Some brewers had more than one brewery and brewery buildings sometimes changed hands. In addition to companies started from scratch, there were also pre-existing brewers from outside Burton who moved into the town in the 1870s. • Benjamin Printon 1708 – bought by James Musgrave 1729 • James Musgrave (and sons) 1729 – bought by John Greaves 1803 • Samuel and William Sketchley c1741 – bought by Benjamin Wilson 1790 •
Benjamin Wilson 1743 – bought by nephew Samuel Allsopp 1807 •
Joseph Clay c1751 – passed to Thomas Salt 1813 • Charles Leeson c1753–1800 •
William Worthington 1760 – bought by Bass 1927 • Thomas Morecroft • Thomas Dicken •
William Bass 1777 – bought by Coors 2000 • Henry Evans 1790 – settled on son-in-law William Worthington • John Walker Wilson – 1790 • Hill and Sherratts c1780 – partnership dissolved 1820, bought by Lewis Meakin 1822 • John Greaves 1803- went bankrupt 1815 – run by Mason and Gilbertson by 1830 •
Samuel Allsopp 1807 – merged with Ind Coope 1934 •
Thomas Salt 1813 – acquired by Bass 1927 • Lewis Meakin 1822 – acquired by Charrington 1872 • Charles Hill – the Hill of Hill and Sherratt – in 1874 Charles Hill and son • Mason and Gilbertson 1830- •
John Marston 1834 – merged with Thompson 1898 • Saunders 1837- •
Burton Brewery Company 1842 – bought by Worthington 1915 •
Ind Coope 1856 – went into receivership in 1909 and merged with Allsopp in 1934 •
Charrington (Head & Co) existing London brewer 1872 – ceased brewing in Burton 1926 •
Truman, Hanbury, Buxton & Co existing London brewer 1873–1971 •
Mann, Crossman & Paulin existing London brewer 1874 – merged with Watney 1958 • Peter Walker 1876- acquired by Bass 1923 •
Sydney Evershed pre-1880 – merged with Marston Thompson 1909 •
John Thompson pre-1880 – merged with Marston 1898 • John Bell & Co. pre 1880 – bought by Thomas Salt 1901 • Henry Boddington & Co. existing Manchester brewer – bought by Everard 1892 •
James Eadie 1854 – Bought by Bass 1933 • Thomas Sykes 1881- taken over by Everard 1898 •
William Everard existing Leicester brewer 1892–1985 •
Marston and Thompson 1898 – merged with Evershed to form Marston Thompson Evershed 1909 •
Marston Thompson Evershed 1909–1999 bought by
Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries PLC The Marston's Brewery also produces
Bass under licence from
InBev •
Coors Brewers Limited – bought from
InBev in 2000. UK arm of
Molson Coors Brewing Company a brewery from the
United States • Burton Bridge Brewery, microbrewery • Tower Brewery, microbrewery • Cottage Brewery, based in the Old Cottage Inn Other brewers existing in 1880 included: • Bindley & Co • Bowler Bros • Carter Victoria Brewery • Clayton & Co • Cliff & Co • Cooper & Co • Edwin Dawson & Co • Richard A. Eddie • Green & Clarkson. • Frederick Heap • Frederick C Hill • Pegge & Co • James Porter & Sons • Robinson & Co • A.B. Walker & Co. A further three brewers are listed in 1898: • Beard Hill & Co • Burton & Lincoln Brewery • Trent Brewery Co ==Political influence==