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| Folkestone Chronicle Advertisement 18-2-1877 |
Advertisement
Imperial Brewery (Late Burton), Tontine Street
Messrs. A. Langton & Co.
On taking possession of the above Brewery, trust that the numerous Friends and Customers of the late firm will continue and increase their support to them.
They beg to inform the Nobility and Inhabitants of Folkestone and Neighbourhood that they intend brewing only first class Ales and Porter, and selling nothing but the purest Wines and Spirits. By doing this they trust that they will be favoured with a fair share of their patronage.
Folkestone, Nov. 1st, 1876
Folkestone Chronicle 19-5-1877
The Folkestone Brewery
The alterations recently made in the Folkestone Brewery, Tontine Street, have been so extensive that these buildings have undergone a complete change. True, the old shell remains, but inside, the new machinery, and other costly appliances for making beer have been erected at a cost of several thousand pounds, the work having so far been carried out, and will be completed, by Mr. J.Q. Petts, builder of this town. Those who have read Anthony Trollope`s amusing work “Rachal Ray” will recollect the quarrel between Tappit and Rowan, the partners, as to the quality of the beer brewed, and how it ended in Tappit resigning his share in the business for a consideration, to allow Rowan to carry out his determination to brew good beer. Mr. Langton is animated with a like spirit and is resolved to raise the character of the Folkestone Brewery, and to produce as good a glass of beer as any country brewer can turn out. To achieve this end an almost clean sweep has been made of the old machinery, which has been substituted for everything calculated to produce what Mr. Langton has so perseveringly designed to accomplish. There is so much mystery connected with beer making, the hot and cold tanks, the quantity of hops used, the heat applied, the fermentation, the refining, the application of wort and liquor, that we must confess being confused when attempting to give a description. Happily we are not dependent on our limited knowledge in this respect, but a gentleman, well acquainted with all branches of brewing, has supplied us with information. The perfect character of the large receptacles used shows that no expense has been spared to provide the best of machinery, and to this, without which the best of appliances is vain, is added thoroughly tested skill. In beer making, as in every other thing, much depends on the ingredients and the mixing of them. Mr. Langton, who has had large experience, superintends the whole of the arrangements, and his ordinary beer is as good as can be desired. The best malt and hops are used, it is brewed in a wholesome manner, and free from adulteration of any kind, and the same can be said of everything turned out of the brewery. Independent of the brewery works, there are large new storehouses for malt and hops, offices erected, and capacious spirit cellars have been built. The water used is supplied from the Folkestone Waterworks Company, which is considered the purest and best for the purpose. It has been a matter of surprise that in a town the size of Folkestone a brewery has not hitherto been rewarded with more success. This we believe has been chiefly owing to the want of enterprise, and it will take some time before the successful efforts now made receive the result they deserve. The proprietor of the Folkestone Brewery has had to combat with prejudices arising from the memory of inferior liquors which have been produced from this place. Nothing is more difficult to remove than the impression made by derogatory things said of such articles of consumption, and however good the beer now produced may be it will require some time before it`s excellent qualities become generally acknowledged, and in fairness to those who have embarked on a speculation from which the town derives good, we feel we ought to give praise where it is so well merited. Mr. Langton is determined to make the Folkestone Brewery worthy of the place. We hope that Folkestone people will appreciate Folkestone brewed beer, porter, and ales, and thus reward the spirited proprietor who has so courageously embarked in this enterprise.
Southeastern Gazette
21-4-1879
Local News
At the Police
Court on Saturday, Edward Bell, late a drayman in the employ of Messrs. Langton
and Co. brewers, Tontine Street, Folkestone, was charged with embezzling £4, the property of his masters. He
pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three months’ hard labour.
Folkestone Express 26-4-1879
Saturday, April 19th: Before Alderman Caister, General Cannon, Alderman Sherwood, and Colonel De Crespigny.
Edward Bell, a drayman, was brought up on a warrant charged with having, on the 4th June, 1878, embezzled the sum of £4, the money of his master, Mr. Arthur Langton, brewer, of Tontine Street.
Sarah Piddock, wife of George Piddock, a carpenter, now living at West Hythe, said her husband formerly kept the Bellevue Inn, Folkestone. On June 18th last she paid the prisoner £4, which was owing by her to Mr. Langton, and he gave her the receipt produced, which he signed in her presence.
Stuart Bird, a clerk in Mr. Langton`s employ, said it was part of prisoner`s duty to receive money from customers, and to pay it over to witness immediately. The signature to the bill produced he believed to be in the prisoner`s handwriting. Prisoner had not paid over the amount on the day he received it, or on any subsequent day. Prisoner left Mr. Langton`s service on the 1st of August.
Prisoner pleaded Guilty, and Mr. Langton asked the Magistrates to deal with the case as leniently as they consistently could. Prisoner had borne a very good character, and he had a wife and large family.
He was sentenced to three months` hard labour.
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| The former Langton`s Brewery can be seen in the background, damaged during the Gotha Raid on Folkestone, 25-5-1917. This photo kindly supplied by Martin Easdown, and can also be found on the Step Short website http://www.stepshort.co.uk/ |
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| Langton`s Brewery Advertisement. Photo kindly supplied by Peter Moynihan
Folkestone
Express 29-3-1884
Wednesday, March 26th: Before The Mayor,
Captain Crowe and Alderman Hoad.
The only case before the Bench was a charge against
Charles Collyer Sibley, a brewer, in the employ of Messrs. Langton & Co.,
of inciting P.C. Lilley to commit an offence. The prosecution was instituted by
the Watch Committee, and the evidence was unfit for publication. Mr. Bannon, of
New Romney, prosecuted, and Mr. Minter defended the accused, who was committed
for trial at the Quarter Sessions, bail being taken for his appearance.
Folkestone News
29-3-1884
Local News
At the Folkestone Borough Police Court on Wednesday,
Charles Collyer Sidney, the manager at Messrs. Langton`s Brewery, Folkestone,
was charged with unlawfully and indecently assaulting Police constable Lilley,
of the Borough Police force.
Mr. Bannon appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Minter
for defendant.
After hearing the evidence, which was not of a fit nature
to be reported, Mr. Minter, in addressing the Bench for defendant, said the
case seemed to him to be one which was utterly unworthy of their credence.
Defendant was a man who challenged all enquiry into his life from boyhood, and
there was nothing known against him to his discredit. If that was true, they
might judge of the horror with which he received the information of this
abominable charge against him. He (Mr. Minter) need hardly say that charges of
this character were most easily made, but most difficult to refute. There was
not one element of probability or truth in the policeman`s statement. Here was
a man who, it was alleged, had committed an abominable offence, who wrote his
name on a piece of paper and gave it to the man who he had been trying to
incite. Was that likely or possible? He (Mr. Minter) said that tale was utterly
improbable from beginning to end. It was an entire fabrication. If they sent
the case for trial, could they expect an intelligent jury of twelve men to
sentence defendant to utter destruction, as it would be, on the worthless
evidence of that policeman? He hoped the Bench would not forget the position in
which the defendant was placed. They had nothing of any kind in the nature of
evidence to refute the statements of the policeman, because he had placed it
beyond their power to do so, by alleging the offence to have taken place at a
time when no-one was present but defendant and himself.
Mr. Minter was about to call a witness as to prisoner`s
previous character, when the Clerk said he could not be heard as this was a
criminal proceeding.
After a short consultation, the Chairman said the Bench
had unanimously decided to send the case for trial at the next Quarter
Sessions.
After having been cautioned in the usual way as to any
statement he might make, defendant said “I am innocent of the charge, and I
submit that I ought to be allowed to call witnesses as to character, as my
solicitor proposed”.
Defendant was allowed bail in one surety of £100, and
himself in £50.
Folkestone
Chronicle 12-4-1884
Quarter Sessions
Thursday, April 10th: Before F.W. Maxton
Esq.
Charles Collyer Sibley, on bail, was charged with
indecently assaulting P.C. Lilley, at Folkestone. The Grand Jury returned a
bill of common assault only.
Mr. Dickens prosecuted, and Mr. Denman defended.
The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
The verdict was received with loud applause.
Southeastern Gazette
14-4-1884
Quarter Sessions
The Quarter
Sessions were held on Thursday, before the Deputy-Recorder, Mr. W. F. Laxton.
The cases were more important than usual, and excited much interest.
Charles Sibley,
the manager of a brewery in the town, was indicted for assaulting Robert
Lilley, a police-constable. After hearing the evidence a verdict of Not Guilty
waa returned, and loud applause was raised in the court.
Folkestone
Express 19-4-1884
Quarter Sessions
Thursday, April 10th: Before F.W. Laxton
Esq.
In the case of Charles Collyer Sibley, charged with a
serious offence against a policeman, the Grand Jury threw out the bill on the
more serious charge, and found a true bill for a common assault only.
On this count the prisoner was indicted. Mr. H.F.
Dickens prosecuted, and Mr. Denman, instructed by Mr. Minter, defended.
The evidence of P.C. Lilley, on whom the assault was
alleged to have been committed, was taken, and the constable was closely
cross-examined by Mr. Denman.
The jury, without quitting the box, returned a verdict
of Not Guilty, and the verdict was received with loud applause.
Folkestone
Express 20-2-1886
Notice
Arthur Langton, Deceased
Pursuant to the Statute 22 and 23 Victoria cap. 25, the
creditors of Arthur Langton, late of the Imperial Brewery, Folkestone, in the
county of Kent, Brewer (who died on the 16th day of October, 1885)
are on or before the 31st day of March next to send particulars of
their debts or claims to me, the undersigned. And notice is hereby given that
the Executors of the said Arthur Langton will after the said 31st
day of March next proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased, having
regard only to the claims of which they
shall then have had notice.
Dated this Fifteenth day of February, 1886
Frederick S. Stenning,
50, Earl Street, Maidstone.
Solicitor to the said Executors
Folkestone
Express 8-5-1886
Auction Advertisement
The Imperial Brewery, Folkestone,
Including 16 Beer and Public Houses connected
therewith, to be sold as an entirety, offering an attractive investment in a
healthy and otherwise favourable locality.
Messrs. Alfred Thomas, Peyer and Miles have received
directions from the Executor of the late Arthur Langton Esq.
To sell by Auction at The Mart, London, on Monday the
24th May, 1886, at Two o`clock precisely, in one lot, the excellent
Brewery Premises, Public Houses and other property above referred to.
The business has been established many years, and the
present trade in beer, wines and spirits is capable of great extension. The
fixed plant of the Brewery will be included in the sale, the consumable and
rolling stock, with book debts, by valuation, with early possession.
Particulars may be had of Frederick S. Stenning,
Solicitor, Maidstone; of Messrs. Routh, Stacey and Castle, Solicitors, 14,
Southampton Street, Bloomsbury, and of Messrs. Alfred Thomas, Peyer and Miles,
Brewery Auctioneers and Valuers, 2, Adelaide Place, London Bridge, London E.C.
Folkestone
Chronicle 29-5-1886
Local Intelligence
On Monday last Messrs. Thomas, Payer and Miles offered
for sale, at the Auction Mart, Tokenhouse Yard, London, by order of the
executors of the late Mr. Arthur Langton, the Imperial Brewery, at Folkestone,
together with 16 public and beerhouses connected with it. The total sales were
said to have averaged for the last four years nearly £7,500 per annum. The houses
are said to be all within easy range of the brewery, eight being in Folkestone,
one at Sandgate, six at Hythe, and one at Swingfield, producing altogether a
rental of £576 per annum.
The same auctioneers also offered for sale the Globe
Hotel, The Bayle, Folkestone. The first offer was £1,500 and the property was
sold for £1,910.
Folkestone
Express 29-5-1886
Local News
On Monday the well known firm of brewery valuers
&c., Messrs. Alfred Thomal, Peyer and Miles, submitted to public
competition, at the auction mart, London, the valuable property situate in
Folkestone, known as the Imperial Brewery, together with 16 licensed public and
beer houses, the property of the executors of the late Mr. Langton. There was a
very large attendance. The bidding was very spitited, and after a keen
competition the property was knocked down to Mr. Mackeson, of Hythe, for
£16,700.
The Globe Hotel, Folkestone, belonging to Mr. C.W.
Downing was bought by Messrs. Chapman, Brewers. Kentish Gazette 29-5-1886 On Monday the well-known firm of brewery valuers, Messrs. Alfred Thomas, Peyer and Miles, submitted to public competition at the Auction Mart, London, the valuable property, situate in Folkestone, known as the Imperial Brewery, with 16 licensed public and beerhouses. There was a very large attendance. The bidding was very spirited, and after a keen competition the property was knocked down to Mr. Mackeson, of Hythe, for £16,700.
Southeastern Gazette
31-5-1886
Local News
On Monday Messrs.
Alfred Thomas, Peyer, and Miles, sold at the Mart, the valuable property
situate in Folkestone, known as the “Imperial Brewery,” including sixteen
licensed public-houses and beer-houses. There was a very large attendance. The
bidding was very spirited, and after a keen competition the property was
purchased by Mr. Mackeson of Hythe, for £16,700.
Folkestone
Chronicle 5-6-1886
Local Intelligence
We omitted to mention last week that the sale of the
brewery in Tontine Street, lately belonging to Mr. Langton, and bought by Mr.
Mackeson, of Hythe, realised £16,700.
Folkestone
News 5-6-1886
Local News
The Brewery in Tontine Street, which together with
sixteen beerhouses was until lately the property of Messrs. Langton, changed
hands last week for the sum of £16,700. The purchaser is Mr. Mackeson, of
Hythe.
Folkestone
Express 26-3-1887
Notices
Pursuant to a judgement in the Chancery Division of the
High Court of Justice made in the matter of the estate of Arthur Langton
deceased, and in an action Langton v Langton, 1886, L. No. 375, the creditors
of Arthur Langton, late of the Imperial Brewery, Folkestone, and of Hawkhurst,
both in the County of Kent, Brewer, who died in or about the month of October,
1885, are on or before the 30th day of April, 1887, to send by post
prepaid to Mr. Frederick Stoveld Stenning, of Maidstone, in the County of Kent,
the solicitor of the Defendants, Daniel Wilson Langton, John Langton, and
Alfred Wilson, the Executors of the deceased, their Christian and Surnames,
addresses and descriptions, the full particulars of their claims, a statement
of their accounts, and the nature of the securities (if any) held by them, or
in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the
said Judgement. Every creditor holding any security is to produce the same
before Mr. Justice Stirling at his Chambers, the Royal Courts of Justice,
London, on the 13th day of May, 1887, at 12 o`clock at noon, being
the time appointed for adjudicating on the claims.
Dated this 24th day of March, 1887.
LAKE, BEAUMONT, & LAKE,
10, New Square, Lincoln`s Inn,
Solicitors for the Plaintiff.
Folkestone
Express 2-4-1887
Local News
On Tuesday the office at the Tontine Street Brewery was
entered by someone and the desk forced open. The labour was in vain, as no
money and nothing valuable was left in the office.
Folkestone Chronicle
21-9-1901
Local News
One by one the old (and one must add, dull) landmarks of old
Folkestone are passing away and making room for the ever-growing business
demands in the town`s central arteries. This week we find obliterated entirely
from view the old premises and vats of the late Messrs. Langton`s Tontine
Street Brewery, there having arisen in their place a light, bright and pleasing
form of building and architecture, the new offices of Messrs. Mackeson`s Hythe
Brewery Company. By the courtesy of the Folkestone manager, Mr. Thomas Godden,
our representative was invited to view their new and commodious premises, which
have been erected by Messrs. Parsons to the plans of Mr. Bromley, and it is
surprising the attention which has been paid to the minutest details affecting
the peculiarities of a trade with so many ramifications. The front of the
building is built on a noble and imposing principle which, although on the
street level, catches the eye from every angle of approach, the effect of
course being heightened by the liberal display of plate glass. Inside, the shop
or offices, which is divided into three sections (office, show, and spirit),
the wise forethought of the architect is much in evidence, the spirit
compartment being contained in a sun-sheltered position entirely apart from the
main business frontage. Those who have had any experience in the handling of
spirits will at once see that the architect has avoided one of those unwary traps
which designers of this class of building so often fall into. The cellars of
Messrs. Mackeson`s new offices and depot are both commodious and cool, and a
view of the heavily laden stading containing stades and stades of stock ales,
show the enormous trade done by this firm in the Folkestone district. One
cannot help comparing the new offices of Messrs. Mackeson with the tin
erections which, raised many years since on plans which at the time were
supposed to represent temporary premises, have remained an eyesore in this busy
district ever since. With the ever-changing and almost weekly development of
this main artery to the town it will come as welcoming and pleasing
intelligence to the dwellers in Tontine Street that Mr. Councillor Payer is now
contemplating the erection of substantial dwellings and shops en suite with
those of Messrs. Mackeson. When this is a happy fact accomplished, Tontine
Street as a business thoroughfare will be second to none in the town.
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