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The
earliest surviving document relating to the Maltings is dated 1729,
but there is evidence of two previous owners. Originally it was
a tanyard. In 1830 Robert Sampson set up as a maltster in the then
separate East Wing. He was succeeded in business by his son, Sampson
Sampson, whose sign can still be seen on the end of his cottage
at 18 Bridge Square. Farnham was once well known for hop growing
for use in the brewing process, and the tanyard was sold to John
Barrett, who converted it into a brewery where barley was malted
when Prince Albert first brought the army to Aldershot in the 1850's.
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