Taylor Walker and Co

Taylor Walker & Co was a brewery founded in 1730 in Stepney as Salmon and Hare, and later became Hare and Hartford.

In 1796 John Taylor acquired Hare's share, and the company took the name Taylor Walker in 1816 when Isaac Walker became a partner.

The brewery moved to Fore Street, Limehouse in 1823 and into the Barley Mow Brewery in 1889.

Taylor Walker & co merged with Ind Coope and Ansells in 1959 to become Allied Breweries. Allied itself merged with Carlsberg in 1992 and became Carlsberg-Tetley.

The Barley Mow Brewery brewery was closed in 1960 and was taken down in the mid-sixties.

The Barley Mow pub in Limehouse was attached to the brewery, it is now called The Narrow and is owned by Gordon Ramsay Holdings.

Beer bearing the Taylor Walker name was brewed at the Burton plant of Allied Breweries (Ind Coope's successor) until the mid 1990s.

Sources of Information

• [1] Wikipedia