BRIEF GUIDE TO THE PAPERS:
B15/1:
Papers and deeds relating to the brewery of Sir John Treacher, and properties owned by him.
B15/2:
Deeds and papers concerning Halls Brewery proper, and properties bought directly by the company.
B15/3:
Papers and deeds concerning Wooten & Cole, of the St. Clements Brewery, Oxford (who were bought up by Weaving & Sons below).
B15/4:
Papers and deeds concerning M. Weaving & Sons, of the Eagle Steam Brewery in Park End Street, Oxford.
B15/5:
Papers and deeds concerning Shillingford & Co., of Bicester.
B15/6:
Papers and deeds concerning Hanley & Co., of the City Brewery, Queen Street, Oxford.
B15/7:
Papers and deeds concerning Fairthorne & Phillips of the Eagle Brewery, Faringdon, taken over by W.G. Phillips & Sons of the Tower Brewery, Oxford.
B15/8:
Papers and deeds concerning the Watlington Brewery Company.
B15/9:
Papers and deeds concerning William Blencowe & Company of Brackley, Northamptonshire.
B15/10:
Deeds and papers concerning properties which cannot be assigned to any of the above breweries.
B15/11:
Family papers of the Hall family, unrelated to the brewing business, concerning property outside Oxfordshire, and some wills and marriage
settlements.
Further details on each section may be found in the list of contents at the start of the catalogue.