Tyne and Wear HER(4538): East Rainton, John Smales' Brewery - Details
4538
Sunderland
East Rainton, John Smales' Brewery
East Rainton
NZ34NW
Industrial
Brewing and Malting Site
Brewery
Post Medieval
C18
Documentary Evidence
In 1766 a John Legge was the executor of Smales, a maltster and brewer who had leased a mansion house at East Rainton from the Dean and Chapter. It had 'all suitable conveniences for a malting and brewing'.
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Brian Bennison, 2004, The Brewers and Breweries of North-Eastern England - A Historical Guide, published by the Brewery History Society; Newcastle Courant 29th March 1766