The original Leighton Buzzard Brewery was situated on the north side of the High Street, next to the current Oxfam shop on the site of the walk up to towards Waitrose. A picture of the old brewery buildings can be seen here taken from close to the High Street. The first to brew at this site (when it was probably known as the St George & Dragon Brewery after the pub on the High Street, later demolished, behind which the brewery was located) was a William Bennett. Bennett brewed there from 1807 1828. Samuel Reeve took over from Bennett and brewed there until his death in 1844. Until now the owners of the site were the Burr family from Luton with the brewers leasing the site from them. Shortly before Samuel Reeves death however the brewery was sold by the Burr's to Samuel Reeve and his son Charles who continued brewing after his father's death. Within a year Charles Reeve had sold the freehold of the brewery to Joseph Proctor but continued to brew at the site until 6 September 1851 when he gave up the lease. The lease was taken up by William Fossey Pettit who was married to a Proctor. Charles Reeve continued to work at the brewery as foreman and brewer. By October 1864, Pettit's ill health led to him vacating the brewery and the lease being taken on for a of 21 year term by Edward Terry of Aylesbury, at a rent of '460 per annum. According to records however Pettit was still listed as a brewer in 1864 so despite ill health he may have stayed on, perhaps in a temporary capacity. By 1881 Pettit was listed as a retired brewer' living in Hockliffe Road. By 1869 the brewery was trading as Terry & Son's of Leighton Buzzard and Aylesbury.