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Brewing commenced
c1750
All persons having Claim or Demand on the Estate or Effects of John Oliver,
late of South Creak, Maltster, Brewer, &c., were requested to send their
Accounts to Robert John Oliver in a notification dated 1st June 1842.
All those indebted to the said Deceased were to settle without delay.
Robert Oliver was succeeded by his brother Thomas Oliver.
Edward Oliver then followed and in the 1880's his widow Hannah Oliver took over.
James
Pinchen was a Baking Powder and Mineral Water supplier in Corpusty until he acquired the
South Creake Brewery by 1896.
The brewery was destroyed by fire during August 1898, with the damage estimated at £3000.
By 1908 the brewery was rebuilt and trading as Pinchen & Sons.
Offered For Sale by Auction, Saturday, 7th August 1915.
Included were the Brewery, The Chequers adjoining and the Earl of Leicester,
North Creake.
Also a Residence, Stabling and an enclosure of Land on South Creake Common.
Bidding started at £1,500 but at £2,650 the property was withdrawn.
Brewing appears to have ceased at about this time.
By 1921 the premises were used to produce razor blades.
See
CHEQUERS
which adjoined the brewery.
The Tower was offered for sale during 1985 with planning permission for conversion into a
( `Luxury') dwelling.