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Passage below from their website at:- http://www.thetwobrewershadlow.co.uk/history.php
Hadlow had
working breweries between the early eighteenth century and the late
1940s. The earliest reference to a brewery in Hadlow is in 1710 when
John Barton, Yeoman of Hadlow is mentioned in connection with a newly
erected malthouse in Hadlow Street. In 1840 there was a complaint that
the drain leading from the Close Brewery was a nuisance.
In 1851 the brewery was being run by Messrs Harrison & Taylor and in
1858 they sold the business to Edward Kenward of Marden and William
Barnett of Willingdon, Sussex. Thomas Simmonds of East Peckham and
Nelson Kenward were also parties, part purchasing and part leasing the
brewery. in 1859 it was agreed that a new 15 quarter malthouse would be
erected. This building being the one nearly parallel to the High Street.
In 1868 Edward Kenward was bankrupt, owing £9,500. The partnership was
dissolved in that year by mutual consent. Edward and Trayton Kenward
then became partners, but this partnership was also dissolved and all
properties assigned to Trayton Kenward.
The converted maltings
In October 1871, Trayton and Charles Kenward entered into partnership
with John Court. The business operating under the name of Kenward &
Court. Sometime after this a second maltings was added, this running
alongside Carpenters Lane. In 1881 the brewery supplied 68 public houses
and was listed as 637th in the list of the first thousand limited
companies. Kenward & Court was taken over by Charles Hammerton & Co.
Ltd. in 1945. Beer was last brewed in September 1949. In 1952 Hammertons
was bought out by Watney's, who then sold the brewery to Charringtons.
Malting continued for several years and the brewery closed in the late
1960s, having been used as a distribution centre towards the end. The
buildings gradually became derelict through the 1970s, and the Hadlow
Society pressed for the buildings to be listed, which was done in July
1979. There was much debate within the village as to whether the
buildings should be demolished or converted. The buildings were
converted into flats in 1990. In 2005, Harvey's of Lewes brewed Hadlow
Ale to commemorate Kenward & Court and celebrate the reopening of the
"Two Brewers" pub (formerly the "Fiddling Monkey" and before that the
"Albion"). The buildings are Grade II listed. Another brewery stood at Style Place, Hadlow. This brewery was started
in the 1830s by William Simmons, being in partnership with Henry Simmons
in 1852 with William Martin joining them by 1855. The business was sold
to Messrs Style & Winch of Chatham in 1863. The brewery buildings have
been converted to housing and are now known as Caxton Place. The
surviving building is Grade II listed. |
