Records of James Deuchar Ltd, brewers, Sunderland, England

• Memorandum and articles of association, 1898-1955;
• Financial records, 1946–1960;
• Production records, 1952–1953;
• Sales records, 1956;
• Licensed premises records, 1944;
• Property records, c1788–1875;
• Promotional material, 1938–1939;
• Photographs, undated.

James Deuchar acquired the Ridley Arms Brewery, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle–upon–Tyne, in 1880 and the Monkwearmouth Brewery in Sunderland in 1890. James Deuchar Ltd was registered in July 1894 as a limited liability company to acquire the business. The Ridley Arms Brewery was closed in 1895. In 1898 the company was liquidated and a new company with the same name was reconstructed and registered in August to acquire the assets of the old. The company acquired William Ross & Co, Lochside Brewery, North East Road, Montrose, in 1926. The Monkwearmouth Brewery ceased to brew in 1936 and was converted into a mineral water factory. Newcastle Breweries Ltd acquired the company along with 125 licensed houses and hotels, in 1956. The Lochside Brewery ceased to brew in the same year, and it was sold to Macnab Distilleries Ltd and converted to a whisky distillery. Distilling ceased in 1992 and the building was demolished in 2005.

The material is arranged according to the Scottish Brewing Archive classification scheme used within all SBA collections.

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Scottish & Newcastle plc and Lochside Distillery.

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This material has been appraised in line with standard GB 248 procedures.

The collection was previously stored with the rest of the Scottish Brewing Archive at Heriot–Watt University. It moved to the University of Glasgow in 1991. Custody of the Scottish Brewing Archive was transferred to Glasgow University Archive Services in 2008.

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• GB 248 AD: Records of Alexander Deuchar Ltd;
• GB 248 RD: Records of Robert Deuchar Ltd;
• GB 248 NEW: Records of Newcastle Breweries Ltd;
• GB 0183 DS/JD: Records of James Deuchar Ltd (Tyne and Wear Archives Services);
• GB 0183 1463: Records of Newcastle Breweries Ltd (Tyne and Wear Archives Service).

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