Dolphin Lane

The forerunners of Leney's Brewery. Founded about 1740 by a Mr. Clements, was under the rule of Mr. James Walker by the 1800's and later expanded by Mr. Alfred Leney in May 1859, from the executors of Thomas Walker. James and Thomas Walker (as mentioned in Pigot's Directory of 1840) and family were prominent in the life of the town at that time.

Bagshaw's Directory also lists them as Walker, James and Thomas.

The 1824 Pigo's Directory gives the owners as being Robert Walker and Sons and the address as "Near St. James Street".

From Bagshaw Directory 1847