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Watney Combe & Reid was a leading brewery in London. At its peak in the 1930s it was a constituent of the FT 30 index of leading companies on the London Stock Exchange. It produced Watney's Red Barrel.
Registered as Watney, Combe, Reid & Co. Ltd in June 1898 to amalgamate Watney & Co. Ltd; Combe & Co. Ltd, Woodyard Brewery; and Reid's Brewery Co. Ltd, Griffin Brewery. They merged with Mann, Crossman & Paulin Ltd in 1958 to form Watney Mann Ltd.
List of Watney, Combe, Reid & Co. Ltd Pubs. This is a partial list of Watney Combe Reid pubs. For other districts, see: Watney, Combe, Reid & Co Pubs in London SW; Watney, Combe, Reid & Co Pubs in London (WC and W)
London Metropolitan Archives hold most of Reid's records, also a few Watney and some Combe records as well as a large number of Watney Combe Reid and Watney Mann records - see...
Combe & Co. Ltd, Woodyard Brewery, Castle Street (later Shelton Street), Long Acre, London WC2. Founded in about 1722. Acquired by Combe in June 1787. Registered in 1888. Merged with Watney & Co. Ltd and Reid's Brewery Co. Ltd in July 1898 to form Watney, Combe, Reid & Co. Ltd. The Woodyard Brewery closed in 1905. Buildings remain.
Watney, Combe, Reid was the first big merger in British brewing. Until then breweries had mostly grown organically, expanding their premises as their trade grew. Guinness, Bass and Allsopp are good examples of this kind of growth.
Watney Combe Reid. Categories: Commerce, Food & Drink. Image source: en.wikipedia.org. In 1837 James Watney (1800 - 84) became a partner in the Stag Brewery, Pimlico and the Watney family were the main partners there for much of the 19th century.
