Ridley's Brewery is a defunct brewing company. It was founded in 1842, and was located in Hartford End

Hartford End

Hartford End is a hamlet in the county of Essex, England. It is situated on the B1417 road approximately 2 miles from the village of Felsted.The headquarters of Ridley's Brewery was in Hartford End- External links :...

, Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

. In August 2002 the company bought out

Buyout

A buyout, in finance, is an investment transaction by which the ownership equity of a company, or a majority share of the stock of the company is acquired. The acquiror thereby "buys out" control of the target company....

 the Tolly Cobbold

Tolly Cobbold

Tolly Cobbold is a former brewing company, with strong roots in Suffolk, England.The original Cobbold brewery was founded in Harwich, Essex in 1723. The name Tolly Cobbold is an amalgamation of the two family run brewers the Tollemache Brewery owned by the Tollemache family and Cobbold Brewery...

 brewery. Then, in 2005 Ridley's was bought by Greene King and dismantled. The executive chairman of Greene King is Nicholas Ridley, the great-great-grandson of Thomas Dixon Ridley, the founder of Ridley's.

External links

• Ridley's at Beermad.org.uk