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"The House of Whitwell" had it's offices at [[118 Highgate]].

Founded in 1757 by [[John Whitwell]] as a wine business on Highgate and registered as a private company in 1883.

[[William Mark]] bought the business and in 1853 and by 1900 the company was one of the town's largest employers and best known industries.

Taken over by [[Vaux & Associated Breweries]] of Sunderland in 1946/7 with [http://breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_Whitwell,_Mark_&_Co._Ltd_Pubs 30 tied houses] it continued to brew until 18 September 1968. The offices were relocated in 1971.

==References==

[https://westmorland.camra.org.uk/viewnode.php?id=47628 Westmorland CAMRA - Whitwell, Mark & Co.]

[https://www.labology.org.uk/brewery/whitwell-mark-co-ltd/ Labology.org.uk - Whitwell Mark & Co.Ltd]

[http://breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=Whitwell,_Mark_%26_Co._Ltd Brew History Society - Whitwell, Mark & Co. Ltd]

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