Sedgwick's is believed to have its origins in a brewhouse owned by William Smith and located in Watford High Street around 1655. Continuing under family ownership, William Smith's brewery underwent modest expansion until 1790 when it was sold to George Whittingstall.
George Whittingstall instigated more significant expansion of the brewery and tied estate until his death in 1822 when he left the brewery to a cousin, Edmund Fearnley, on condition that he change his name to Edmund Fearnley-Whittingstall.
Expansion again continued, however upon Edmund's death the brewery estate become liable for debts arising from his other business ventures, and so the decision was made to lease the brewery and tied estate to William F. Sedgwick starting from 1862.
The brewery remained in the Sedgwick family, and they expanded by purchasing the Colne Brewery, Uxbridge in 1896, Wild's Brewery, Rickmansworth in 1900, and Speedy's Brewery, Clapham, in 1923. However, later that year the brewery and tied estate was sold to local competitor Benskin's for £597,000.[2]
Triviaedit
British celebrity chef and television presenter Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, owes his name to his ancestor's entry into the brewing industry, himself being a descendant of Edmund Fearnley.
Referencesedit
^L. M. Richmond, Alison Turton, Brewing Industry: A Guide to Historical Records, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1990. 66.
sedgwicks, brewery, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, march, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Sedgwicks Brewery news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Sedgwicks was a brewery located in Watford Hertfordshire until its sale to local rival Benskins in 1923 1 Sedgwick s BreweryFounded1655Defunct1923Headquarters223 High Street Watford HertsHistory editSedgwick s is believed to have its origins in a brewhouse owned by William Smith and located in Watford High Street around 1655 Continuing under family ownership William Smith s brewery underwent modest expansion until 1790 when it was sold to George Whittingstall George Whittingstall instigated more significant expansion of the brewery and tied estate until his death in 1822 when he left the brewery to a cousin Edmund Fearnley on condition that he change his name to Edmund Fearnley Whittingstall Expansion again continued however upon Edmund s death the brewery estate become liable for debts arising from his other business ventures and so the decision was made to lease the brewery and tied estate to William F Sedgwick starting from 1862 The brewery remained in the Sedgwick family and they expanded by purchasing the Colne Brewery Uxbridge in 1896 Wild s Brewery Rickmansworth in 1900 and Speedy s Brewery Clapham in 1923 However later that year the brewery and tied estate was sold to local competitor Benskin s for 597 000 2 Trivia editBritish celebrity chef and television presenter Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall owes his name to his ancestor s entry into the brewing industry himself being a descendant of Edmund Fearnley References edit L M Richmond Alison Turton Brewing Industry A Guide to Historical Records Manchester Manchester University Press 1990 66 Whitaker Allan March 2006 Brewers in Hertfordshire University of Hertfordshire Press ISBN 978 0 9542189 7 3 Link is to description not to full text Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sedgwicks Brewery amp oldid 1148496699, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
