Description and History of Site:-
Premises of scalemakers - initially George Birch from around 1821 who then sold the business to Thomas Herbert in 1857 before emigrating to New Zealand. The building's facade still shows traces of advertising lettering that once adorned many buildings:
SCALES WEIGHTS
&
WEIGHING MACHINES
319 321 Herbert & Sons moved its operations out of London in 1968 to Haverhill, Suffolk.
Further Reading and References:-http://www.herberthistory.co.uk/
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Key Words :- scalemakers
Address :- 319-321 Gray’s Inn Road, London, Greater London, WC1X 8PX
Grid Ref :- TQ 30420 82945
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.530360 , Long -0.121217
Local Authority :- Camden London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Middlesex
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Record Date :- 15 October 2019
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © Robert Mason
Grid Ref :- TQ 30420 82945
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.530360 , Long -0.121217
Local Authority :- Camden London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Middlesex
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Record Date :- 15 October 2019
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © Robert Mason