From the Mitcham News & Mercury
24th January 1958
Mrs. Winifred Annie Leney, wife of Mr. Sam Leney, who was licensee of the Queen’s Head public house at the Cricket Green for 28 years, died suddenly on Tuesday at the Licensed Victuallers’ Benevolent Institution, Peckham. She was 72.
The couple moved from Mitcham in 1953.
Useful when trying to date a pub. For example, the Queen’s Head at the Cricket Green was a Crowley pub in 1893, so in 1911 it would have been a Hoare’s and then in 1933 it would have become a Charrington one.
Charrington took over Directly
| Year | Brewer | Of |
|---|---|---|
| 1833 | Steward & Head | Stratford |
| 1890 | Bell’s | Fulham |
| 1891 | East’s | Kingston |
| 1903 | Walker’s | Gravesend |
| 1909 | Campbell Johnstone | Notting Hill |
| 1911 | Chandler’s (1/2) | London |
| 1916 | Brook’s | Peckham |
| 1920 | Notting Hill (1/2) | |
| 1925 | Savill Bros. | Stratford |
| 1927 | Tilney’s | Whitechapel |
| 1929 | Seabrooke & Sons | Grays |
and indirectly Tilney’s of Whitechapel had taken over:
| Year | Brewer | Of |
|---|---|---|
| 1914 | Blythe & Squier | Stanford-le-Hope |
| 1927 | Baddow |
Hoare’s of London took over:
| Year | Brewer | Of |
|---|---|---|
| Fox’s | ||
| Walburton | ||
| 1923 | Lion |
Lion had taken over
| Year | Brewer | Of |
|---|---|---|
| Waltham | ||
| Chandlers (1/2) | ||
| 1914 |
Hoare’s of London then took over:
| Year | Brewer | Of |
|---|---|---|
| Golding (Houses) | ||
| Wooldridge (Houses) | Tottenham | |
| 1911 | Lock Smith | |
| Santer’s Caledonian | ||
| 1912 | Mitcham & Cheam | |
| 1919 | Norwood | |
| 1919 | Crowley | Croydon |
| 1925 | New Cross (Houses) | |
| 1926 | City of London (Houses) | |
| 1928 | Commercial (Houses) | |
| 1928 | Swan (Houses) | Fulham |
| 1929 | Page & Overton | Croydon |
Page & Overton of Croydon of London took over:
| Year | Brewer | Of |
|---|---|---|
| 1903 | Shirley | |
| 1903 | Royal Oak | Croydon |
| 1903 | Youell & Elkins | Horley |
| 1903 | Bradley’s | Epsom |
| 1903 | Verralls | Southover |
| 1903 | Britannia | Old Kent Road |
| 1921 | Lamberhurst | |
| 1930 | Ballard | Lewes |
Hoare’s of London then took over:
| Year | Brewer | Of |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Page & Overton | Croydon |
| 1930 | West’s | Bethnal Green |
Charrington took over Hoare’s of London in 1933
Charrington then took over
| Year | Brewer | Of |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Thompson’s | Walmer |
| 1951 | Kenward & Court, Hammerton (part) | |
| 1954 | Kemp Town | Brighton |
Source: page 48, A Brewer’s Progress 1757 – 1957, by L.A.G. Strong
From Wikipedia:
In 1967 Charrington merged with Bass and Mitchell & Butler to form Bass Charrington Ltd.
In 1997 Bass Charrington sold off its pubs and the buyer created Punch Taverns.
Mitcham History Notes 