{{Short description|British brewery}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{About|the former brewery|the Nicholson's pub brand|Mitchells & Butlers}} frame|right|A label from a bottle of Nicholsons' Brown Ale '''Nicholson's''' was a small brewery operating from 1840 to 1960 in Maidenhead in the English county of Berkshire.
==History== The brewery was founded in 1840 by William Nicholson (1820–1916<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www3.rbwm.gov.uk/info/200198/local_history_and_heritage/444/local_historical_figures/4|title=Local Historical Figures|last=Helyer|first=Allison|website=www3.rbwm.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-06-09|archive-date=27 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027131335/https://www3.rbwm.gov.uk/info/200198/local_history_and_heritage/444/local_historical_figures/4|url-status=dead}}</ref>),<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_8xRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA250|title=The Brewing Industry: A Guide to Historical Records|last1=Richmond|first1=Lesley|last2=Turton|first2=Alison|date=1990|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=9780719030321|pages=250|language=en}}</ref> son of successful businessman Robert Nicholson. The brewery was based in the centre of town with an extensive frontage on the High Street.<ref name=":0" />
At their peak in the 1900s, Nicholson's possessed 150 tied pubs.
==Courage purchase== Nicholson's was bought out by Courage, Barclay & Simonds in 1958,<ref name=":1" /> and the site was closed three years later. It was demolished in 1962.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sCJVBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT125|title=Maidenhead Through Time|last1=Kupfermann|first1=Elias|last2=Dixon-Smith|first2=Carol|date=2014-11-05|publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited|isbn=9781445638539|pages=125|language=en}}</ref> The Nicholson's Centre shopping complex now stands on the site, covering the 400 ft deep artesian well that provided the brewery with its water.
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