page_title: Simonds Brewery
hierarchical_section_title: Simonds Brewery
caption_attribution_description: English: County Lock, River Kennet, Reading County Lock is the lowest of the BWB locks on the Kennet Navigation. It is situated in an urban area with only one more lock (Blake's Lock, administered by the Thames authority) just a few hundred yards below it and the same distance above the point (Kennet Mouth) where the Kennet disgorges into the River Thames.
context_page_description: H & G Simonds Ltd was a brewery founded in Reading, Berkshire, England in 1785 by William Blackall Simonds. The company amalgamated with Courage & Barclay in 1960 and dropped the Simonds name after ten years. Eventually the firm became part of Scottish & Newcastle who sold the brands to Wells & Young's Brewery in 2007 and closed the Reading brewery three years later.
context_section_description: H & G Simonds Ltd was a brewery founded in Reading, Berkshire, England in 1785 by William Blackall Simonds. The company amalgamated with Courage & Barclay in 1960 and dropped the Simonds name after ten years. Eventually the firm became part of Scottish & Newcastle who sold the brands to Wells & Young's Brewery in 2007 and closed the Reading brewery three years later.
caption: County Lock with Simonds' Brewery to left in 1975
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