This company was
founded in 1824 by Polkinghorne & Co at premises in Bedford St, Plymouth.
In 1898 the
company moved to new premises in Beechwood, Mutley
Bedford Brewery
(Plymouth) Ltd was registered in 1900 with the brewery and 22 pubs
In 1904 the
company purchased John Kelland’s London Brewery, Kingsbridge
The company
entered liquidation in 1908 and a new company was set up as New Bedford Brewery
(Plymouth) Ltd
In 1919 the
company was acquired by Allsopps before going into liquidation once more in
January 1920 and being acquired by New Victoria Brewery Co Ltd.
Once again, the bottle evidence for this
company is fairly scarce perhaps indicating a low volume of production. As with
Ash & Sons, the bottles recovered are generally dark coloured beer bottles
with the company’s details embossed in a diamond formation although variations
do exist. The scarcest of these variations is possibly the swing stopper bottle
with embossing in an arch shape.
Bedford Brewery embossed beer bottles