Gilmours began trading in Sheffield as wholesalers dealing in beer, wine and spirits in the mid 1840s. They had no brewing facilities of their own until 1900 but began buying retail outlets aound 1890, both pubs and off-licence premises. By 1899 they owned the following public houses in Sheffield. Albany Hotel, Gloucester Street Anvil Hotel, South Street (Moor) Eagle Hotel, Eldon Street Falcon, Flat Street King's Head, Canning Street Lion Hotel, Nursery Street/Wicker Mansfield Arms, Division Street New Market Hotel, Broad Street Oxford Hotel, Clarence Street Pheasant Inn, Broad Street Royal Hotel, Eyre Lane Travellers' Rest, City Road Victoria, Gibraltar Street In 1900 Gilmours purchased the Lady's Bridge brewery from the widow of William Henry Birks and so added a considerable number of former Birks tied houses to their growing tied house estate. Sheffield houses owned by W. H. Birks brewery, Lady's Bridge at the time of the Gilmours takeover. Angel, Main Street, Grenoside. Beehive Hotel, West Street British Oak, Carbrook Street Broomhall House, Broomhall Street Chantry Arms, Bramall Lane Crabtree, Scotland Street/Solly Street Cup Inn, Duke Street, Park Dog and Partridge, Trippet Lane Douglas Inn, Douglas Road Gardener's Rest, Dunn Street Gatefield Inn, Infirmary Road Griffin Inn, Spital Street Howard's Arms, Turner Street Industry Inn, Allen Street Old Black Lion, Bank Street Old Crown Inn, London Road Pheasant, London Road Royal Oak, Tinsley Road Sportmman Inn, Harvey Clough Road Sportsman's Inn, Bridgehouses Star Inn, Danville Street Three Tuns, Silver Street Head Victoria Tavern. Savile Street East Wellington, Hill Foot Lane White Lion. London Road Woodseats Hotel, Chesterfield Road In 1901 three public houses were bought from the former Dearden's brewery at High House. New Barrack Tavern, Royal Oak, New Inn Gilmours continued with the piecemeal aquisition of their own tied houses between 1901 and 1954, adding the following to their property list, although some were disposed of after 1945. Ball Inn, Myrtle Road Banner Cross Hotel, Ecclesall Road Bridge Inn, Bridge Street Carlton Hotel, Attercliffe High Street Closed Shop, Commonside Cross Scythes, Derbyshire Lane Hallamshire Hotel, Bond Street Havana Hotel, Meadow Street Hereford Arms, Hereford Street, Sheffield. Howard Hotel, Howard Street Industry Inn, Allen Street Industry Inn, Washington Road/Pearl Street Leavy Greave Hotel, Leavy Greave Road Lord Nelson Inn, Broad Street Manvers Arms, Fowler Street Montgomery Hotel, St.Mary's Road Medlock Hotel, Clarence Street Norfolk Arms, Rivelin Old Harrow, Harvest Lane Old Globe Inn, Porter Street Old Shrewsbury Tavern, South Street, Park Pheasant Inn, Attercliffe Common Plumpers Inn, Sutherland Street Railway Hotel, Holywell Road Rising Sun, Sorby Street Robin Hood, Millhouses Rose Cottage, Cricket Inn Road Royal Oak, Lansdowne Road Saddle, West Street Shakespeare Inn, Gleadless Road Star of Brunswick, Cemetery Road Star of Lemont, Hermitage Street Stone House, Church Street Strong Arm, West Bar Green Talbot Inn, Talbot Road Victoria Inn, St.Philips Road Washington Arms, Washington Road Wharnecliffe Arms, West Street White Horse Inn Windsor Hotel, Boundary Road Woodman Inn, The Moor Ye Olde Priorye, Sharrow Lane Yew Tree Inn, RoIIins End Road 1906 saw the sale of Whitmarsh Watson and Co. to Duncan Gilmour and Co. Tied house stock of Whitmarsh Watson and Co. This is a list of aquisitions over the life of the business and some may have been disposed of before the Gilmour takeover; there is no certainty about which of these houses Gilmours retained. Only Sheffield public houses are listed. Albion Inn, Lambert Street Albion Hotel, East Street-Stepney Street Albion Inn, Mitchell Street Albion Inn, Lambert Street Baker's Arms, Clarence Street Ball Inn, Handsworth. Ball Inn, Heeley Green Ball Inn, Intake Bird in Hand, Broughton Lane Birley Hotel, Woodside Lane Bricklayer's Arms, Hereford Street Brittain Arms, Matilda Street-Shoreham Street Broomhill Tavern, Glossop Road Broughton Inn, Attercliffe Common Chantry Arms, Woodseats Chapeltown Working Men's Club Club Mill, Smithfields Columbia Tavern, Fornham Street Cremorne, London Road Cross Guns, Sharrow Lane Crown Inn, Attercliffe Road Crown Inn, Blackburn Road Danville Hotel, Grimesthorpe Road Dog & Gun, Bath Street Dolphin Inn, Draper Street East House, Spital Hill Economical Hotel, Eldon Street Elton Tavern, Elton Street, Walkley Firwood Cottage, Whitehouse Lane Forge Inn, New Hall Road Fox House, Shirland Lane Free Trade Inn, Carlisle Street Guard's Rest, Sorby Street Golden Cock, Broad Street Hallamshire Hotel, Bard Street King's Head, Poole Street, Darnall Lord Nelson Inn, Broad Street Lord Nelson, Norroy Street Mail Coach, West Street Moulder's Arms, Corby Street Mount Pleasant, Derbyshire Lane Neepsend Tavern, Neepsend Lane Norfolk Arms, Clarence Street Old Windsor Castle, Tenter Street Oxford Music Hall, Spring Street (formerly the Blue Pig) Peacock, Fitzwilliam Street Portland Arms, Portland Street Potmaker's Arms, Albert Terrace Road Princess Royal, Steel Bank Punchbowl, Crookes Queen's Head, Castle Street Robin Hood, Millhouses Rose Cottage, Cricket Inn Road Rose & Crown, Main Road, Darnall. Royal Hotel, Langsett Road Royal Oak, Lansdowne Road Royal Oak, Allen Street Sawmaker's Arms, Neepsend Lane Sheaf Tavern, Effingham Street Sportsman Inn, Blackburn Road Talbot Inn, Talbot Road Tramcar Inn, Attercliffe Road Tuscan Tavern, St.Thomas Street Viaduct Inn, The Wicker Viaduct Inn, The Wicker Victoria Hotel, Creswick Street, Walkley Wheatsheaf, Sims Croft White Hart, Greenhill White Horse Inn, Henry Street Windmill Inn, Amberley Street Woodhouse Working Men's Club In 1920 Gilmours had made another major aquisition when they took over the William Greaves and Co. Norfolk Brewery. It's said that only thirty 'Greaves' houses were taken over by Gilmours, - only the Greaves' Sheffield properties are listed here; of these the Hallmashire Hotel, West Street (formerly the Rising Sun), is a 'definite' but which of the others were taken into the Gilmours empire will need further research. Sheffield houses owned by Greaves at the time of the Gilmours take-over. Albion Inn, Rivelin Ball Inn, The Wicker Barrel Inn, Broad Street Blademaker's Arms, Eyre Lane Carlisle Tavern, Carlisle Street Chequers, Weigh Lane Coliseum Hotel, West Street Devonshire Arms, Eldon Street Durham Ox, Cricket Inn Road Farfield Inn, Neepsend Lane Green Man, Broad Street Greaves Hotel, Apple Street Industry, Scotland Street,(formerly the Grace Darling) Industry Inn, Washington Road Junction Inn, New Hall Road Leg of Mutton, Cupola Lane, Grenoside Mason's Arms, Arundel Street Milton's Head, Allen Street Newcastle Arms, Newcastle Street Norfolk Arms, Mowbray Street/Neepsend Lane Norfolk Hotel, Bramall Lane Pensioners Rest, Langsett Road Prince Leopold, Upper St.Philips Road Red Lion, Penistone Road, Sheffield. Reindeer Inn, Anson Street Rifle Corps Hotel, Carlisle Street East Rising Sun, West Street (later Hallamshire Hotel) Rock Inn, Pye Bank Road Rivelin Inn, Rivelin Valley Road Rock Inn, Carlisle Street East Rock Inn, Pye Bank Road Royal Lancers, Penistone Road Rutland Arms, Brown Street Shakespeare Tavern, Spring Lane Sportsman Inn, Cambridge Street(then called Coal Pit Lane) Sportsman's Inn, Park Hill Lane Star of Brunswick, Cemetery Road Tankard & Punchbowl, Brewery Tap, Broad Street Travellers Inn, Cricket Inn Road White Lion, Carbrook Street The final act of Gilmours' expansion came in 1940 with the aquisition of the Rawsons business after their brewery in Pond street was destroyed in the blitz. Again the list below is of Sheffield houses aquired over the life of the Rawsons business and may not represent the the true extent of their tied house list in 1940. As with other takeovers it isn't known for certain which houses Gilmours retained and which they disposed of. Abbey Hotel, Norton Woodseats Albion, Attercliffe (formerly the Oddfellow's Arms) Anchor Inn Angel, Eckington Arundel Hotel, Ecclesfield Ball Inn, Broad Lane Ball Inn, Green Lane Ball Inn, Pond Street Ball Inn, Gleadless Barrack Tavern, Penistone Road Barrel Inn, Broad Lane Bay Horse, Silver Street Head Bell Hotel, Fitzalan Square Black Bull, Ecclesfield Bridge Inn, Whirlow Bridge Britannia, Solly Street, Broomhill Tavern, Glossop Road/Peel Street Brown Cow, Radford Street Brown Cow, Trippet Lane Car Wood Hotel, Carlisle Street East Charlotte Street Tavern Clare Hotel, Pond Street Clarence Hotel, Pond Street Coach & Horses, Attercliffe Road Coach & Horses, Attercliffe Road Coach & Horses, Water Lane Cock Inn, Oughtibridge Cossack Hotel, Howard Street Crooked Billet, Scotland Street-Snow Lane Cross Daggers, West Bar Green Cross Field Tavern, Mortomley Crown, Attercliffe Crown, Dunce Street Crown, Walkley Road, Walkley Crystal Palace, Sims Croft Cutler's Arms, Britwell Street Cutler's Arms, Worksop Road Eagle, Shepherd Street Empire Hotel, Boston Street Engineers, Carlisle Street East Falstaff Inn, The Wicker Feathers, High Street, Park Fox & Duck, Pitsmoor Road George Inn, Dungworth Golden Ball, Forge Lane Grapes Inn, Pond Street Green Dragon, Attercliffe Road Hadfield Hotel, Barber Road Hammer & Pincers, Ecclesfield Common Hare & Hounds, Trinity Street High Greave Inn, Barnsley Road, Ecclesfield Hollin Tavern, Rivelin Bridge Hope & Anchor, Solly Street Hospital Tavern. Park Hill Lane Imperial Hotel, Brightmore Street Junction Inn, Handsworth Woodhouse Milton Arms, Milton Street-Eldon Street (later the Alexandra) Mitre Hotel, Change Alley Napoleon Tavern, Green Lane New Inn, Ecclesall Road-Hanover Street New Inn, Norton New Inn, Gleadless New Inn, Bracken Hill Norfolk Arms, Granville Street-Bungay Street Norfolk Arms, Grenoside Norfolk Arms, Handsworth Norfolk Hotel, Park Lane Normanton Springs Hotel, Woodthorpe Common Oddfellow's Arms, Spring Street Old Harrow, Broad Street Old London Apprentice, Spring Street Oxford Blue, Burgess Street Old Cart & Horses, Mortomley Old Cup Inn, Market Street Old Cross Daggers, Handsworth Woodhouse Old Light Horseman, Penistone Road Orange Branch, Hollis Croft Pack Horse, Gleadless Paradise Inn, Campo Lane-Paradise Square Park Hotel, Woodhouse Peacock Tavern, Hoyle Street Porter Cottage, Sharrow Vale Road Princess Royal, Woodhouse Mill Prospect View Hotel, Gleadless Road Pump Tavern, South Street (Moor) Queen's Head, Wortley Road, High Green Queen's Head, Sheaf Street Railway, Carlisle Street East Rawson's Arms, Tenter Street Rawson's Arms, Princess Street-Tinsley Road Red Lion, Duke Street, Park Red Lion, London Road, Heeley Rising Sun, Little Common Rising Sun, Jenkyn Road Robin Hood, Duke Street Rose & Crown, Scotland Street Rose & Crown, Paternoster Row Royal Hotel, Cross Square, Woodhouse Royal Oak, Pond Street St. Philips Tavern, St. Philips Road Scarborough Arms, Fargate Shrewsbury Tavern, South Street, Park Sportsman Inn, Infirmary Road Sportsman's Group, Penistone Road Star, Gibraltar Street-Copper Street Star & Garter, Winter Street Station Inn, The Wicker Station Inn. Brightside Station Inn, Oughtibridge Talbot Hotel, Blackburn, Kimberworth Tankard, Stocks Hill, Ecclesfied Travellers' Inn, Ecclesfield Common Travellers' Rest, The Moor Turf Tavern. Handsworth Turk's Head, Scotland Street Umpire Hotel, George Street Victoria, High Street, Attercliffe Waggon & Horses, Chapeltown Walkley Cottage, Bole Hill Road Washington Hotel, Fitzwilliam Street Waterman's Rest, Effingham Street-Sussex Street Wentworth House, Queen Street-Wentworth Street, Upperthorpe West End Tavern, Glossop Road White Bear, Ecclesfield White Horse, New Cattle Market White Horse, Solly Street White Lion, Barker's Pool, (formerly the Well Run Dimple) White Swan, Silver Street Windsor Castle, Silver Street Woodman Inn, Harvest Lane Yew Tree, Loxley End, Malin Bridge As well as pubs in Sheffield, Gilmours, and the tied house estates they inherited from takeovers, owned many more beyond the city boundary in South Yorkshire, as well as Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. They also had a considerable number of tied off-licence shops in Sheffield and the surrounding area.