Burton's Lost Breweries from Old Photographs

by Terry Garner

In the twelfth century the abbots of Burton began to produce beer. The dissolution of the abbey in the sixteenth century saw inns and alehouses appear, with many selling beer brewed on-site. The first recognisable brewery was Benjamin Printon's, which was established on Horninglow Street around 1708. The Trent & Mersey Canal, built in 1774/75, allowed further expansion to the industry, but it was the coming of the railway in 1839 that led to massive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445675382
• ISBN13: 9781445675381
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"