What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: This was the Public Weighbridge House (the bridge was removed for road widening - 1950)
The Public Weighbridge House served as a critical structure for weighing goods and vehicles, ensuring fair trade and compliance with legal weight restrictions, though the actual weighbridge was removed in 1950 due to road widening.
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Places near here
Public Weighbridge HouseListed building · 2 yd
Digby MemorialListed building · 24 yd.jpg?width=1280)
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Sherborne Abbey, remains ofScheduled monument · 83 yd
Bluebell Sculpture at The SherbornePublic sculpture · 531 yd
Playing Fields at Dancing Hill - SherborneMountain or hill · 915 yd
Sherborne Steam & Waterwheel CentreMuseum · 1018 yd
The waterfall at Sherborne castle lakeWaterfall · 1042 yd
The QuarrNature reserve · 1204 yd
Sherborne Castle and LakeCastle, fort or tower · 1204 yd
Old Milepost by the B3148, north west of SherborneMonument or public art · 1601 yd
Honeycombe Wood taken from Lenthay Common, SherborneForest or wood · 1.2 miOther information
Photo: Elliott Brown · CC BY-SA 2.0