Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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John Colvill and Co

From Graces Guide

Springside Distillery, Campbeltown

1830 Established and owned by the Colvill family, the distillery traded as John Colvill and Co until its closure. Alfred Barnard paid a brief visit to what he described as the smallest of the Campbeltown whisky distilleries, with an annual output of 30,000 gallons.

1926 The distillery closed and the buildings were subsequently used for other purposes.

See Also

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Sources of Information

  • Slater's (late Pigot and Co's) Royal National Commercial Directory and Topography of Scotland 1861
  • Slater's (late Pigot and Co's) Royal National Commercial Directory and Topography of Scotland 1878
  • Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory and Topography of Scotland 1886
  • Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Scotland 1903
  • Alfred Barnard "The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom" (1887)
  • Brian Townsend "Scotch Missed: The Original Guide to the Lost Distilleries of Scotland" (Fourth Edition 2015)
  • David Stirk, The Distilleries of Campbeltown: The Rise and Fall of the Whisky Capital of the World (2019)
  • Angus Martin "Campbeltown Whisky: An Encyclopaedia" (2020)