The Reffell Breweries

The Reffell family has long been involved with the brewing trade and there have been three separate breweries within the family.

• Black Horse Inn & Brewery - (1817-1926) The first brewery in the family was established at Gomshall, Surrey near the lovely village of Shere where the old hop drying house is now the local history museum.
• The Somers Arms & Reffells Bridge - (1853-1874) After losing a court case over a disagreement regarding his mother's will, Henry Reffell moved to the east of the county and started a brewery at Redhill.
• Reffell's Bexley Brewery - (1874-1956) The third brewery was started when Henry moved from Redhill to Bexley in Kent. In time this was passed onto his two sons, Arthur and Henry junior, but became Reffell's Bexley Brewery Limited at the end of 1898.
• Reffell Breweriana - Historical evidence