Star Brewery
{{Short description|Brewery in Romford, England}}
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The Star Brewery was a brewery in Romford, England. For much of its history, it was a main industry[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42817 British History Online] - Romford Economic History, (1978) and a significant employer in the area.[http://www.havering.gov.uk/media/pdf/b/s/Final_Scoping_Report.pdf Havering London Borough Council] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630152120/http://www.havering.gov.uk/media/pdf/b/s/Final_Scoping_Report.pdf |date=2007-06-30 }} - Romford Area Action Plan. March 2006. (PDF) It was closed in 1993.[http://www.havering.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=7989 Havering London Borough Council] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927021000/http://www.havering.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=7989 |date=2007-09-27 }} - A history of Romford
The site was redeveloped as a shopping centre named The Brewery, which opened in 2001.[http://www.havering.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=2402 Havering London Borough Council] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927021237/http://www.havering.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=2402 |date=2007-09-27 }} - Romford Town Centre The brewery produced John Bull Bitter, named after the archetypal English farmer.[http://www.beer-pages.com/protz/tasting/john_bull.htm beer-pages] - John Bull Bounces Back
History
The brewery was founded in 1708 by Benjamin WilsonBrewery History Society, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070707235524/http://www.keith.emmerson.btinternet.co.uk/breweryh.html East London Brewery History], (2000) as an attachment to the Star Inn on the high street, then the main road to the City of London, and beside the River Rom. The inn and brewery were purchased by Edward Ind in 1799 becoming part of Ind Smith, and from 1845 the company was known as Ind Coope when Octavius and Edward Coope joined.{{cite book |last = Fryer |first = John |title = Romford. A pocket album. |publisher = Frith book company |location = Salisbury |year = 2004 |page =76 |isbn = 1-85937-888-9}}
Romford railway station was opened to the south of the site in 1839 and in the 1860s a connection was made between the goods yard in South Street and the brewery via a tunnel under the railway line, the access to the railway enabling significant expansion. By 1908, with its own network of railway sidings, the brewery employed 450 workers and by 1970 it occupied {{convert|20|acre|m2}} and had 1,000 workers.
The brewery was closed in 1993 and demolished. The site was redeveloped in 2001 as The Brewery shopping centre, with one of the 160 ft (50 m) chimneys incorporated into the design. Part of the site is used to house the Havering Museum.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928132007/http://www.romford.org/image.php?filename=%2Fshops%2Fbrewery%2Fbrewery03&size=400 Romford Now & Then] - Image of chimney
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Category:Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Havering