Morland Brewery
Brewery in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Morland was an English brewery founded in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, and was brewing beer industrially by 1711.[1] It was the second oldest brewer in England [2] up until it was bought by Greene King in 2000. Morland's beers include Hen's Tooth, Old Speckled Hen, Tanner's Jack and Morland's Original.
Location | Westgate Street Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk United Kingdom |
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Opened | 1711 |
Closed | 2000 |
Owned by | Greene King (2000) |
John Morland founded the brewery in Abingdon in 1711. In the 1860s, Morland bought Abbey Brewery and Eagle Brewery and in 1885 changed its name to United Breweries. The company bought several more breweries and around 1944 changed its name back to Morland. In 1979, Morland created Old Speckled Hen, one of their most popular beers, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the MG car factory in Abingdon, England. [3][4]
As one of the Morland properties, the Ock Street brewery in Abingdon was sold to Greene King, who immediately revealed plans to close it. The company said it would transfer the Ruddles and Old Speckled Hen brands to its own brewery in Bury St Edmunds.[5] It was indeed soon closed and converted into residential housing.[1]