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The Fakenham Brewery was founded c1810, following the sale of a substantial private property, which had been advertised for sale June 1809.

First owner of the brewery was Abraham Page, but he was bankrupt by August 1811.
Control then passed to James Page who appears to have been assisted in funding by the HOGG(E) & HERBERT  Brewery at Setchy Bridge, Wormegay.

In May 1826 the brewery was offered for sale and by 1827 Stephen Read was the owner, but he died two years later. His son Daniel then took over management of the business which was known as Mrs. Read's Fakenham Brewery.

Ownership passed to John Brereton of Brinton in 1840 ( Who married Elizabeth Brereton, only daughter of Robert J. I. Brereton of Blakeney in June 1841).
William Crisp managed the business.
The death of John Brereton is recorded March 1861 and from then his wife Elizabeth, along with Robert Pearson Brereton, continued to run the brewery. Thomas Charlton became manager following the death of William Crisp in (June?)1865.
(All persons indebted to the Estate of the late William Crisp were requested to settle their accounts in a notice published 12th August 1865.

In 1872, Thomas Charlton, manager of the Fakenham Brewery, advertised that they were sole agents in Fakenham, for the supply of Ind Coope & Co's Burton and Romford Ales.

The brewery was purchased by Thomas Charlton on 30th April 1872 for £1,300.

 In August 1880 Thomas Charlton of the Fakenham Brewery, applied for a licence to allow for consumption and sale of beer on the brewery premises. The licence was granted during September that year.

In 1891 the Fakenham Brewery was sold to Greene King for £7,100.
Of that  £6,100 was for the brewery plus 6 freehold houses, £500 for fixtures and fittings and £500 for goodwill.
Brewing ceased in about 1892.

In 1917, the surviving public houses went from Greene King to Steward & Patteson, in exchange for houses in Mildenhall, Suffolk.

  

Thanks to Mike Welland for his researches.