Catalogue description Notes concerning the history of the Tipper Ale Brewery, Newhaven; includes postcard showing the Bridge Hotel, Newhaven, nd, c1910; photocopy conveyance to the Rock Brewery, Apr 1922

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Details of ACC8396/3/54
Reference: ACC8396/3/54
Title: Notes concerning the history of the Tipper Ale Brewery, Newhaven; includes postcard showing the Bridge Hotel, Newhaven, nd, c1910; photocopy conveyance to the Rock Brewery, Apr 1922
Date: [1780s] - Apr 1997
Held by: East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Administrative / biographical background:

The brewery was founded by Thomas Tipper, possibly in the 1780s. It was acquired by Thomas Stone around 1839, and Robert Towner became his partner in 1855. The brewery was purchased by the Towner family in 1886, and sold by Charles William Towner, 124 Old Shoreham Road, Portslade, to the Rock Brewery, in April 1922. The Rock Brewery seems to have leased the premises from 1911

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