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Monument details

HER Number:TR 13 SE 54
Type of record:Monument
Name:Mackeson's brewery, Hythe

Summary

Brewery of 1669-1968 at west end of Hythe High Street.


Grid Reference:TR 1586 3474
Map Sheet:TR13SE
Parish:HYTHE, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • BREWERY (BREWERY, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

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Site of brewery marked on OS 1st Ed (1865) at W end of Hythe High Street. (1) Mackeson and Co Brewery, founded 1669 by james Pashley and acquired by the Mackeson family in 1801. Taken over by H and G Simmonds of Reading 1920; by Jude hanbury and Co in 1929 and by Whitbread who closed it in 1968. Buildings demolished, site redeveloped as housing. (2)


<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, OS 1st Ed 25" (1865) (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<2> Norman Barber (Brewery History Society 1994), A Century of British Brewers 1890-1990 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6449.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897, 1877/1:2500 (Map). SWX11831.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898, 1899/1:2500 (Map). SWX11832.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912, 1908/1:2500 (Map). SWX11833.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1928-1947, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947, 1946/1:2500 (Map). Ske12644.

<7> Ordnance Survey, 2009, OS MasterMap, 2009/MasterMap (Cartographic materials). SWX15710.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. OS 1st Ed 25" (1865).
<2>Bibliographic reference: Norman Barber (Brewery History Society 1994). A Century of British Brewers 1890-1990.
<3>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. 1877/1:2500.
<4>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500. 1899/1:2500.
<5>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500. 1908/1:2500.
<6>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1928-1947. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947. 1946/1:2500.
<7>Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 2009. OS MasterMap. 2009/MasterMap.