Capel Street Brewery

[Guest OLD No.12]

J.L. Cockayne owned a brewery in Capel Street in 1845, but does anyone know which building it is (if its still standing) ?

[RichardB]

J.L. Cockayne owned a brewery in capel street in 1845, but does anyone know which building it is if its still standing.

James Lomas was victualler of the Tuscan Tavern, 17 Thomas Street in 1849, brewer at Owlerton Brewery, Capel Street until 1893 and still at it in 1911, Brook House Hill, Fulwood in 1911

[RichardS]

Bit of info:

http://www.sheffieldpubs.fsnet.co.uk/Busin...s/masonscap.htm

[Guest Gramps]

Re Cockayne family and the Owlerton Brewery, Capel street

A brewer, David Thompson, is listed as far back as 1839 at Owlerton but whether or not he was the founder of the Owlerton Brewery is not known. What is known is that the brothers, John and William Shaw, had control of the Capel Street premises between 1845 and 1855, but by 1854 James Lomax Cockayne had assumed control. Although he managed the business well, J.L.Cockayne did not extend the tied-house estate substantially. His acquisitions, however, included some public houses that are still in existence today, e.g. the Wharnecliffe Arms at Wharnecliffe Side. Cockayne leased it as the Hunter's Tavern in 1856 but later as the Wharnecliffe Arms it became the property of A.H.Smith's Don Brewery. Today it is a Ward's house.

James Lomax Cockayne died on the llth June 1877. He was succeeded by his two sons, George Thomas and William James. These two had the running of the brewery until its closure.

The two Cockaynes acquired the following public houses steadily but surely: -

1878 Garrison Arms, Penistone Road, Sheffield. *

1879 Great Britain, John Street, Sheffield. Roscoe Arms, Henry Street, Sheffield.

1880 Beehive, Dykes Hall Road, Wadsley.

1881 Railway Inn, Princess Street/Attercliffe Road, Sheffield.

1882 British Oak, Oak Street, Heeley, Sheffield.

1884 Robin Hood, Attercliffe Road, Sheffield.

1885 Thatched House, Fargate, Sheffield.

1887 Cock Inn, Hollis Croft, Sheffield.

A new company, J.L.Cockayne & Sons, was formed in June 1889.

1889 Freemason's Arms, Walkley Lane, Sheffield. Mason's Arms, Capel Street, Sheffield.

1890 Leg of Mutton, Cupola Lane, Grenoside.

1892 Florist Inn, Walkley Road, Sheffield. Sportsman's Arms, Cliff Street, Sheffield.

1894 Red Lion, Cambridge Street, Sheffield.

1898 Sportsman's Inn, Redmires Road, Sheffield. Gardeners' Rest, Neepsend Lane, Sheffield.

1899 Pheasant Inn, Sheffield Lane Top.

It has been recorded elsewhere that Allsopp's of Burton took over Cockaynes' in 1899 but the author can find no evidence for this assertion. The Brewers' Gazette for January 1914 refers to the purchase of Cockayne's by John Smith's of Tadcaster for £96,000. The three directors of the Owlerton Brewery to convey the bulk of the tied estate to Smith's were George Thomas Cockayne, William James Cockayne and William Vibart Dixon. The brewery has been demolished.

Source : Soth Yorkshire Stingo - A directory of South Yorkshire Brewers 1758-1995, David Lloyd Parry.

[RichardB]

Re Cockayne family and the Owlerton Brewery, Capel street

The Brewers' Gazette for January 1914 .... do we know more about this please anyone ?

Source : South Yorkshire Stingo - A directory of South Yorkshire Brewers 1758-1995, David Lloyd Parry.

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