Tollemache Breweries Ltd. was a brewing company which originated in

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Suffolk, England. It is the county town, and largest in Suffolk, followed by Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds, and the third-largest population centre in East Anglia, ...

in 1888 and became a major brewer in

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before merging with their rival Cobbold and Co. to form

Tolly Cobbold Tolly Cobbold is a former brewery in Suffolk, England. History The name Tolly Cobbold is an amalgamation of the two family-run brewers: the Tollemache Brewery owned by the Tollemache family and the Cobbold Brewery owned by the Cobbold fam ...

in 1957. The brewery was founded by three sons of

John Tollemache, 1st Baron Tollemache John Jervis Tollemache, 1st Baron Tollemache (; 5 December 1805 – 9 December 1890) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician, landowner and peer who owned large estates in Cheshire. He was raised to the peerage of the ...

- Douglas, Stanhope and Mortimer Tollemache - who bought the Cullingham Brewery in Upper Brooke Street. This had been established as a Steam Brewery in 1856 by Charles Cullingham. Douglas Tollemache was keen to ensure a high quality product.

Tollies Follies

Tollies Follies was an epithet given to a series of pubs built by Tollemache Brewery primarily in their home town of Ipswich. They were designed by the architect

John Shewell Corder John Shewell Corder (1856 in Westoe, South Tyneside – 19 July 1922 in Ipswich) was an English architect, artist and antiquarian. Early life Corder came from a well-connected Quaker family with links in East Anglia, North England and Berkshire. ...

and modelled on

Helmingham Hall Helmingham Hall is a moated manor house in Helmingham, Suffolk, England. It was begun by John Tollemache in 1480 and has been owned by the Baron Tollemache, Tollemache family ever since. The house is built around a courtyard in typical late med ...

, a moated

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located in

Helmingham Helmingham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, 12 miles (20 km) east of Stowmarket, and 12 miles north (20 km) of Ipswich. It has a population of 170, increasing to 186 at the 2011 Census. It ...

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, about 10 miles north of Ipswich. This building had been started by John Tollemache – an ancestor of the Tollemache brothers in 1480. The building had remained in the ownership of the

Tollemache family The Tollemache family (also historically spelt Talmach or Tallemache) is an England, English noble family, originally from Suffolk. The family's surname is pronounced . Members of the family have had a significant impact on the economy and polit ...

ever since. The building exterior has been altered several times including by the architect John Nash in 1800. Most survive, though some, notably The Golden Hind in

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, which was the only Tolly Folly outside of Ipswich, underwent major alteration in the 1980s. The Waveney Arms on Bramford Road in Ipswich closed in 1994 and was run as a private club until 2004. It was demolished for housing in August 2007. The Safe Harbour, Meredith Road, closed in 1997, and was subsequently demolished and the site developed as a retail outlet. The Golf Hotel Ipswicj.jpg, Golf Hotel, Rushmere St Andrews The Crown Ipswich.jpg, The Crown, Felixstowe Road (now flats) Golden Hind, Ipswich.jpg, Golden Hind, Nacton Road Suffolk-Punch-Ipswich.jpg, Suffolk Punch, Deben Road The Cricketers Ipswich.jpg, The Cricketers, Crown Street

''Trails that lead to "Tolly"''

The first edition of ''Trails that lead to "Tolly"'' was published by E. J. Burrow & Co. of Cheltenham for Tollemanahes Breweries in the 1930s.

References

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