William Thompson Leishman was the younger brother of Thomas Leishman who found fame in the Indian brewing industry. William "learned the brewing business, first in Alloa, then at Bo'ness, and to get as much insight as he could, he entered the employment of a firm of distinguished brewers in Belfast" . He then purchased the West Bridge Brewery in Invertiel in 1884 from John Laing Stocks, where he remained until his death in 1905.
Location: Invertiel
Active: 1884 - 1905
Status: Closed
John Stocks acquired a mill from William Adam on the Tiel Burn in 1770 and converted it into what became known as the West Bridge Brewery. The brewery passed through the hands of five generations of the Stocks family before being acquired by William Thompson Leishman. After William's death it was converted nto an aerated water factory. The site has since been cleared for a modern housing development.
Books and periodicals
Gibb, F. The brewers and breweries of Fife. Stirling: Lomax Press, 2012.
