Buckley's Brewery

Deeds and Documents: Buckley's Brewery, 1815 - 1938; Additional papers, 1786 - 1975.

The business of Buckley's Brewery started in 1767, when Henry Child (b. 1742) from Freystrop, Pembrokeshire, a prominent Methodist, started to brew beer in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. He had come to Llanelli as estate agent for Sir Thomas Stepney (d. 1772) of Prendergast, near Haverfordwest, who owned a malthouse and a brewhouse. Child acquired the freehold of Felinfoel mill in Llanelli. The population increase caused his brewing business to flourish. The Rev. James Buckley (1770-1839) from Oldham, Lancashire, married Maria, the daughter of Henry Child, and developed the brewery. When he died, his second son, another James Buckley, managed the company. After his death in 1883, the business fell into the hands of his three sons, who from then on traded as the Buckley Brothers. In 1998, brewing ceased in Llanelli and the beer production moved to Cardiff. William Bythway worked as the clerk of James Buckley, and was interested in James Buckley's daughter.

Arranged chronologically

Ar Agor / Open

Dim cyfyngiadau / No Restrictions

Adnau preifat / Private deposit

Acc Nos: 5063; 5245; 7357; 5790; 6103; & 6878.

Mae copiau clawr caled o`r catalogau ar gael yn Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin ac yn y Gofrestr Cenedlaethol Archifau. Polisi Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin yw catalogio yn iaith y ddogfen / Hard copies of the catalogue are available at Carmarthenshire Archives and the National Register of Archives. It is the policy of Carmarthenshire Archives to catalogue in the language of the document.

Cyflwr da / Good condition

Compiled by Annette Strauch for Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin / Carmarthenshire Archives using the following sources: Carmarthenshire Archives Service, Catalogue of Buckley's Brewery Papers; website The Beer (www.sabrain.co.uk), viewed 24 September 2003; Llanelli Historical website (www.llanelli-historical-society.co.uk), viewed 24 September 2003; Craig, R. S., Buckley's Brewery, Bro Buckley: the story of Buckley's Brewery its houses and its country (Llanelli, [198?]; Richards, Melville, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff 1969); Nicholas, Thomas, Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County families of Wales (Baltimore, 1991 (fascimile of 1875 ed.); Jones, Francis, The Francis Jones Treasury of Historic Carmarthenshire (Pembrokeshire 2002); Llanelli History website (www.llanelli-history.i12.com), viewed 29 September 2003; Swansea Local History website (www.page-net.com), viewed 29 September 2003; James, Heather, ed., Sir Gar, Studies in Carmarthenshire History (Carmarthen, 1991); Carmarthen Record Office Survey of Archival Holdings.

Mae'r holl gofnodiadau sy'n cydymffurfio â pholisi casglu Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin wedi eu cadw / All records which meet the collection policy of the Carmarthenshire Archives have been retained

Deposited in 1967, 1976 and 1990.

Ni ddisgwylir croniadau / Accruals are not expected

Further material relating to the Buckley's Brewery Additional Records are the Carmarthenshire Archive Service, Derwydd Muniments, and Stepney Collection; Carmarthenshire Archive Service, Buckleys Brewery Records, 1989.