Site of Anchor Brewery
List of brewers:
The Monger family 1616-1670
Josiah Child 1670-1693
Edmund Halsey MP 1693-1729
Ralph Thrale 1729-1758
Henry Thrale 1758-1781
Barclay, Perkins & Co 1781-1955
Courage Ltd 1955-1986
SE1, Park Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Anchor Brewery
Started by John Courage in Horselydown Lane. Ran the Anchor Brewery in Park S...
James Monger the elder established the Anchor Brewery in 1616 and ran it unti...
London merchant and director of the East India Company. Known as both Josiah ...
Born Hertfordshire, a distant relative of Josiah Child. Â Joined the Anchor Br...
Born 1724/1730, son of Ralph. Wealthy by dint of inheriting the Anchor Brewer...
The base can be seen in our photo immediately behind the 'open book' which is the replacement memorial.
The plaque is around the corner in Dawes Street.
This cast-iron roundel is one of 22 - see Bowler's page for more details.
After we'd posted this our colleague Andrew Behan added some biographical details for the two men.
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