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of Smethwick
1862 Henry Mitchell started in business as a brewer.
1866 The Crown Brewery, Smethwick, was started
1878 Transferred to a new site at Cape Hill in Smethwick
1887 Henry Mitchell and Co was incorporated as a limited company
1897 The business was amalgamated with Butler's Crown Brewery, of Birmingham forming Mitchells and Butlers
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