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Type of entity
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W.H. Tomsett and Co , wine and spirit merchants
Sinclair, Birch and Co , wine and spirit merchants
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History
WH Tomsett and Company succeeded Pound and Tomsett, listed in the London trade directories at 42 Trinity Square and 331 Edgeware Road (1872-6), and 12-14 Coopers' Row, Crutched Friars (1877-1879). WH Tomsett and Company are listed at 3 Savage Gardens, Crutched Friars (1880-1911) and 25 Savage Gardens (1912-1927).
Sinclair, Birch and Company are listed in the London trade directories at 8 Catherine Court (1900-1904), 26 Crutched Friars (1905-11), 27 Crutched Friars (1912-1913), 7 and 8 Idol Lane (1914-36), 33 St Mary at Hill (1937-71) and 8 St Mary at Hill (1972-3). Despite references in the directories of the 1930s onwards that Sinclair Birch was founded in 1871 there are no separate entries from WH Tomsett and Company before 1900.