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John Brereton (1687 - 1772) is recorded as a brewer in 1721
and probably founded the brewery and maltings in the
previous decade.Ө
The business was sold to corn miller John Priest in 1755,
who was bankrupted in 1756.
Henry Hagen became owner from 1757 until his death in May 1780
Hagen's Brewery is mentioned in November 1780.
IIn 1781, William Hardy (1732 - 1811) purchased the business and
traded to 1797, when William Hardy jun (1770 - 1842) took over.
(William Hardy had married Mary at hissonsett in 1765. He was then living at
East Dereham)
According to Mary Hardy's diary they moved to Letheringsett after William
Hardy saw the dwelling house,
brewery and 50 acres of land up for sale in 1781. <See bottom of page>
Ownership passed to William Hardy Cozens in 1842 upon the death of William Hardy (Son of
the original William Hardy)
He changed his name to William Cozens-Hardy as a condition of William Hardy's will.
The company was trading as W. H. Cozens-Hardy & Sons by 1888.
William Cozens-Hardy died in 1895 and the estate was sold to Morgans, who were in control
by 1897.
29 public houses plus 9 perches of land adjoining the Bell Inn at Fakenham were included
in the sale to Morgans.
The premises were used for manufacture of soft drinks for a brief period,
but by 1906 it became a bottle store.
In 1936 the brew-house and malt-mill were destroyed by fire.
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norfolkpubs thanks Margaret Bird for
her permission to include licensee names, discovered in
her researches, producing 4 volumes
in the series
Mary Hardy and Her World.
See separate page.
Where licensee names have been used from the Mary Hardy World, 1773 to 1809, this symbol will be shown Ө
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