This second part of the Newland and Nash story starts with F.T. Young and W.P. Newland running a brewery on Duck Mill Lane. Frederick Thomas Young was born c.1835 at 9 Elms in Surrey. By 1862 he was the manager of the long established St. Paul's Brewery, owned by the Newland family of Kempston House. In 1871 he employed 12 men, making it one of the largest breweries of the town. In 1873 on the death of Bingham Newland, the Brewery was sold up and bought by Thomas Jarvis, owner of the recently built Phoenix Brewery. He wanted the public houses as outlets for his own Brewery and always intended to sell the site of St. Paul's Brewery, which he did in 1875 to the Harpur Trust to expand the site of the school.
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F.T. Young & Co, Bedford, Large Stoneware Beer Flagon, BEDFM 2008.42.275, Chrystal Collection |
Being made redundant following the St. Paul’s Brewery land sale, F.T. Young decided to set up on his own. He leased an area north of the Duck Mill Lane, St. Mary's Parish, Bedford, from Anthony Tacchi a Carver, Gilder and Barometer maker on the High Street. Young pulled down the existing buildings and constructed a modern brick built steam brewery.
It was fully completed by February 1873. The Brewery formed part
of a major development of the Duck Mill Lane area. A variety of tradesmen set
up and developed their yards and factory sites there. Samuel Foster, the important
Building Contractor, had offices built here at the same time. In 1870 the Island
Skating Rink and Pounds for George B. Lincoln were completed. These years also
saw the increased development of housing in the area.
On 29th December 1873 F.T. Young bought a small Brewery based on the
'Old Swan' at Eaton Socon from William Bowyer of Buckden for £3,200. The sale
included 5 public houses in the Eaton Socon/ St. Neots area.
On 1st October 1874 ,F.T. Young went into partnership with William
Pritzler Newland who was the brother of his former employer Bingham Newland.
Because of the terms of his brother's will, W.P. Newland had not been able to
inherit St. Paul's Brewery. Before going into partnership with F.T. Young
William had already run his own malting on the west side of Elstow Road. F.T.
Young following the expansion of his
brewery and holdings was short of ready money and struggling to keep up with
his bills, so the merger presented many solutions.
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| Newland and Young, Brewers, Wine and Spirit Merchants, Bedford, Stoneware Flagon, BEDFM 2008.42.259, Chrystal Collection |
W.P. Newland gained the Kempston estate on the death of his brother. He used the estate as security for a loan and provided the necessary finance to start his joint venture with F.T. Young. They purchased a number of existing public houses but interestingly, they purchased nothing in Bedford, near to their Brewery. With 7 other Breweries (of which 4 were recently built or enlarged) the competition for any public houses for sale was keen in the Bedford area. Newland and Young starting a little after the rest were at a disadvantage. After building the Brewery they had little spare finance for developing building sites for public houses.
On 10th January 1878 F.T. Young transferred his share of the business to
W.P. Newland. Whether Newland bought him out or there was a disagreement is
unclear, as none of the documents relating to the transaction have survived.
W.P. Newland expanded the business at a very slow rate. The scattered
nature of the Brewery's holdings must have caused high transport costs and it
seems as if the venture was not all that successful as the Kempston estate and
the Brewery had to be mortgaged.
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| W P Newland, Stoneware Beer Flagon, BEDFM 2008.42.176, Chrystal Collection |
Thanks to Bedfordshire Archives for their background information – you can find a full description here.
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