Two Brewers Beerhouse

Two Brewers Beerhouse: Back Street, Potton

Two Brewers entry in a sale catalogue [GK1/36]

It is not clear, from documents held by Bedfordshire & Luton Archives & Records Service, when this beerhouse| began but it was in existence by the time of the first licensing register for the district held by BLARS in 1872. Like a number of other drinking establishments in the area it was owned by Thomas Strickland and subsequently by his trustees after his death. Again, like most of these, it was then leased by the trustees to Sandy, later Potton, brewer Alfred Richardson. It is unclear from records when Richardson ceased to run the business but the likely date appears to be around 1894 when a number of mortgages he took out were redeemed. Wells & Company had the property when they were purchased by Kent businessman George Winch for his son Edward Bluett Winch in 1899. The Two Brewers closed some time after 1915.

List of Licensees: note that this is not a complete list. Italics indicate licensees whose beginning and/or end dates are not known:
1872-1879: Thomas Parkin;
1879-1880: Henry Parkin;
1880-1883: Henry Mountain;
1883-1886: Thomas Charter;
1886-1898: Charles Head;
1898-1899: Eliza Head;
1899-1900: Francis Langley;
1900-1907: Frederick Sambrook;
1907: Thomas Owen;
1907-1908: Morgan Carwell;
1908-1909: George Wright;
1909-1910: Henry Warren;
1910-1915: Martha Warren.
Beerhouse closed some time after 1915

References:
- X501/22: recital of assignment of cottage from William Bigg to George Sampson: 1802;
- HF143/1: Register of Alehouse Licences - Biggleswade Petty Sessional Division: 1872-1873;
- HF143/2: Register of Alehouse Licences - Biggleswade Petty Sessional Division: 1874-1877;
- X501/12: provisional deed of charge by Alfred Richardson to William Thomas Chapman of property including four Potton public houses: 1877;
- HF143/3: Register of Alehouse Licences - Biggleswade Petty Sessional Division: 1878-1881;
- X501/22: assignment of charge by William Cooper and William Ingram Franklin of several properties to Alfred Richardson: 1879;
- HF143/4: Register of Alehouse Licences - Biggleswade Petty Sessional Division: 1882-1890;
- HF143/5: Register of Alehouse Licences - Biggleswade Petty Sessional Division: 1891-1900;
- GK164/16 and 18: covenant by Alfred Richardson to surrender Two Brewers to John Brown Staines Holden: 1894;
- X501/15: mortgaged, with other property, by Alfred Richardson to William Thomas Chapman: 1880, redeemed 1894;
- X501/16: mortgaged, with other property, by Alfred Richardson to Henry Raynes: 1881, redeemed 1894;
- GK1/36: three sales catalogues bound together: Wells & Company of Biggleswade 1898; Henlow Brewery 1899; Baldock Brewery Limited 1903;
- HF143/6: Register of Alehouse Licences - Biggleswade Petty Sessional Division: 1900-1914;
- PSBW8/1: Register of Alehouse Licences - Biggleswade Petty Sessional Division: 1903-1915.