Faversham buildings [5]
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Faversham buildings [5]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 10 Sep 2021
Behind the red brick wall in Church Street are various departments of the Fremlin's brewery - the carpenters shop, the coopers shop and the old cask yard. Built circa 1890 in red brick with slate and asbestos slate roofs. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1240601 The Rigden brewery, founded in the early 18th century, became George Beer & Rigden before being purchased by Fremlin's. Whitbread bought out Fremlin's in 1967, and closed the Faversham brewery in 1990. Faversham is a market town in Kent, some 41 miles southeast of London and 8½ miles west of Canterbury. Settlement goes back to the pre-Roman period. Kent is the centre of hop-growing in England and Faversham has been the home of several breweries, including the Shepherd Neame Brewery, founded in 1698. Faversham was the centre of the explosives industry between the 17th and early 20th century, before a decline following an accident in 1916 which killed over 100 workers.
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