Town & village · Kent
Maidstone
John Henry Mares is identified as being from Maidstone before becoming a Faversham brewery partner.
The place and its story
Ten children became shareholders
In 1914, Percy Neame’s ten children became shareholders in the brewery’s new limited company. Ten children. The family business had quite a family behind it.
Percy had entered the partnership in 1864 after his brother-in-law John Henry Mares died. The company dates his sole ownership to 1875, though the local heritage account gives a different chronology.
His sons Harry, Arthur and Alick joined around 1895. Percy died in 1913. The business then passed into a new form, with his children holding shares and the next generation facing a war.
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The written record names this place. An exact site position has not been established, so the atlas does not invent a marker.
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Ten children became shareholders ↗
Percy’s family business was quite a family.
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Follow the evidence
- The Hiltons, Mares, and NeamesShepherd Neame · company history · accessed 2026-10-07
- Wartime brewingShepherd Neame · company history · accessed 2026-10-07
- Shepherd Neame brewery: Kent HER MKE16925Kent County Council Historic Environment Record · heritage site record · accessed 2026-10-07