visitors, one being General Haynau. Barclay Perkins merged with Courage in 1955. By the 1970s the Southwark site was no longer used for brewing and has now been redeveloped for housing.

List of brewers:
The Monger family 1616-1670
Josiah Child 1670-1693
Edmund Halsey MP 1693-1729
Ralph Thrale 1729-1758
Henry Thrale 1758-1781
Barclay, Perkins & Co 1781-1955
Courage Ltd 1955-1986

The 1862 map shows this occupying the land bounded by: Park Street, Redcross Street (now Way), Castle Street (now Thrale Street) and Southwark Bridge Street (now Road).

'London a Pilgrimage', 1872, by Gustave Doré and Blanchard Jerrold has a chapter 'The town of malt' about this brewery, with text and some splendid drawings.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Anchor / Barclay Perkins Brewery

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Anchor / Barclay Perkins Brewery

Johnson was a good friend of the Thrales who owned the Anchor Brewery which o...

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Anchor Brewery

Site of Anchor Brewery List of brewers: The Monger family 1616-1670 Josiah Ch...

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General Haynau

In the 19th century this brewery was on the elite tourist trail so in 1850 wh...

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Anglo-Brazilian Society

Anglo-Brazilian Society

Established to promote close and friendly relations between Brazil and Britain, and to increase British people's knowledge of Brazil and its culture.

Group, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Brazil

1 memorial
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1st Baronet)

Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1st Baronet)

MP, brewer, slave abolitionist and social reformer. Born Essex. Entered the Brick Lane brewery Truman, Hanbury & Company in 1808, eventually taking on sole ownership. 1807 married Hannah Gurney...

Person, Commerce, Food & Drink, Race Issues, Social Welfare

3 memorials
Thomas Briggs

Thomas Briggs

Banker and murder victim. He was beaten and robbed while he travelled on the 9.50pm train from Fenchurch Street to Chalk Farm. The assailant took his gold watch and gold spectacles, but left £5 in ...

Person, Commerce, Tragedy

1 memorial
Gordon Victor Young

Gordon Victor Young

Businessman in the fish industry. "Who knew Billingsgate Market well and built up the family business, W. Young & Son." The quote is on the plaque but we can't trace it, or indeed, find out any...

Person, Commerce, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Prudential Assurance

Prudential Assurance

Founded in Hatton Garden in May 1848 as The Prudential, Investment, Loan, and Assurance Association. The army of premium collection agents was for many years identified with the Prudential as the "...

Group, Commerce

1 memorial