Field, Hawkins and Ponking - 23-24 Market Place
A drapers shop opened in 1808 by Henry Field, joined by Henry Hawkings in 1855 and Henry Ponkins in 1871. Hawkings became a town councillor. The store closed in the late 1970s. The building is now divided between Jumper and Coral Racing
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Hedges Solicitors - 16 Market Place
Opened in 1789 in Wallingford. From 1789 until 1982 a member of the Hedges family was senior partner. The Hedges family owned the site of Wallingford Castle, and John Kirby Hedges, a member of the family, wrote a detailed history of the town.
http://www.hedgessolicitors.co.uk/history.htm
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Habitat - Hithercroft Road
Habitat ran a mail-order service from Wallingford from 1969. The furniture retailer built its first drive-away showrooms and a warehouse in Wallingford in 1974 (designed by architects Ahrends, Burton & Koralek). The showrooms closed in 1995.

Paul's Malt - Hithercroft Road
Paul's Malt, later Association of British Maltsters, was a major Wallingford landmark, nicknamed "Wallingford Cathedral" as the tallest building in the town. Built in 1961, partly because of the nearby railway, it was purchased by Greencore Malting Group in 1998, who closed it a year later. It was demolished in 2001, signalling the end of the long malting tradition in the town. In 1968, the building was used as a location in an episode of TV sci-fi drama "Doctor Who". The site is now occupied by the Sovereign Place housing development.

Payne and Son - formerly St Mary's Street.
Opened in 1790 by John Payne as a silversmiths and jewellers in Wallingford. The Wallingford store closed in 2002, to be replaced by Julian Graves, but the firm continues at 131 High Street in Oxford.
http://www.payneandson.co.uk/history.html
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Pettits - 46-50 St. Marys St
Opened in 1856 by Thomas Pettit as a department store. The store extended as far as the Primitive Methodist Chapel, which was a carpet store.
Email enquiries@pettitsofwallingford.co.uk

Rowse Honey - Hithercroft Road
Rowse Honey was established in 1954 by Tony Rowse in Ewelme. He moved it to a purpose-built factory in Wallingford in 1971, and the chairmanship passed to his son Richard Rowse.
Rowse Honey - A Family History

Wells' Brewery - Goldsmith's Lane
The Wells family, including Edward Wells, ran the Wallingford Brewery from when it opened in 1720 until 1928 when it was taken over by Ushers, and brewing transferred to Trowbridge. The Wallingford Brewery and Mineral Water Company continued until 1958. In 1929 the main building was bought by the Freemasons to become Wallingford Masonic Lodge, while other parts became dwellings in the 1980s. The cottages in KineCroft were built for brewery workers. Edward Wells himself lived at both Stone Hall, which faces onto the Kinecroft, and Brewery House, a Georgian fronted building facing High Street. This building, now known as Wallingford House (formerly Rentokil House), is occupied by Mathematical Market Research.
A Wells Brewery bottle: http://www.codds-n-odds.co.uk/dumpycodds.html
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Wilder's - formerly 36 St Mary's Street
Wilder's Foundry was responsible for a wealth of local ironwork. Fish Street Foundry was Richard Wilder's original foundry in Wallingford, which was later supplemented by the New Foundry in Goldsmith's Lane, built by his son. Lister-Wilder sell agricultural machinery from next to Wilder's Yard in Crowmarsh Gifford, and Walter Wilder Ltd on the Beadle Estate conduct property management. The original foundry shop building is now owned by Louise Claire Millinery
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