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John Fox & Sons

Brewers at Farnborough, Beckenham, Kent. Founded by John Fox (1786/7–1861); his sons were John Woodhams Fox and Thomas Samuel Fox. They opened the Oak Brewery in Farnborough in 1836, and the business continued until 1909.

Sources

Census returns of England and Wales 1851 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/1606/328/33)

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1995 (Ancestry.com, accessed 15 September 2022)

Farnborough Village History (https://www.farnborough-kent-village.org.uk/parish_foxs_brewery.html, accessed 15 September 2022)

Post Office directory of the six home counties 1870.

Bibliography

Post Office directory of the six home counties: Post Office directory of the six home counties, viz., Essex, Herts, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. London: W. Kelly & Co. 1845–78.

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