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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5523
Title	Whitbread plc, brewers and hoteliers
Date	1752-1992
Description	Deeds to Scarsdale Brewery, Chesterfield, 1752-1958, Stanhope Arms, Bretby, 1921-1984, Irongates Hotel, Derby, 1907-1979, and George Hotel, Hathersage, 1857-1992; Photographs of public houses in Glossop, all displaying the Chesters sign
Extent	1.5 boxes
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Whitbread plc, brewers and hoteliers
Administrative History	Found 1742 by Samuel Whitbread, in partnership with Godfrey and Thomas Shewell. By the 1780s it had become the largest brewery company in the world, and in 1799 adopted the name Whitbread & Co Ltd.
Custodial History	These records were deposited in Derbyshire Record Office by Whitbread plc of London in August 2001.
Arrangement	D5523/1 Scarsdale Brewery, Chesterfield D5523/2 Stanhope Arms, Bretby D5523/3 Irongates Hotel, Derby D5523/4 George Hotel, Hathersage D5523/5 Photographs
Organisation Sub-Type	Brewers and maltsters
Format	Document
Term	Business
	Public houses
	Hospitality industry
	Breweries
	Hotels
	Hotel industry
	Deeds
Archivist Note	Catalogued 9 October 2001, NB. Revised to ISAD(G) 9 September 2022, BS.