The Hipperholme brewery Brear & Brown Limited was established in 1877 by William Brear and Thomas Brown.
The company was registered in February 1894. They were at the Maltings, Hipperholme.
The list of Brear & Brown pubs & their acquisition dates includes:
In 1905, they had business as wine and spirit merchants at 91 Northgate, Halifax.
The company went into liquidation.
On 29th August 1916, the brewery and their public houses were sold for £95,150 to Waller & Son Limited of Bradford who beat Whitaker's brewery in their bid.
On 1st November 1916, Whitaker's brewery took over 22 premises in Halifax area formerly belonging to Brear & Brown's.
The brewery closed in February 1918, but parts of the site continued to be used by the brewing trade for many years.
The site was cleared in 2010 and house were built
See Hipperholme Steam Brewery, Thomas Theodore Ormerod, Pine Apple, Halifax, Talbot, Halifax and Victoria, Halifax
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Nortcliffe & Clive Whitehead
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