Although 'King & Barnes' Sussex Draught Bitter lives on in local pubs, it is in fact now brewed in Dorset at the Badger Brewery.


The closure of the King & Barnes brewery was not quite the end of the story. The family's tradition of brewing quality ales in Horsham was continued by Bill King with the launch of a new brewery business in May 2001.
Horsham breweries and mineral water companies




The King & Barnes 'green top' is probably Horsham's best known bottle. This is one of two variations. Bourne Denby pottery mark.

Derek Askey in the 'Sussex Bottle Collectors Guide' listed 15 different mineral water companies in the Horsham area, two of which (King & Sons and King & Barnes) were also breweries. This is the complete listing:

BARNES, GEORGE & CO., East Street Brewery, Horsham. 1882 - 1906.
FLINT, ALFRED. 1866 - 81.
FLINT, JAMES, Springfield Road, Horsham. 1855 - 66.
GILBERT, FREDERICK W., West Street, Horsham. 1878 - 80.
HAIARN DWR & CO., 30 Worthing Road, Horsham. 1880 - 1916.
HARRINGTON SCRASE & CO, 42 The Carfax, Horsham. 1882 - ca. 1914/18.
INGS, GEORGE, 8 West Street, Horsham. 1866 - 80.
KENYA FRUIT PRODUCTS LTD. (depot?). 37b West Street, Horsham. ca. 1939.
KING & SONS LTD. (& SON to 1893), 54 The Bishopric, Horsham. 1866 - 1906.
KING & BARNES LTD, 18 The Bishopric, Horsham. 1906 - 99.
MARYGOLD, HENRY, 68 Park Street and 1 Victory Road, Horsham. 1913 - 23.
MICHELL, H, 2 - 6 Worthing Road, Horsham. 1834 - 1912.
SCRASE, ALFRED P., Rink Factory, Queen Street, Horsham. 1885 - 91.
SCRASE & CO., 1 Park Terrace East, Horsham. 1891 - 1961.
STOVELL, JOHN, West Street, Horsham. 1858- 65.