Founded by John Courage at the Anchor Brewhouse site. The earliest existing building dates from 1871 and was largely rebuilt in 1894 - 1895. Reconstructed, restored and refurbished in 1985 - 1989. Grade II listed. The business merged with Barclay Perkins in 1955.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Courage brewery - Horselydown Lane
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Anchor Brewhouse
This Anchor Brewhouse is nothing to do with the Anchor Brewery at Park Street.
Jacob the dray horse
We are not convinced by the derivation of Horselydown. Horses don't lie down ...
Other Subjects
donkeys of Covent Garden
100,000 costermongers' donkeys worked in and around the market. Â The picture source says: "In the 1860s there were as many as 2,000 donkey barrows on a Saturday morning in Covent Garden Market."
1 memorial
Barking Lord Scruff
Music critic, dog poet, photographic model and all round good egg.
1 memorial
National Anti-Vivisection Society
The world’s first body to challenge the use of animals in research, founded by Frances Power Cobbe, in Victoria Street SW1 as the Victoria Street Society. 1898 the group split over whether it shoul...
1 memorial
Hyde Park Barracks / Knightsbridge Barracks
This site was first developed in 1795 for use by the Horse Guards. The barracks were designed by architect James Johnson and buildings were added up to 1803. (British History Online – 1st Barracks ...
2 memorials
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