Chorlton-upon-Medlock Brewery
of Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester
1853 Advert: 'EAST INDIA PALE ALE.- NO ADVANCE ! The Executors of the late THOMAS BAKE beg to inform their customers and the public that they have NOT ADVANCED the PRICES of their PALE ALES, of which they have now on hand a Large Stock of the best quality, in splendid condition.
Chorlton-upon-Medlock Brewery, Jenkinson-street.'[1]
1857 Advert: 'BAKE'S BREWERY. KAY-STREET, ARDWICK - THOMAS BAKE (late of the Chorlton-on-Medlock Brewery) respectfully announces that he has TAKEN the above Established and Complete BREWERY, and solicits the patronage of his friends and the public.' [2]
Location
The 1848 36" O.S. map shows the brewery with its frontage on Jenkinson Street, in a block of houses bounded by Burns Street, Ormond Street, and Tuer Street. A cortyard behind the brewery had its entrance on Jenkinson Street, and behind a building on the south side of the courtyard the small Corn Brook made a rare appearance, having been generally culverted. The 1894 O.S. map shows that the brewery had been expanded, replacing houses on Burns Street. The 1916 O.S.map shows a chocolate works at this location.