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Revision as of 16:50, 26 July 2011
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| Industry | Alcoholic beverage |
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| Founded | 1865 |
| Founder | John William Cameron |
| Headquarters | , United Kingdom |
| Products | Beer |
Production output | over 1.5 million hectolitres per annum |
| Website | http://www.cameronsbrewery.com/index.php |
JW Cameron & Company Limited is a limited company founded by John William Cameron in 1894. At this time, it took over the business which had been established by John Cameron which comprised the Lion Brewery in West Hartlepool and 50 licensed public houses.[1]
This prospered and, by 1907, the share capital of the company was £350,000 with another £350,000 of capital in the form mortgage debenture stock.[2]
The business was steadily expanded from 1895 to 1961 with a series of acquisitions in and around North Yorkshire and County Durham:[1]
- 1895 — Rickinson & Sons Ltd of Hartlepool.[1]
- 1895 — Nixey, Coleclough and Baxter Ltd who owned the Brunswick Brewery in Hartlepool. This was closed in 1898.[1]
- 1896 — E J Sait of Stockton-on-Tees.[1]
- 1898 — T E Chapman & Sons of Sunderland who owned the Lambton Brewery and 100 licensed public houses.[1]
- 1909 — J Heslop & Son of Norton-on-Tees who owned 77 licensed public houses.[1]
- 1919 — Robert Newton & Co Ltd of Newcastle upon Tyne who owned the Victoria Brewery.[1]
- 1925 — Plew & Sons Ltd who owned various businesses in County Durham and the Vale of Mowbray Brewery in Yorkshire.[1]
- 1953 — John J Hunt Ltd who owned the Ebor Brewery in York and 220 licensed public houses.[1]
- 1956 — J Fryer & Sons Ltd who owned the Crown Brewery in Brompton-on-Swale[1]
- 1959 — the West Auckland Brewery Co Ltd of West Auckland with 80 licensed public houses.[1]
- 1961 — Russell & Wrangham Ltd of Malton with 90 licensed public houses.[1]
The company had 750 licensed public houses in 1974 when it was acquired by the Ellerman Lines which was diversifying from its declining shipping business. Ellerman Lines was then acquired by the Barclay brothers in 1983 who then sold the company to Brent Walker Group plc. In 1989, it controlled 480 licensed public houses and 270 hotels and off-licences.[1] It was bought by Wolverhampton & Dudley in 1992, and then Castle Eden in 2001 who merged the Castle Eden Brewery with Camerons, closing down the Castle Eden plant.[3]
Production
In 2010, the business was ranked highly for its profit growth of 58% over the previous three years. At this time, the brewery had a capacity of 500,000 barrels per annum. The bulk of the production is cask ale but it is expanding its sales of bottled ale for export to Germany and Denmark.[4]
The company brews a range of cask and bottled beers, most famously Strongarm, a 4% abv bitter.
Brewery
The brewery building is called Lion Brewery, and the company offers tours of the brewery.[5]
Sponsorship
The company sponsored Middlesbrough FC from 1984-86 and Hartlepool United from 1985 to 1990 and 1993 to 2000.[6][7]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Lesley Richmond, Alison Turton, The Brewing industry: a guide to historical records
- ^ The Investors' Review, vol. 8, 1907, p. 62
- ^ "Camerons Brewery Company". www.quaffale.org.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- ^ Karen McLauchlan (April 19, 2010), Teesside firms make top 100 league table, Evening Gazette
- ^ "Welcome to: www.cameronsbrewery.co.uk". www.cameronsbrewery.com. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- ^ http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Middlesbrough/Middlesbrough.htm
- ^ http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Hartlepool_United/Hartlepool_United.htm