[1] Then, in 2005 Ridley's was bought by Greene King for £45.6 million closing its operations at Hartford End and Braintree and dropping of rivaling beers to their own brands.

Ridley's Old Bob continues to be produced by Greene King at Bury St.

It started as a water mill at Hartford End and from that it developed a flour milling business in Chelmsford, two maltings, also in Chelmsford, and the brewery which stayed at Hartford End.

[3][4][5] In the early 1970s, Ridley's is recorded as having "just over 60" tied houses, mostly in central and north-west Essex.

He was considered one of the finest academic minds of the English reformation and made an Anglican martyr [7] The brewery operates in Braintree.