Notice was given 19th August 1847 that the Brewing Business lately carried out in the names of Messrs. Cornish and Ezra Pilgrim, would in future be continued as Cornish Pilgrim only Mr. Cornish Pilgrim is recorded as a brewer at Dog Lane or Dog Corner from at least 1851 (age 33) and as a Master Brewer, Postmaster, Beerhouse Keeper and Coal Seller in 1861. Brewer Cornish Pilgrim died 11th May 1875 - age 56. On 21st February 1877, Martha Pilgrim, Administratrix of Cornish Pilgrim, deceased, advised that the business of her husband would carry on under the title Martha Pilgrim & Sons. In October 1877 the Brewing Plant of Mr. Cornish Pilgrim, deceased, was to be sold by private contract. On 28th August 1882 Cornish Pilgrim was granted an Off-licence. On 10th May 1893, Walter and Frank Press gave notification that they had purchased the business of Mr. Cornish Pilgrim and that the business would continue as Cornish Pilgrim and Company. Mr. Pilgrim would be Manager of the said business.

Walter & Frank Press applied for a retail licence for their new brewery, Tuesday 25th August 1896. At the time they held a strong beer dealer's licence.
The premises on New Road had recently been converted from a foundry into a brewery.
They were prepared to relinquish the licence of their retail premises in Vicarage Street, run by Mr. Cornish Pilgrim.
In spite of objection from local temperance societies, and their observation that the new brewery stood close to the Recreation Ground, the magistrates agreed to grant the retail licence on condition that the Vicarage Street one was given up.

(One of the objections was that a large number of the members of the Total Abstinence Society had had moved to the area in order to "be out of the way of the temptations presented in the town".)

To celebrate the opening of the new brewery and the change of name from Cornish, Pilgrim & Co. to that of Walter & Frank Press, on the evening of Saturday 8th October 1896, the inhabitants of the New Town and employees of Press & Pallet were entertained in a spacious room in the new premises. Eighty persons participated.
Mr. E. Press confirmed that he would be able to supply a brew from entirely malt and hops, and those who partook of it would wake up the next morning without having a headache.