Uriah Maggs[1] was born in Midsomer Norton, Somerset circa 1828.

He traded first from his own home, but later opened his first bookshop in 1855 at 44 Westbourne Terrace North, Paddington.

From Westbourne Terrace North the business was moved after several years to Church Street, Paddington Green, a site now occupied by the Children's Hospital.

At the end of 1894, Maggs retired, leaving the business in the hands of his two elder sons, Benjamin and Henry.

[4] His shop moved premises to 50 Berkeley Square in London in 1938, where it is still based and run by the Maggs family.