Joseph Stocks & Company Limited

Joseph Stocks & Company Limited – aka the Shibden Head Brewery – was established by Joseph Stocks. Recorded in 1873.

An advertisement for the business in 1894 announced

SHIBDEN HEAD BREWERY YE BEERE OF YE OLDEN TIME – Registered Trade Mark Joseph Stocks & Co, Shibden Head Brewery and Maltings

Gold Medal Paris 1889

In 1895, Stocks had 56 pubs in the district, second only to Websters who had 74. The following were Stocks pubs. The dates are those of the relevant planning applications;

• 1873
  • The General Havelock, Halifax
• 1890s
  • The Horse & Groom, Southowram
  • The Crown & Anchor which was described as being near  the River Calder
• 1898
  • The Royal Hotel, Sowerby Bridge
  • The White Lion, Elland
  • The Anchor Inn, Triangle
  • The Cavendish Arms, Northowram
  • The White Swan, Netherroyd
  • The Brickmakers Arms, Northowram
  • The Pear Tree Inn, Sowerby Bridge
  • The Commercial Inn, Rastrick
  • The Ovenden Cross Inn
  • The Red Lion, Stainland
  • The Queens Head Inn, Queensbury
  • The New Dolphin, Queensbury
  • The Shoulder of Mutton, Northowram
  • The New Delight Inn, Boothtown
  • The Rose & Crown, Northgate, Elland

• From 1898-1914
  • The Masons Arms, Lower Edge, Elland

• 1903
  • The White Horse Inn, Lightcliffe
  • The Duke of William, Shelf
  • The Shears, Lee Bridge

• 1906
  • The Orange Tree, Halifax
  • The Railway Inn, Ripponden

• 1910
  • The Cragg Vale Inn – sold at auction 27th May 1914
  • The Bradford Hotel, Pellon Lane
  • The Ship Inn, Waterside
  • The Golden Fleece Inn, Haley Hill
  • The Ring O' Bells, 38 Haley Hill
  • The Prince of Wales, 69 Haley Hill
• 1914
  • The Whitehall Hotel, Hipperholme

The business was bought by Webster's [30th December 1932]

See Sportsman, Illingworth

This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles & Clive Whitehead

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