A steam-powered brewery<\/h3>\n
Coltishall lines the north-eastern bank of\u00a0the River Bure at what was\u00a0from 1779 \u00a0the downstream point of the Aylsham navigation (also known as the Bure navigation). A year later this village of under 600 persons had 11 maltings and three wholesale breweries: all the breweries had integrated maltings.<\/p>\n
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The King’s Head at Coltishall was traded between three brewers in a 20-year period. Chapman Ives made it a leading inn hosting assemblies, balls and great county events<\/p><\/div>\n
One ambitious brewer, Chapman Ives (1758\u20131804), lived at Coltishall Hall. He owned two breweries, greatly expanding the one he bought in 1787 beside the river and near\u00a0what later became the Anchor Hotel. In 1790 he had 25 gentlemen to dinner inside<\/em> his new cask for maturing porter (a full-bodied dark stout). Five years later he converted\u00a0the brewery to steam, and with a capacity of 20,000 barrels of beer a year it was the largest in the region.<\/p>\n By 1820 a brewer at the other end of the village, Siday Hawes (1748\u20131827), was producing more than the famous firm of Lacons, of Great Yarmouth.<\/p>\n These village enterprises had large portfolios of tied houses across a radius of more than 20 miles from Coltishall. The local public houses were traded between brewers as fortunes rose and fell. They included the King’s Head and White Lion at Coltishall, the White Horse at Great Hautbois near the bridge, and Recruiting Sergeant at Horstead.<\/p>\n The diarist Mary Hardy, wife of one of the brewers, lived at Coltishall 1772\u201381 and tells us about the daily lives of everyone\u00a0engaged in this demanding\u00a0trade. The long-hours culture had arrived.<\/p>\n The event will be held in Coltishall Village Hall, Rectory Road, Coltishall, NR12 7HF.<\/p>\n The Village Hall\u00a0is on the edge of\u00a0playing fields near the corner with Westbourne Road.\u00a0It has ample parking space.\u00a0The small admission charge will include a glass of local beer or a soft drink: \u00a31\u00a0for\u00a0Bure Navigation Conservation Trust members; \u00a32 for visitors.<\/p>\nA rival to Lacons of Yarmouth<\/h3>\n
Finding the venue<\/h3>\n