The earliest reference to this brewery site is in Pigot’s
1823 Directory, which lists Edward Kingsford as a brewer
at Archcliffe Fort Brewery. In the 1828-9 Directory
the brewer is listed as Alfred Kingsford, but by the
1832 Pigot’s Alfred had moved to the
Buckland
Brewery and there is no mention of the Archcliffe
Fort Brewery in the list of brewers. As the Bulwark
Hill Brewery was opposite
Archcliffe
Fort it is likely that it is one and the same with
Archcliffe Fort Brewery, or at least occupied almost
the same site.
The first definite mention of the Bulwark Hill Brewery
is in the 1840 Pigot’s Directory, with John Alexander
Walker and Son as brewers at Bulwark Hill, and by 1845
the brewer is William Walker. Sometime between 1844
and 1847 the brewery must have changed hands because
from 1847 to 1882, Henry Cliffe is listed as the brewer.
There then follows a quick change in ownership, J.A.
Rolls is the brewer in 1889 and 1890 but by 1891 it
is Woodhams and Levey.
