The company was founded by David Magee in 1853 and the Crown Brewery built in 1866. The Grapes brewery and Horseshoe breweries of David Marshall were purchased in 1885. Registration followed in 1888. It became part of the Greenall Whitley group in 1959.
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14 July, 2021
at 9:53 pm
Henry Robinson 1841 Standish had John, James, Matha, Ann & Ellen for sons & daughters. Ellen Ann Robinson was Henry’s youngest child. Our 3rd Great Auntie who married Morris. She was looking after the deeds being the last family member in the brewery. John Robinson our 2nd Great Grandfather owned Admiral Napier in 1871 before it moved to King Street & Rodney Street Wigan in 1881.