Melford Foundry Seen on a bar weight. Long Melford, Norfolk. J. Middleton Jas. At the Smethwick Foundry, Rolfe Street, Smethwick from c1845 or earlier. Other addresses and variants of the name are known.
More work is needed to sort out the relationships.
Midland Railway Former 10th May 1844, this large company ran from St. Pancras to Derby, Leeds, Carlisle, Bristol etc. - over 5,000 route miles. The company had its name or initials cast on the iron weights used for weighing parcels. Later they had a factory in City Road. They made and sold many small items, including postal scales and coin scales. The weights that accompany their postal scales are distinctive, having a small raised section inside the rim, but they are not named.