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'{{short description|Wikipedia list article}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Use British English|date=November 2013}} This is a '''list of [[department store]]s of the [[United Kingdom]]'''. In the case of department store groups, the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. The list is broken into "currently trading" (A–Z); "defunct groups" and "defunct" (A–Z). {{Expand list|date=March 2015}} ==Currently trading== ===A–F=== {| class="wikitable sortable |- ! Business name ! Main location ! Date started ! Additional branches ! References |- | [[Atkinsons]] | [[Sheffield]] | 1865 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/business/consumer/historic-sheffield-department-store-atkinsons-explains-why-its-not-selling-online-during-coronavirus-lockdown-2602411%3f|title= Historic Sheffield department store Atkinsons explains why it's not selling online during coronavirus lockdown |website=The Tar|date=30 April 2020|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref> |- | Austins | [[Newton Abbot]] | 1924 | |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/story-newton-abbots-famous-austins-4686696|title= The story of Newton Abbot's famous Austins department store |website=Devon Live|date=15 November 2020|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref> |- | Bakers & Larners | [[Holt, Norfolk|Holt]] | 1770 | |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/date-set-for-reopening-of-bakers-and-larners-store-1645872|title= Date set for reopening of Bakers and Larners in Holt |website=North Norfolk News|date=8 June 2020|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref> |- | Baldwins | [[Stowmarket]] | | * [[Dovercourt]]<br />* [[Ipswich]] | |- | Banburys | [[Barnstaple]] | 1900 | [[Tiverton, Devon|Tiverton]] | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/news/coronavirus-banburys-store-temporarily-close-6056996|title=Coronavirus: Banburys to temporarily close its stores in Barnstaple and Tiverton|website=North Devon Gazette|date=18 March 2020}}</ref> |- | Barbours | [[Dumfries]] | 1856 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/health/dumfries-woman-lucky-winner-barbours-9365407|title= Dumfries woman is the lucky winner of Barbour's 160th anniversary competition |website=Daily Record|date=30 November 2016|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Barkers of Northallerton|Barkers]] | [[Northallerton]] | 1882 | | |- | Barretts | [[Woodbridge, Suffolk|Woodbridge]] | 1969 | | |- | Barsleys | [[Paddock Wood]] | 1891 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeslocalnews.co.uk/business/barsleys-have-stored-up-125-years-of-family-style-local-shopping|title= Barsleys have stored up 125 years of family-style local shopping |website=Times Local Newspapers and Magazines|date=13 April 2016|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Beales (department store)|Beales]] | [[Poole]] | 2020 | * [[Peterborough]] | <ref name="new">{{cite news |last1=Slade |first1=Darren |title=Revealed: The brand names in the new Beales of Poole (along with bookshop and electricals) |url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18598442.beales-poole-reveals-brands-will-sale-opens/ |access-date=21 August 2020 |work=Bournemouth Echo |date=22 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref> |- | Bennetts | [[Derby]] | 1734 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/retail-consumer/bennetts-worlds-oldest-department-store-20484907|title= Bennetts, the world's oldest department store, invests in smart new trucks |website=Business Live|date=29 April 2021|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref> |- | Boundary Mill Stores | [[Colne]] | | * [[Grantham]]<br />* [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]<br />* [[Sheffield]]<br />* [[Walsall]] | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/18965619.thief-fined-200-boundary-mill-1-000-trolley-dash/|title= Thief fined £200 for her Boundary Mill £1,000 trolley dash |date=26 December 2020|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Boyes (retailer)|Boyes]] | [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]] | 1881 | 65 stores trading throughout northern and central England | |- | [[Bradbeers]] | [[Romsey]] | 1892 | * [[New Milton]]<br />* [[Hedge End]] | |- | Bratts | [[Nantwich]] | 1860 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northwichguardian.co.uk/news/19212147.bratts-northwich-close-160-years-business/|title= Bratts of Northwich to close after 160 years in business |website=Northwich Guardian|date=6 April 2021|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Bristol Guild of Applied Art]] | [[Bristol]] | 1908 | | |- | [[Browns of York|Browns]] | [[York]] | 1890 | * [[Helmsley]]<br />* [[Beverley]] * [[Gainsborough, Lincolnshire|Gainsborough]]<br /> | |- | City Cycle Centre | [[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]] | | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/business/non-essential-shops-reopen-in-ely-4914784|title= From fresh fudge to rainbow sewing kits – reaction as non-essential shops reopen in Ely |website=Ely Standard|date=15 June 2020|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref> |- | Collingwood Batchellor | [[Horley]] | 1968 | Department store in Horley with smaller branches selling [[furniture]] and [[household goods]]. Their long standing fashion department closed following a refurbishment in 2013. | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/11-reasons-horley-much-more-14093198|title= 11 reasons Horley is so much more than that place near Crawley |website=Surrey Live|date=30 December 2017|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref> |- | Creasey & Son | [[St Peter Port]] | 1899 | | |- | [[Daniel (department store)|W J Daniel & Co.]] | [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] | 1901 |* [[Chiswick]] <br />* [[West Ealing]] <br /> | |- | Dawsons | [[Clitheroe]] | 1936 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/people/heartfelt-tributes-pour-inspirational-clitheroe-businesswoman-and-charity-stalwart-3009009%3f|title= Heartfelt tributes pour in for inspirational Clitheroe businesswoman and charity stalwart |website=Burnley Express|date=20 October 2020|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref> |- | J Dixon & Son | [[Whitehaven]] | 1882 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehavennews.co.uk/news/17170205.the-dixon-dynasty/|title= The Dixon dynasty |website=The Whitehaven News|date=7 December 2006|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Dunnes Stores]] |[[Bangor, County Down]] | 1944 | Group of 155 stores trading in the UK, Republic of Ireland and Spain | |- | Elliotts | [[Lymington]] | 1872 | | |- | The Emporium | [[Maldon, Essex|Maldon]] | 2004 | | |- | Eve & Ranshaw | [[Louth, Lincolnshire|Louth]] | 1781 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.louthleader.co.uk/news/eve-ranshaw-boss-dies-after-cancer-battle-80694%3f|title= Eve & Ranshaw boss dies after cancer battle |website=Louth Leader|date=12 March 2019|access-date=29 April 2021}} </ref> |- | Facy | [[Henley-on-Thames]] | | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/henley-on-thames/146192/support-the-independents.html|title= Support the independents |website=Henley Standard|date=11 November 2019|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Fenwick (department store)|Fenwick]] | [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] | 1882 | Group of 9 department stores | |- | Fields | [[Sidmouth]] | 1809 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sidmouthherald.co.uk/news/sidmouth-department-store-fields-of-sidmouth-closes-until-further-notice-6170074|title= Sidmouth department store Fields of Sidmouth closes until further notice |website=Sidmouth Herald|date=24 March 2020|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Fortnum & Mason]] | [[Piccadilly|Piccadilly, London]] | 1707 | | |- |} ===G–O=== {| class="wikitable sortable |- ! Business name ! Main location ! Date started ! Additional branches ! References |- | Glasswells | [[Bury St. Edmunds]] | 1946 | Branches across Suffolk | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.suffolktoday.co.uk/west-suffolk/bury-st-edmunds/department-store-suffers-flooding-after-downpours/|title= Department store suffers flooding after downpours |website=Suffolk Live|date=16 August 2020|access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref> |- | Goulds | [[Dorchester, Dorset|Dorchester]] | 1902 | Also operate Simpson in Sidmouth | <ref name=goulds>{{cite web|url=https://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/17484460.goulds-owned-trinity-house-axminster-will-close-september/|title= Goulds owned Trinity House in Axminster will close in September |website=Bridport & Lyme Regis News|date=11 March 2019|access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref> |- | Hancock & Wood | [[Warrington]] | 1914 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/19214004.historic-moment-iconic-department-store/|title= Historic moment for iconic department store |website=Warrington Guardian|date=11 April 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Harrods]] | [[Knightsbridge|Knightsbridge, London]] | 1849 | | |- | Harry's | [[Lerwick]] | | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2016/10/29/shopkeepers-dismayed-shetland-islands-council-plans-cut-cars-street|title= Shopkeepers dismayed over Shetland Islands Council plans to cut cars from the street |website=Shetland Times|date=29 October 2016|access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref> |- | Harts Of Stur | [[Sturminster Newton]] | 1919 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://internetretailing.net/mobile-theme/mobile-theme/harts-of-stur-sees-mobile-revenue-jump-by-third-by-combining-heritage-with-mobile-18840 |title= Harts of Stur sees mobile revenue jump by third by combining heritage with mobile |website=Internet Retailing|date=11 December 2018|access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Harvey Nichols]] | [[Knightsbridge|Knightsbridge, London]] | 1831 | Group of 14 stores, seven of which are located in the UK: * [[Birmingham]]<br />* [[Bristol]]<br />* [[Edinburgh]]<br />* [[Leeds]]<br />* [[Liverpool]]<br />* [[Manchester]] | |- | Harveys of Halifax | [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]] | 1920s | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/business/consumer/harveys-halifax-boss-cautiously-optimistic-they-prepare-welcome-back-shoppers-2881124%3f|title= Harveys of Halifax boss cautiously optimistic as they prepare to welcome back shoppers |website=Halifax Courier|date=11 June 2020|access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref> |- | Hatchers | [[Taunton, Somerset|Taunton]] | 1775 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/hatchers-taunton-reopening-when-changes-4225948|title=How one of Somerset's oldest department stores will reopen its doors to customers|website=Somerset Live|date=14 June 2020|access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Heart of England Co-operative Society]] | [[Nuneaton]] | 1832 | Co-operative group of food and non-food businesses operating 7 department stores including: * [[Nuneaton]]<br /> * [[Coventry]]<br /> | |- | Hills of Spalding | [[Spalding, Lincolnshire|Spalding]] | 1960 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/hills-department-store-spalding-saved-4760626|title= Hills department store in Spalding saved as owner of clothing store agrees purchase |website=Lincolnshire Live|date=3 Dec 2020|access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Hoopers (department store)|Hoopers]] | [[Torquay]] | 1982 | Group of four department stores | |- | [[House of Fraser]] | [[Oxford Street|Oxford Street, London]] | 1849 | Group of traditional department stores in the UK; stores include: * [[Glasgow]]<br /> * [[Birmingham]]<br /> * [[Cardiff]] | |- | [[T J Hughes]] | [[Liverpool]] | 1912 | Group of 16 department stores | |- | [[Jarrolds|Jarrold & Sons]] | [[Norwich]] | 1770 | Group comprising one department store and associated smaller shops | |- | [[John Lewis (department store)|John Lewis & Partners]] | [[Oxford Street|Oxford Street, London]] | 1864 | The largest of the traditional department store groups in the UK in terms of sales and profit. John Lewis owns 30 full-line department stores. Nine long-established stores, each trading under their original name, have been re-branded as 'John Lewis' since 2000. [[Peter Jones (department store)|Peter Jones]] in [[London]] and [[Knight & Lee]] in [[Southsea]], retain their original names. Stored include: * [[Cardiff]]<br /> * [[Edinburgh]]<br /> * [[Bainbridge's|Newcastle upon Tyne]]<br /> * [[Heelas of Reading|Reading]]<br /> * [[Peter Jones (department store)|Peter Jones]], [[Sloane Square|Sloane Square, London]] | |- | [[Lathams of Potter Heigham|Lathams]] | [[Potter Heigham]] | 1964 | | |- | [[Leekes]] | [[Pontyclun]] | 1897 | * [[Bilston]]<br /> * [[Cross Hands]]<br /> * [[Llantrisant]] <br /> * [[Melksham]] | |- | [[Liberty & Co.|Liberty]] | [[Regent Street|Regent Street, London]] | 1875 | | |- | Lilliput Textiles | [[Bridport]] | 1986 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/18918714.lilliputs-textiles-home-store-will-remain-open/|title= Lilliputs Textiles Home Store will remain open |website=Bridport & Lyme Regis News|date=4 December 2020|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> |- | David Mann & Sons (Manns of Cranleigh) | [[Cranleigh]] | 1887 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/vppr-completes-cafe-inside-countryside-department-store|title= vPPR completes café inside countryside department store |website=Architects Journal|date=2 November 2016|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Marks & Spencer]] | [[Marble Arch]], [[Oxford Street]], [[London]] | 1884 | Branches throughout the UK | |- | [[Menarys]] | [[Cookstown]] | 1923 | Branches throughout Northern Ireland | |- | [[Milners of Leyburn|C Milner & Sons]] | [[Leyburn]] | 1882 | | |- | [[Morleys Stores|Morleys]] | [[Brixton]] | 1897 | Group of eight department stores including: * [[Brixton]]<br /> * Bodgers, [[Ilford]]<br /> * Elys, [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]]<br /> * Pearson, [[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]] | |- | [[Oldrids]] | [[Boston, Lincolnshire|Boston]] | 1804 | Group of 4 department stores including: * [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]])<br /> * [[Gainsborough, Lincolnshire|Gainsborough]]<br /> * [[Grantham]] | <ref name="soultsretailview.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/2013/01/30/now-lincolnshire-co-op-is-to-exit-non-food-but-a-bright-future-under-new-ownership-is-promised/|title=Now Lincolnshire Co-op is to exit non-food – Soults Retail View p. 30 Jan 2013|access-date=22 May 2015}}</ref> |- |} ===P–Z=== {| class="wikitable sortable |- ! Business name ! Main location ! Date started ! Additional branches ! References |- | [[Peters Fashions|Peters]] | [[Huddersfield]] | 1982 | | |- | Pettits | [[Wallingford, Oxfordshire|Wallingford]] | 1856 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-31361027|title= Pettits in Wallingford sells top floor to recoup financial losses |website=BBC|date=10 Feb 2015|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> |- | Potters of Buxton | [[Buxton, Derbyshire|Buxton]] | 1860 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/things-to-do/whats-on/potters-of-buxton-behind-the-scenes-at-the-department-store-6506958|title= Potters of Buxton – behind the scenes at the department store which dates back to 1860 |website=Derbyshire Life|date=16 September 2016|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Chelmsford Star Co-operative Society|Quadrant]] | [[Chelmsford]] | 1969 | [[Braintree, Essex|Braintree]] | |- | [[Roomes of Upminster]] | [[Upminster]] | 1888 | | |- | Rossiters of Bath | [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] | 1961 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/business-news/rossiters-close-cardiff-after-10-12448592|title= Rossiters to close in Cardiff after 10 years in city centre |website=Wales Online|date=13 January 2017|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Roys of Wroxham]] | [[Hoveton]] | 1895 | * [[Norwich]]<br/> * [[North Walsham]]<br/> * [[Thetford]]<br/> * [[Dereham]]<br/> * [[Beccles]]<br/> * [[Sudbury, Suffolk|Sudbury]] | |- | Rutherford & Co | [[Morpeth, Northumberland|Morpeth]] | 1846 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/morpeth-department-store-rutherfords-sold-16667773|title= Morpeth department store Rutherfords sold after 173 years in same family |website=Chronicle Live|date=30 July 2019|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> |- | John Sanders | [[Ruislip]] | 1865 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/help-santa-claus-find-right-6320401|title= Help Santa Claus find the right words on Ruislip Christmas shopping day |website=My London Live|date=19 November 2013|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Selfridges]] | [[Oxford Street|Oxford Street, London]] | 1908 | * [[Manchester]]<br/> * [[Birmingham]] | |- | Sinclairs of Sheffield | [[Sheffield]] | 1962 | * [[Stamford, Lincolnshire|Stamford]] | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/sheffield-department-store-close-tomorrow-and-you-wont-want-miss-huge-sale-98069%3f|title= Sheffield department store to close TOMORROW and you won't want to miss the huge sale |website=The Star|date=27 February 2019|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> |- | Stringers | [[Lytham]] | 1852 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/expansion-underway-lytham-flagship-store-1007450%3f|title=Expansion underway at Lytham flagship store'|website=Blackpool Gazette|date=9 August 2018|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Tamworth Co-operative Society]] | [[Tamworth, Staffordshire|Tamworth]] | 1886 | | |- | [[C J Townrow & Sons]] | [[St. Ives, Cambridgeshire]] | 1871 | * [[Maldon, Essex]]<br/> * [[Frinton-on-Sea]]<br/> * [[Sudbury, Suffolk|Sudbury]] | |- | [[Trago Mills]] | [[Newton Abbot]] | 1960s | * [[Liskeard]]<br/> * [[Merthyr Tydfil]]<br/> * [[Falmouth, Cornwall|Falmouth]] | |- | Tylers Department Store | [[Loughborough]] | 1922 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/history/great-archive-photos-showcase-early-2829508|title=Great archive photos showcase early years of town's premier family-owned department store|date=4 May 2019|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> |- | Ulster Stores | Moore of [[Coleraine]] | 1925 | * The White House, [[Portrush]] <br/> * Clares of Llandudno, [[Llandudno]] – established 1928; purchased by Ulster Stores in 2002<br/> * de Gruchy [[Saint Helier|St Helier]] | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishnews.com/business/2019/11/13/news/ulster-stores-reports-marginal-rise-in-profits-amid-difficult-year-for-retail-1763928/|title=Ulster Stores reports marginal rise in profits amid 'difficult year' for retail|website=The Irish Times|date=13 November 2019|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> |- | Voisins | [[Saint Helier|St Helier]] | 1837 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2020/03/29/150-voisins-jobs-saved-thanks-to-governments-support-offer/|title=150 Voisins jobs saved thanks to government's support offer|website=Jersey Evening Post|date=29 March 2020|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> |- | Walker & Ling | [[Weston-super-Mare]] | 1892 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/business/weston-department-store-offering-online-shopping-serices-6353794|title=Bright future for Weston high street|website=Weston Mercury|date=18 November 2020|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> |- | Wetherells | [[Selby]] | 1898 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10471339.joanne-stronach-sacked-from-wetherells-department-store-in-selby-because-of-tattoos/ |title=Joanne Stronach sacked from Wetherells department store in Selby because of tattoos|website=The Press|date=7 June 2013|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> |- | Wilkies | [[Falkirk]] | 1898 | Small chain in Scotland with department stores in [[Falkirk]] and [[Ballater]] and 11 smaller stores. | <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.peeblesshirenews.com/news/18891626.wilkies-shop-shut-galashiels-28-years-town/|title=Wilkies shop to shut in Galashiels after 28 years in town|publisher=Peebleshire News|date=23 November 2020}}</ref> |- | Wroes | [[Bude]] | 1919 | * [[Launceston, Cornwall|Launceston]]<br/> * [[Wadebridge]] | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/secrets-cornwall-department-store-survived-2513859|title= The secrets of the Cornwall department store that has survived for 100 years |website=Cornwall Live|date=10 February 2019|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> |- | R Yates & Sons | [[Malton, North Yorkshire|Malton]] | 1845 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/18374701.coronavirus-guide-shop-businesses-ryedale/|title= CORONAVIRUS: Guide to what shop and businesses are doing in Ryedale |website=18 April 2020|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> |- |} ==Defunct department store groups== {| class="wikitable sortable |- ! Business name ! Main location ! Date started ! Description ! No. Of Stores at Peak ! Closed ! References |- | [[Allders|Allders Department Stores]] | [[Croydon]] | 1862 | Group went into administration on 29 January 2005. All branches were subsequently sold or closed. The flagship Croydon store continued to trade independently after 2005, finally closing on 22 September 2012. | 50 | 2012 | |- | [[J J Allen (department store)|J J Allen]] | [[Bournemouth]] | 1899 | Group acquired by [[House of Fraser]] in 1969. Merged into [[Dingles (department store)|E Dingle & Co.]]. | 6 | 1971 | |- | [[Army & Navy Stores (United Kingdom)|Army & Navy Stores]] | [[Victoria, London|Victoria Street, London]] | 1871 | Group acquired by [[House of Fraser]] in 1973 | 27 | 2005 | |- | [[Arnotts (Scotland)|Arnotts]] | [[Glasgow]] | 1850 | Group created by House of Fraser for Scottish based stores | | 2005 | |- | T Baird & Sons | [[Wishaw]] | | Group of department stores acquired by House of Fraser in 1970 from Selincourt & Sons Ltd of London and subsequently incorporated into the [[Arnotts (Scotland)|Arnotts]] group. The branches in [[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire|Hamilton]], [[Airdrie, North Lanarkshire|Airdrie]] and [[Bellshill]] were later sold by House of Fraser as a going concern to a management buyout lead by Murdoch McMaster, and reverted to the T Baird & Sons name. | 16 | 2014 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c2764|title=Company:T Baird & Sons|website=House of Fraser Archives @ University of Glasgow|access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.weareumi.co.uk/scotland/2014/02/06/news/bairds-of-hamilton-becomes-latest-retail-casualty-14333/|title=Bairds of Hamilton becomes latest retail casualty|publisher=UMI|date=6 Feb 2014}}</ref><ref name=heraldmcmaster/> |- | [[Barkers of Kensington|John Barker & Co.]] | [[Kensington]] | 1870 | Group acquired by House of Fraser | 5 | 2006 | |- * | [[Beales (department store)|Beales]] | [[Bournemouth]] | 1881 | Group of Stores, went into administration. Poole store was reopened under Beales name. | 41 | 2020 |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18314775.beales-closing-stores-good-tomorrow/|title=Beales stores are all closing for good today|access-date=2020-04-06}}</ref> |- | [[Beatties]] | [[Wolverhampton]] | 1877 | Group acquired by House of Fraser | 12 | 2019 | |- | [[Bentalls]] | [[Kingston upon Thames]] | 1867 | Group acquired by [[Fenwick (department store)|Fenwick]]; the [[Kingston upon Thames]] store continues to trade as Bentalls | 9 | 2017 | |- | [[Benzie & Miller]] | [[Fraserburgh]] | 1920 | Group acquired by House of Fraser in 1958 and subsequently incorporated into the [[Arnotts (Scotland)|Arnotts]] group | 5 | 1970s | |- | [[Binns (department store)|H Binns, Son & Co.]] | [[Sunderland]] | 1807 | Group acquired by [[House of Fraser]]. Became a group branding for the North. | 17 | 2006 | |- | [[Blacketts]] | [[Sunderland]] | 1826 | Group acquired by Hide & Co. | 5 | 1972 | |- | [[Bobby & Co.]] | [[Margate]] | 1887 | Group acquired by [[Drapery Trust]] in 1927 and merged with [[Debenhams]] | 18 | 1972 | |- | Bon Marché | [[Brixton]] | 1877 | Group of department stores (Pratts of Streatham; Barrats of Clapham Junction; Quin & Axten) acquired by [[Selfridge Provincial Stores]]. | 4 | 1926 | <ref name="HibbertWeinreb2011">{{cite book|last=Hibbert|first=Christopher|title=The London Encyclopaedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xa0D0PqiwfEC&pg=PA81|date=9 September 2011|publisher=Pan Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-73878-2|pages=81–|edition=3rd}}</ref><ref name="Woodhead2012">{{cite book|last=Woodhead|first=Lindy|title=Shopping, Seduction & Mr Selfridge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UDJTfaE8tXwC&pg=PT176|year=2012|publisher=Profile Books|isbn=978-1-84765-964-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2015/06/brixton-history-one-hundred-years-of-bon-marche-in-brixton-and-its-secret-tunnels/|title=Brixton history – one hundred years of Bon Marché in Brixton – and its secret tunnels|website=Brixton Buxx|date=29 June 2015|access-date=9 May 2021}}</ref> |- | Brighton Co-operative Society | [[Brighton]] | 1887 | Group merged with [[Co-operative Wholesale Society]]. | | 2006 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/places/placeshop/co-operatives/co-operatives|title=The growth of the co-operative movement|website=My Brighton & Hove|access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.coop/35020/sector/retail/group-sell-or-close-36-department-stores/|title=''Group to sell or close 36 department stores''|publisher=COOP News|date=14 October 2005}}</ref> |- | [[Brights (department store)|Brights]] | [[Bournemouth]] | 1871 | Group of three department stores, trading under the names [[Brights (department store)|Brights]] and [[Colsons|Colsons of Exeter]], acquired by [[J J Allen (department store)|J J Allen]] | 1960 | 3 | |- | [[Brown Muff (department store)|Brown Muff]] | [[Bradford]] | 1814 | Group acquired by [[House of Fraser]]. Absorbed into [[Rackhams]] group. | 1978 | 4 | |- | [[British Home Stores]] | [[Oxford Street, London]] | 1928 | Fell into administration on 25 April 2016 to eventually close all branches on 28 August 2016. | 2016 | 171 | |- | [[Chiesmans]] | [[Lewisham]] | 1884 | Group acquired by [[House of Fraser]] and eventually incorporated into the [[Army & Navy Stores (United Kingdom)|Army & Navy]] group | Late 1970s | 12 | |- | [[James Colmer (department store)|James Colmer]] | [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] | 1870 | Group of 5 department stores acquired by [[Owen Owen]] | 1973 | 5 | |- | [[The Co-operative Group]] | [[Manchester]] | 1844 | Operators of 36 department stores, many trading under the "Living" brand, 7 of which were sold to [[Anglia Regional Co-operative Society]] in 2006, all others closed | 2006 | 36 | |- | [[Co-operative Retail Services]] | [[Manchester]] | | Merged with [[Co-operative Wholesale Society]] to form [[The Co-operative Group]] | 2000 | | |- | [[Co-operative Wholesale Society]] | [[Manchester]] | | Merged with [[Co-operative Retail Services]] to form The Co-operative Group | 2000 | | |- | [[Debenhams]] | [[Oxford Street|Oxford Street, London]] | 1778 | Went into administration 2020. Brand bought by BooHoo and all stores closed in May 2021. | 2021 | 178 | |- | [[Dingles (department store)|E Dingle & Co.]] | [[Plymouth]] | 1880 | Group acquired by [[House of Fraser]] in 1971. Became group brand for South West. | 2006 | 26 | |- | [[Doggarts]] | [[Bishop Auckland]] | 1895 | Group of small department stores based in the North East. | 1980 | 17 | |- | [[Drapery Trust]] | | 1925 | [[Holding company]] of a group of department stores; purchased by [[Debenhams]] in 1927; amalgamated with Debenhams. | 1973 | 14 | |- | [[Eaden Lilley]] | originally [[Cambridge]], then [[Saffron Walden]] | 1760 | Started in Cambridge, expanded to include stores in Saffron Walden & Great Sheldon. Cambridge store closed 1999. | 3 | 2009 | |- | [[East of England Co-operative Society]] | [[Ipswich]] | 1868 | Department stores sold to [[Vergo Retail]] in 2009 | 9 | 2009 | |- | [[David Evans (department store)|David Evans]] | [[Swansea]] | 1900 | group of three department stores, 2 of which were acquired by [[House of Fraser]] in 1977 and meged into Dingles grouping. | 3 | 1977 | |- * | Fear Hills | [[Trowbridge]] | 1880 | Group of four department stores. Trowbridge store moved to the former Hill Hall cinema in around 1926. Additional stores in [[Frome]], [[Wells, Somerset|Wells]] (formerly J. N. Button 1945) and Henley's in [[Shepton Mallet]]. Became part of [[Dingles (department store)|E Dingle & Co.]]. | 4 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cashrailway.co.uk/locations/eng-wilts.htm|title=Cash railways – locations in Wiltshire|access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/93838966@N02/9455124480|title=Fear Hills Billhead 1949|website=Flickr - Trowbridge Postcards|date=6 August 2013|access-date=9 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pub-histories/england/wiltshire/the-albany-palace-trowbridge|title=The Albany Palace. Discover the history of Trowbridge.|website=J D Wetherspoons|access-date=9 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=FEAR HILL'S STORES EXPANSION|publisher=Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser pg. 4|date=3 March 1945}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldwarwonders.co.uk/product/44-interesting-guide-on-ration-coupons-amounts-needed-for-articles-of-clothing/|title=WW2 Militaria→44) Interesting Guide on Ration Coupons Amounts Needed For Articles of Clothing|website=World War Wonders|access-date=9 May 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Featherstones]] | [[Chatham, Medway|Chatham]] | 1901 | Small [[Kent]] based group | 1981 | 6 | |- | Gammons | [[Guildford]] | 1864 | Small department store chain based in Surrey & Kent. Started by Ebenezer Gammon & his brother James Fielder Gammon in [[Godalming]], the partnership was dissolved in 1871 and Ebenezer moved the business to [[Guildford]]. Branches were opened in [[Cobham, Surrey|Cobham]], [[Woking]], [[Ripley, Surrey]], [[Cranleigh]], and in [[Kent]]. Purchased by Debenham in 1961. Guildford store closed due to new Plummer Roddis store being opened in 1968. Other stores closed in the 1970s. | 1961 | 5 | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.godalmingmuseum.org.uk/index.php?page=ebenezer-gammon|title=Historic Godalming - Ebenezer Gammon|website=Godalming Museum|access-date=9 May 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Goldbergs]] | [[Glasgow]] | 1908 | Glasgow based group with stores in Scotland and one in England. | 1990 | 15 | |- | Edward Grey | [[Birmingham]] | | Midlands based group acquired by Debenham in the 1950s. The Walsall branch continued to trade as Debenhams until 2021. | 1950s | | <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/walsall/2018/10/27/council-in-crisis-talks-with-debenhams/|title=Walsall Council in crisis talks with Debenhams over future of town store|publisher= Express and Star|date=29 October 2018}}</ref> |- | [[Harrods]] | [[Knightsbridge]] | 1849 | Group acquired by House of Fraser; the flagship Knightsbridge store is now independently owned and continues to trade as Harrods. | 1970s | 9 | |- | Hide & Co. | [[Kingston upon Thames]] | 1873 | Founded in 1873 after Joseph Hide bought the Kingston upon Thames store of William Shrubsole, who was retiring. Was investigated for fraudulent behaviour in 1948 over previous takeovers. Purchased by [[Tootal]] in 1965 for it's ladies clothing store brands that were merged into the Van Allen chain. Group acquired by House of Fraser in 1975. | 1975 | 20 |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boroughphotos.org/bexley/phbos_2_132/|title=Hides – Borough photos.org|date=15 August 2012|access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/op1265678-1001/op1265678-1001_djvu.txt|title=Full text of "Companies Act, 1948 : investigations: Hide & Co.Ltd."|website=archive.org|access-date=9 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c1664|title=Company:Hide & Co|website=www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/|access-date=9 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.natwestgroup.com/heritage/companies/shrubsole-and-co.html|title=Shrubsole & Co|website=Natwest|access-date=24 May 2021}}</ref> |- | Hurst & Sandler | | | Principally a manufacturer of gowns and other textile goods. The company owned a number of subsidiary wholesale and retail drapery businesses in Yorkshire, including Willis Brothers of Hull and Ludlows of Bradford (merged to form Willis Ludlow), John Banner of Sheffield, Lingards of Bradford and Rushworths of Huddersfield. Acquired by United Drapery Stores. | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cashrailway.co.uk/locations/eng-yorkshire.htm|title=Cash Carriers – Locations in Yorkshire|access-date=1 January 2019}}</ref> |- | [[Jolly & Son]] | [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] | 1810s | Group acquired by [[Dingles (department store)|E Dingle & Co.]] in 1970. | 1970 | 4 | |- | [[Keddies]] | [[Southend-on-Sea]] | 1892 | Southend-based department store that expanded with several new branches during the 1970s, before closing them during the 1980s and going into administration in 1994 | 1994 | 4 | |- | Lewis & Hyland | [[Ashford, Kent|Ashford]] | | Drapers and outfitters opened by Frederick Hyland and George Alexander Lewis, which expanded to branches in [[Dartford]], [[Tenterden]], [[Sittingbourne]], [[Folkestone]] (under the name Lewis and Goble). The partnership was dissolved in 1883, and the business continued under Frederick Hyland. The business grew to include a grocery store, and further branches opened in [[Ramsgate]] and [[Cliftonville]]. The Ashford store was demolished in 1975. | | | <ref>{{cite news|title=The London Gazette, March 13, 1883, pg. 1446}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kentquakers.org.uk/meetings-in-kent/ashford/history-of-quakers-in-ashford/|title=The Story of Quakers in Ashford from 1655|website=Quakers in Kent|access-date=9 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1620826|title=TR0042 : Upper High Street Ashford, 1975|website=Geograph|access-date=9 May 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Lewis's]] | [[Liverpool]] | 1856 | Group went into administration in 1991. A number of stores were subsequently acquired by [[Owen Owen]]. The flagship Liverpool store was last owned by [[Vergo Retail]] and closed on 29 May 2010. | 2010 | 18 | |- | [[Lincolnshire Co-operative]] | [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]] | 1861 | Operated a number of department stores, the remaining two of which, in Lincoln and [[Gainsborough, Lincolnshire|Gainsborough]], were acquired by [[Oldrids]] in 2013. The co-operative continues to operate a number of businesses outside of non-food retail. | 2013 | | |- | [[London Co-operative Society]] | [[Stratford, London|Stratford]] | 1920 | Group amalgamated with [[Co-operative Retail Services]] in 1981 | 1981 | | |- | [[William McIlroy (department store)|William McIlroy]] | [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] & [[Swindon]] | 1875 | Group of department stores started in Swindon. | 1998 | 22 | |- | McMaster Stores | | 1989 | Group of seven stores (Aidrie; Ayr; Banff; Bellshill; Hamilton; Irvine; Stirling) purchased from [[House of Fraser]] in a management buyout lead by Murdoch McMaster. The business went into administration in 1993. Hourstons in Ayr and Bairds in Hamilton were bought by Jebrell family, while Mackay Stores bought the Banff store. | 1993 | 7 | <ref name=heraldmcmaster/> |- | Macowards | [[Cardiff]] | | Founded by Maurice Lermon. Group of department stores, who purchased furniture firm Allied Maple in the 70s and were once owned by Jessel Securities. Eight of the stores were acquired by [[Owen Owen]] | | possibly 35 | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://letslookagain.com/2016/03/maple-co/|title=Suite Success:Maple & Co {{!}} Let's Look Again|date=30 March 2016}}</ref> |- | [[Marshall & Snelgrove]] | [[Oxford Street|Oxford Street, London]] | 1837 | Group merged with Debenhams in 1919. | 1973 | 11 | |- | McEwens | [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]] | 1868 | Small group of stores, with branches in [[Oban]] and [[Ballater]]. Perth store was originally filled with [[Beales (department store) |Beales]] in 2017 before their demise. | 2016 | 3 |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/business/business-news/792578/mcewens-dissolution-marks-end-of-an-era/|title=McEwens dissolution marks end of an era for Perth|access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/couple-fight-to-save-their-stately-home-after-accusing-rbs-over-collapse-of-famous-department-store-mcewens-of-perth|title=Couple fight to save stately home after accusing RBS over collapse of their famous department store McEwens of Perth|publisher=The Sunday Post|date=9 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/scotland-business/925544/buyers-near-and-far-seek-mcewens-of-perth-brand-as-historic-shop-closes|title=Buyers near and far seek McEwens of Perth brand as historic shop closes|publisher=The Press and Journal|date=21 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2017/09/beales-set-open-first-scottish-store-mcewens/|title=Beales set to open first Scottish store on site of former McEwans of Perth|publisher=Retail Gazette|date=13 September 2017}} </ref> |- | Merchant Retail Group | [[Sunderland]] | | Owner of 6 department stores, 2 of which, [[Joplings]] and [[Robbs]], were sold to [[Owen Owen]] in 2005. | | 6 |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hutchison-whampoa.com/en/media/press_each.php?id=1694|title=A.S. Watson announces £221.9 million recommended cash offer for shares of UK specialist perfume retailer Merchant Retail – Hutchinson Whampoa Ltd|access-date=27 March 2015}}</ref> |- | [[Midlands Co-operative Society]] | [[Derby]] | 1854 | Started out as Derby Co-operative Provident Society in 1854. | 2013 | | |- | Daniel Neal & Sons | [[Portman Square|Portman Square, London]] | 1837 | Children based department stores purchased by the [[John Lewis Partnership]] in 1963. | 1977 | 6 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://johnlewismemorystore.org.uk/content/branch_finder/branches_c-e/daniel_neal/what_was_daniel_neal|title=What was Daniel Neal?|website=John Lewis Memory Store|date=11 August 2014|access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Owen Owen]] | [[Liverpool]] | 1868 | Group went into administration on 28 February 2007; three stores subsequently acquired by [[Vergo Retail]] | 2007 | | |- | [[Plummer Roddis]] | [[Hastings]] | 1871 | Group acquired by Debenhams. Southampton store was bought out by the management team but closed in 1993. | 1973 | 11 | |- | [[Plymouth & South West Co-operative Society]] | [[Plymouth]] | 1859 | Department stores sold to [[Vergo Retail]] | 2009 | 5 | <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/companies/co-op-store-deals-fail-to-save-vergo/209357.article|title=Co-op store deals fail to save Vergo|publisher=The Grocer|date=12 May 2010}}</ref> |- | [[Rackhams]] | [[Birmingham]] | 1861 | Purchased by [[Harrods]] in 1955, which in 1959 was bought by [[House of Fraser]]. During the 1970s Rackhams became the group brand name for the Midlands. | 2000 | 10 | |- | [[Matthias Robinson]] | [[Hartlepool]] | 1875 | Group acquired by Debenhams in 1962 | 1972 | 4 | |- | [[Peter Robinson (department store)|Peter Robinson]] | [[Oxford Circus|Oxford Circus, London]] | 1883 | Group acquired by [[Burton (clothing)|Burton]] | 1970s | 39 | |- | Robinson & Cleaver | [[Donegall Square]], [[Belfast]] | 1874 | Group with branches at [[Regent Street|Regent Street, London]]; [[Bangor, County Down]]; [[Liverpool]] and [[Bournemouth]] | 1984 | 5 | <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/history/watch-take-step-back-time-14114084|title=Watch: Take a step back in time as we bring you inside Robinson & Cleaver|publisher=Belfast Luve|date=4 Jan 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/alwyn_ladell/35501586903|title=Robinson & Cleaver, Ltd|website=Flickr|date=August 2017|access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society|Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society (RACS)]] | [[Woolwich]] | 1872 | Merged with [[Co-operative Wholesale Society]] in 1985. | 1985 | 5 | |- | [[Schofields (department store)|Schofields]] | [[Leeds]] | 1901 | Group acquired by House of Fraser | 1996 | 3 | |- | [[Scottish Drapery Corporation]] | | 1926 | Holding company acquired by House of Fraser | 1952 | 11 | |- | [[Scotmid|Scottish Midland Co-operative Society]] | Edinburgh | 1981 | Formed in by a merger of the Dalziell Society of Motherwell with the St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Society. | 1990 | 20 | |- | [[Selfridge Provincial Stores]] | [[Oxford Street|Oxford Street, London]] | 1926 | Group created by [[Selfridges]] in 1926. Acquired by [[John Lewis Partnership]] in 1940. [[Selfridges]] flagship department store was not part of this acquisition and was acquired by [[Lewis's]] in 1951. | 1940 | 20 | |- | [[Sheffield Co-operative Society]] | [[Sheffield]] | 1868 | Merged with [[United Co-operatives]] in 2007 | 2008 | 3 | |- | [[Shephards]] | [[Gateshead]] | 1908 | Small Group based in the North East. | 1980 | 10 | |- | J C Smith & Sons | [[Nuneaton]] | | Group of 3 department stores acquired by Debenham in 1929. | 1976 | 3 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/catalogue_wow/nuneaton-j-c-smiths-department-store|title=NUNEATON. J C SMITHS DEPARTMENT STORE|website=Our Warwickshire|access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.stratford-herald.com/news/the-history-of-stratfords-first-department-store-9131582/|title=The history of Stratford's first department store|publisher=25 April 2020}}</ref> |- | [[South Suburban Co-operative Society]] | [[Croydon]] | 1918 | Merged with [[Co-operative Wholesale Society]] in 1984 | 1984 | | |- | [[United Co-operatives|Sunwin House]] | [[Bradford]] | | Originally known as the Co-op Emporium. Department store operations of [[United Co-operatives]]; stores sold to [[Anglia Regional Co-operative Society]] and [[T J Hughes]] | | | |- | [[United Drapery Stores]] | | 1927 | Holding company of a number of businesses including department stores. Department store operations merged to form [[Allders|Allders Department Stores]] during the 1970s. Group was broken up after [[Hanson plc]] purchased the business in 1984 and became Allders. | 1984 | | |- | [[Vergo Retail]] | [[Liverpool]] | 2007 | Group of department stores including former [[Owen Owen]], [[Plymouth and South West Co-operative Society]] and [[East of England Co-operative Society]] department stores. [[Robbs]] in [[Hexham]] sold to [[Beales (department store)|J E Beale]] and all other stores closed. | 2010 | 19 | |- | Watt Brothers | [[Glasgow]] | 1915 | Opened in 1915 in Sauchiehall Street, it opened further stores across Scotland, in Irvine, Lanark, Falkirk, Port Glasgow, Hamilton, Livingston, Clydebank, Clarkston, Robroyston and Ayr. Went into administration in November 2019. Glasgow building was bought by the Easdale Brothers. | 2019 | 11 | <ref>>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west|title=Watt Brothers: Sauchiehall Street store to close in December|website=BBC News|date=15 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/business/former-watt-brothers-store-glasgow-set-ps20m-revamp|title=Former Watt Brothers store in Glasgow set for £20m revamp|work=The Scotsman|date=18 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/17978483.20-jobs-lost-port-glasgows-watt-brothers-store-shuts/|title=Over 20 jobs lost as Port Glasgow's Watt Brothers store shuts|work=Greenock Telegraph|date=19 October 2019}}</ref> |- | [[Westgate Department Stores]] | [[Peterborough]] | 1876 | Group of department stores operated by [[Anglia Regional Co-operative Society]]; 19 of these stores were sold to [[Beales (department store)|J E Beale]] in 2011, while one was leased to Boyes. | 28 | 2011 | |- | [[Wildings]] | [[Newport, Wales|Newport]] | 1874 | Small group of stores in Wales | 2019 | 14 | |- |} ==Defunct department stores== ===A=== [[Image:Austins 2007 SMC.jpg|thumb |Austin's Department Store in Derry. Went into administration in 2016 (Sean Mack)]] * [[Adderlys (department store)|Adderlys]] ([[Leicester]]) – based in Market Square; bought by [[Marshall & Snelgrove]] 1920s; renamed as [[Marshall & Snelgrove]] in 1947.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Lost-Shops-Marshall-Snelgrove-Gallowtree-Gate/story-19935331-detail/story.html|title=Lost Shops: Marshall & Snelgrove in Gallowtree Gate, Leicester – Leicester Mercury p. 15 October 2015|access-date=27 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413152000/http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Lost-Shops-Marshall-Snelgrove-Gallowtree-Gate/story-19935331-detail/story.html|archive-date=13 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/history/high-brow-department-store-jewel-2004522|title=High-brow department store was jewel in spacious early 20th century Market Square|publisher=Leicestershire Live|date=15 September 2018|access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref> * [[Adnitt Brothers]] ([[Northampton]]) – established 1871 in the Drapery; bought by Debenhams in 1952; building rebuilt 1958-62; renamed Debenhams in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northampton.towntalk.co.uk/pdf/towntrail.pdf|title=Towntrail – towntalk.co.uk|access-date=27 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.northantslive.news/news/northamptonshire-news/northampton-debenhams-set-demolished-replaced-5034932|title=Former Debenhams in Northampton set to be demolished - this is what it could be replaced with|publisher=Northants Live|date=23 Feb 2021|access-date =6 May 2021}}</ref> * [[Afflecks|Affleck & Brown]] ([[Manchester]]) – bought by Debenhams in the 1950s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/manchesters-lost-shops-department-store-15891445|title=Manchester's lost shops: A department store with a farm in the basement and the record shop at the heart of Northern Soul|publisher=Manchester Evening News|date=3 March 2019}}</ref> * [[W J Aldiss]] ([[Fakenham]]) – established 1892; department store closed in 2008; W J Aldiss continue to operate home furnishing stores in Fakenham and [[Norwich]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fakenhamtimes.co.uk/news/clothing-store-to-close-7608826|title=Clothing Store to Close|work=Fakenham & Wells Times|date=25 June 2008}}</ref> * [[J & R Allan]] (Edinburgh) – bought by [[Scottish Drapery Corporation]] and subsequently acquired by [[House of Fraser]]; renamed [[Arnotts (Scotland)|Arnotts]] in the 1970s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c0729|title=J & R Allan – House of Fraser Archive|access-date=27 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Peter Allan (department store)|Peter Allan]] (Edinburgh) – bought by [[House of Fraser|Fraser, Sons & Co.]] in 1940; ownership subsequently transferred to [[House of Fraser]] in 1947<ref>{{cite web|url=http://housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c0707|title=Peter Allan – House of Fraser Archive|access-date=27 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Allansons]] ([[Birkenhead]]) – established 1860s; bought by [[Beatties]] in 1964; renamed Beatties; subsequently acquired by [[House of Fraser]] in 2005; renamed House of Fraser<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q1yoAwAAQBAJ&pg=PP1|title=Birkenhead through Time |first=Ian |last=Collard |isbn=9781848689657 |access-date=31 March 2015|date=15 May 2012 }}</ref> * [[Joshua Thomas Allder]] ([[Catford]]) – established 1877<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/history/Documents/LewishamArchivesCatalogue1989To1996PublicIndexAH.pdf|title=Lewisham Archives Catalogue 1989–1996 p. 165 A/92/2 Allder Family of Catford|access-date=12 April 2015}}</ref> * Allen's ([[South Shields]]) Opened as a drapers in 1853 by Robert Newland, in 1896 business was acquired by Thomas Allen. Business was sold to Hedley Young & Co in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F224713|title=Allen's Department Store|website=National Archives|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=40996.0|title=Allen & Co., South Shields 6d consimilar Cu-ni 21mm|website=World of Coins|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref> * [[Almstrongs]] ([[Hawick]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/2012/01/27/on-the-hunt-for-ex-woolies-and-thriving-high-streets-in-the-scottish-borders/|title=On the hunt of ex-Woolies and thriving High Streets in the Scottish Borders – Soults retail view p. 27 January 2012|access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref> * [[Amblers (department store)|Amblers]] ([[Skipton]]) – bought by [[Brown Muff (department store)|Brown Muff]] in August 1961; subsequently acquired by [[House of Fraser]] in 1978; renamed [[Rackhams]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/nostalgia/nostalgia_pick/9190803.From_the_archives/|title=From the archives – cravenherald.co.uk p. 13 August 2011|access-date=27 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Anderson's Royal Polytechnic]] (Glasgow) – established 1837 as Glasgow's first department store. Bought by [[Lewis’s]] in the 1920s and rebuilt. A new Lewis’s department store opened on the site in 1929. Site became a Debenhams.<ref name="glasgowheritage.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://glasgowheritage.org.uk/exhibitions/glasgow-shops/historic-department-stores/|title=Historic Department Stores – Glasgow City Heritage Trust|access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref> * [[Arberys]] ([[Wantage]]) – established c. 1900; closed 1995<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historicenvironment.co.uk/reports/oxon/arberys.pdf|title=Conservation Statement p. 7 December 2009|access-date=27 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Arding & Hobbs]] – established 1876; bought by [[United Drapery Stores]]; incorporated into [[Allders|Allders Department Stores]] in 1961; renamed Allders c. 1999; bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams * [[Arnolds (department store)|Arnolds]] ([[Great Yarmouth]]) – established 1869; bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams in 1972; closed in 1985;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/features/from_the_archives_the_rise_of_supermarkets_and_department_stores_in_norfolk_1_4067722|title=The rise of the supermarkets and department stores in Norfolk – Eastern Daily Post p. 10 May 2015|date=10 May 2015|access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref> was located on Junction of Regent Street and King Street<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.berneyarms.co.uk/html/yarmouth/miscellany/miscellany.htm|title=Great Yarmouth Miscellany – Berney Arms Web|access-date=22 April 2016}}</ref> * [[Attwoods]] ([[Kidderminster]]) – bought by [[Kays Catalogues|Kay & Co.]] of [[Worcester, England|Worcester]], the [[Mail order|catalogue]] business in the 1950s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kaysheritage.org.uk/6002.html|title=Kays Heritage Group|access-date=27 November 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322005924/http://www.kaysheritage.org.uk/6002.html|archivedate=22 March 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> * [[Austins (department store)|Austins]] ([[Derry]]) Opened in 1830. Closed in 2016. ===B=== [[Image:'Bainbridge, a century of service' (6841097718).jpg|thumb|Bainbridge of Newcastle, now John Lewis Newcastle (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums)]] * [[William Badcock & Son]] ([[Newton Abbot]]) – Bought by [[Dingles (department store)|E Dingle & Co.]] in the 1960s; subsequently acquired by [[House of Fraser]] in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c1580|title=William Badcock & Son – House of Fraser Archive|access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Bainbridge's|Bainbridge & Co.]] ([[Newcastle upon Tyne]]) – Established 1838. Bought by [[John Lewis Partnership]] in 1952; renamed John Lewis in 2002. * Bairds ([[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire|Hamilton]]) formerly an Arnotts, was sold by House of Fraser in 1989 to a management buyout led by Murdoch McMaster. In 1993 the Jebrell family saved the business from administration but the store went into liquidation in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/end-era-bairds-hamilton-closes|title=End of an Era as Bairds in Hamilton Closes with loss of 53 jobs|work=Daily Record|date=7 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/beer-go-jd-wetherspoon-back|title=Beer we go! JD Wetherspoon are back in with £5m plan for empty Bairds building|work=Daily Record|date=14 December 2017}}</ref><ref name=heraldmcmaster>{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12615921.hourstons-remains-to-serve-populous-of-the-honest-toon-two-mcmaster-stores-are-sold-by-the-receiver/|title=Hourstons remains to serve populous of the Honest Toon. Two McMaster Stores are sold by the receiver|work=The Herald|date=26 March 1993}}</ref> * [[Baker, Baker & Co]] ([[Bristol]]) – Established in 1840. Purchased by Bell Nicholson & Lunt Group in 1963, the business was sold to [[Courtaulds]] in 1966 and the retail business was transferred and renamed [[William McIlroy (department store)| McIlroys]], the groups department store chain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cliftonrfchistory.co.uk/internationals/england/baker/baker.htm|title=Hiat Cowles Baker|website=Clifton Rugby Football Club|access-date=17 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.bristol.gov.uk/records/43207/15/246|title=Bristol, Wine Street, [c1900]|website=Bristol Archives|access-date=17 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tQNbDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Baker+Baker+%26+Co%22+courtaulds&pg=PA131|title=Family Life, Trauma and Loss in the Twentieth Century: The Legacy of War|author= Carol Komaromy, Jenny Hockey|date=16 May 2018|isbn=9783319766027}}</ref> * [[Baldwins of Deal|Baldwins]] ([[Deal, Kent|Deal]]) – Succeeded by [[Baldwins of Deal|Laughtons]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.francisfrith.com/uk/locations/deal/memories/riceman-s-fire-668973891|title=Ricemans Fire – a memory of deal Francis Firth|access-date=30 March 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219220153/http://www.francisfrith.com/uk/locations/deal/memories/riceman-s-fire-668973891|archivedate=19 December 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> * [[John Banner (department store)|John Banner]] ([[Sheffield]]) – Established 1873; relocated to Attercliffe Road in 1894; rebuilt in 1934. Bought by Hurst & Sandler and subsequently acquired by [[United Drapery Stores]]; closed in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/9347313319/|title=John Banner Ltd – Flickr|date=10 July 2013|access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Barbers (department store)|Barbers]] ([[Fulham]]) – Established 1891; closed in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/4974998077/|title=North End Road 1964-2010|date=10 September 2010|access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[John Barnes (department store)|John Barnes]] ([[Finchley Road|Finchley Road, London]]) – Established 1900. Bought by [[Selfridges]] in 1919; incorporated into [[Selfridge Provincial Stores]] in 1926; rebuilt in 1935. Acquired by [[John Lewis Partnership]] in 1940; closed in 1981; building subsequently occupied by [[Waitrose]].<ref name="Selfridge Provincial Stores"/> * [[Barretts of Clapham Junction|Barretts]] ([[Clapham Junction]]) – Bought by [[Selfridge Provincial Stores]] in 1926.<ref name="Selfridge Provincial Stores">{{cite book|last1=Pound|first1=Reginald|title=Selfridge: A Biography|date=1960|publisher=Heinemann|location=London|pages=200, 249 (illustration)|edition=First|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cgFIAQAAIAAJ|access-date=13 April 2015|ref=Selfridge's Cash Register Empire, 1920–1940}}</ref> * [[Barretts of St Neots|Barretts]] ([[St Neots]]) – opened 1888; closed 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/barretts-finally-close-new-store|title=Barretts to finally close as new store for St Neots confirmed|work=Cambridgeshire Live|date=27 January 2017}}</ref> * [[Barrows (department store)|Barrows]] ([[Birmingham]]) * [[A. Barton & Co.]] ([[Wood Green]]) - opened 1907. Became part of Hide & Co. Destroyed by fire in 1968.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://harringayonline.com/photo/wood-green-high-road-site-of-mothercare-to-sainsbury-s-c1925?commentId=844301%3AComment%3A1185203&xg_source=activity|title=Wood Green High Road - Site of Mothercare to site of present-day Sainsbury's c1925|first1=2019 at 12:55|last1=Added by Hugh on August 3|first2=View|last2=image|first3=Previous &#124;|last3=Next|website=harringayonline.com}}</ref><ref name="cashrailway.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.cashrailway.co.uk/locations/eng-london.htm|title=Cash carriers – locations in London|access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://harringayonline.com/photo/wood-green-high-road-site-of-mothercare-to-sainsbury-s-c1925?commentId=844301%3AComment%3A1185203&xg_source=activity|title=Wood Green High Road - Site of Mothercare to site of present-day Sainsbury's c1925|website=Harringay online|access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://harringayonline.com/photo/wood-high-road-c1960|title=Wood High Road c1960|website=Harringay Online|access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref> * [[Edward Bates (department store)|Edward Bates]] ([[Chatham, Kent|Chatham]]) – established 1869; bought by [[Bentalls]] in 1979; renamed Bentalls; closed in the 1980s. * [[Bearmans]] ([[Leytonstone]]) * [[Beavans]] ([[Byker]]) – established 1910; bought by [[GUS (retailer)|Great Universal Stores]] in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/beavans-department-store-becomes-30-flats|title=Bevans Department Store becomes 30 flats|work=Chronicle Live|date=8 October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Beavans Switch Sales Aporoach|work=Newcastle Journal|page= 7|date=5 Feb 1969}}</ref> * [[Joseph Beckett & Co.]] ([[Chester]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=19211|title=Late Georgian and Victorian Chester 1762-1914: The economy, 1871–1914, the limits of reorientation – British History Online|access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * Bellmans ([[Brighton and Hove]]) – Opened in 1920s after Sydney Bellman purchasing the store from Jacomeli family. Closed 1970. Brighton store in London Road demolished and rebuilt as a Fine Fare supermarket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18541516.look-back-shops-brighton-lost-years/|title=A look back at shops Brighton has lost over the years|website=The Argus|date=26 June 2020|access-date=2 May 2021}}</ref> ** Belmans (Hayward Heath) ** Belmans (Portslade) * [[V H Bennett]] ([[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]]) – bought by Debenhams and incorporated into the Plummer Roddis group; renamed Debenhams in 1973<ref>{{cite web|url=http://g3sds.org.uk/south-dorset-wireless-makers-twenties/|title=South Dorset Radio Society|access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Isaac Benzie]] ([[Aberdeen]]) – bought by House of Fraser; renamed [[Arnotts (Scotland)|Arnotts]] * Berrills ([[Spalding, Lincolnshire|Spalding]]) purchased by Mawer & Collingham in 1935 after death of Albert George Berrill. Closed 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c2606|title=Company:Berrills Ltd|website=House of Fraser Archive @ University of Glasgow|access-date=24 May 2021}}</ref> * [[Birkheads]] ([[Walton-on-Thames]]) – closed in the 1970s<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/people/celebrity-interviews/mike-read-on-music-sport-and-surrey-connections-7238050|title=Mike Read on his passion for music, a love for sport and Surrey connections|work=Surrey Life|date=3 July 2018}}</ref> * Bishops ([[Falkirk]]) based in Kerse Lane<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/74frankfurt/status/1230753914003189760?lang=en|title=Picture This Scotland|website=twitter|date=21 Feb 2020}}</ref> * [[Blacketts]] ([[Sunderland]]) ** [[Blacketts]] ([[Barnard Castle]]) ** [[Blacketts]] ([[Bishop Auckland]]) ** [[Blacketts]] ([[Stockton-on-Tees]]) * [[Blacklers]] ([[Liverpool]]) * [[Bladons]] ([[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rtpi.org.uk/media/998408/david_neave.pdf|title=Post War Rebuilding of Hull 1945-1970 by David Neave p. 13 May 2014|access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[J D Blair & Co.]] (Edinburgh) – bought by [[Scottish Drapery Corporation]]; subsequently acquired by House of Fraser<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c0732|title=J D Blair & Co. – House of Fraser Archive|access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Blake & Son]] ([[Maidstone]]) – established 1865; bought by [[Edward Bates (department store)|Edward Bates]] in 1969; closed in 1978<ref>{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/c49086bb-520f-451d-9446-20605dd88b3a|title=RECORDS OF EDWARD BATES LIMITED., DEPARTMENT STORE, HIGH STREET, CHATHAM AND OF BLAKE AND SON, LADIES OUTFITTERS, HIGH STREET, MAIDSTONE – National Archives|access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Blanchards (department store)|Blanchards]] (Infirmary Road, [[Sheffield]]) – closed c. 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/950-anybody-remember-blanchards/|title=Anybody remember Blanchards?|website=Sheffield History|access-date=17 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=BLANCHARD BROS.' DISPLAY OP NEW GOODS FOR WHITSUNTIDE|work=Sheffield Independent|date=6 May 1902}}</ref> * [[Blands]] ([[Wembley]]) – traded from 1911 to 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blands.co.uk/|title=Blands.co.uk - Corsetry, Bedlinen|date=28 November 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991128082848/http://blands.co.uk/|archive-date=28 November 1999}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.findglocal.com/GB/London/414711215246042/Blands|title=Blands, London (2021)|website=www.findglocal.com}}</ref> * [[Blinkhorn & Son]] ([[Gloucester]]) – bought by [[Selfridge Provincial Stores]]; acquired by [[John Lewis Partnership]] in 1940; closed in 1953 and building sold to [[Woolworths Group|F W Woolworth & Co.]]<ref name="Selfridge Provincial Stores" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.johnlewismemorystore.org.uk/page/decline?path=0p132p152p173p|title=Blinkhorn Ltd – johnlewismemorystore.co.uk|access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> ** [[Blinkhorn & Son]] ([[Stroud]]) – opened as a branch of [[Blinkhorn & Son]] of [[Gloucester]]; acquired by [[Selfridge Provincial Stores]] and subsequently by [[John Lewis Partnership]]; closed in 1953 and premises sold to [[Woolworths Group|F W Woolworth & Co.]] * [[Blundell Brothers]] ([[Luton]]) – Established in 1852 at Market Hill; relocated to the new [[The Mall Luton|Arndale Centre]] in 1972; bought by [[Debenhams]] and renamed as such in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/lifestyle/memories-of-luton-s-blundell-store-1-3615160|title=Memories of Luton's Blundell store – Bedford Today| page= 18 |date=March 2012|access-date=21 February 2019}}</ref> ** [[Fisk & Son|Blundells]] ([[St Albans]]) – succeeded [[Fisk & Son]] in 1946 as a branch of Blundell Brothers of Luton; closed in 1966; demolished to make way for Heritage Close shopping precinct<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stalbanshistory.org/page_id__209.aspx|title=Messrs Fisk & Sons – St Albans & Hertforshire Architectural & Archaeology Society|access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Boardmans]] ([[Stratford, London|Stratford]]) – bought by [[Keddies]] in the 1970s; closed in 1984 and building demolished.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newham.gov.uk/Documents/Environment%20and%20planning/StratfordStJohnsConservationAreaAppraisalFINAL[1].pdf|title=Stratford St Johns Conservation Area Character Appraisal & Management Proposal March 2009|access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Bobby & Co.]] ([[Margate]]) ** [[Bobby & Co.]] ([[Clifton, Bristol|Clifton]]) – Succeeded [[John Cordeux & Sons]] as a branch of [[Bobby & Co.]] ([[Drapery Trust]]) in 1928; closed in 1932 and premises sold to [[Brights (department store)|Brights]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/8215758251/|title=Bristol between the Wars – Maggs department store|access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Bodgers]] ([[Ilford]]) – opened 14 June 1890; bought by [[Morleys Stores|Morleys]] in 1959; closed 28 February 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Bodgers/ |title=Bodgers of Ilford – Home |publisher=Facebook |date= |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> * [[Bolingbroke & Wenley]] ([[Chelmsford]]) – established 1846; department store closed in April 2000 and the building was subsequently demolished.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/5517195.chelmsford-farewell-to-famous-family-department-store/|title=Chelmsford Farewell to Famous Family Department Store|publisher=Daily Gazette|date=4 February 2000|access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref> A WH Smith and H&M store opened on the site in 2001; a separate furniture store opened in 1991 on what is now the site of B&Q. This moved in the late 1990s to a site on Parkway previously occupied by Texas Homecare. This store closed in 2006. * [[Bonanza (department store)|Bonanza]] (Glasgow)<ref name="glasgowheritage.org.uk"/> * [[Bonds of Chelmsford|Bonds]] ([[Chelmsford]]) – moved to current location in 1870;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.essexrecordofficeblog.co.uk/chelmsford-then-and-now-28-31-high-street-debenhams-bonds-the-falcon-inn/|title=Chelmsford Then and Now: 28–31 High Street – Debenhams, Bonds, the Falcon Inn – Essex Records Office|access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref> bought by Debenhams in the 1960s; renamed Debenhams in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.francisfrith.com/uk/locations/chelmsford/photos/chelmsford-high-street-1969-38115676|title=Chelmsford High Street 1969 – Francis Firth|access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Bonds of Norwich|Bonds]] ([[Norwich]]) – bought by [[John Lewis Partnership]] in 1982; renamed John Lewis in 2001. * [[Bon Marché (Brixton)|Bon Marché]] ([[Brixton]]) – established in 1877 by James Smith of Tooting. The store was the first purpose-built department store in the London. Smith named his department store after the famous [[Le Bon Marché|Au Bon Marche]] in Paris.<ref name="HibbertWeinreb2011"/> Bought by [[Selfridge Provincial Stores]] in 1926 and subsequently acquired by [[John Lewis Partnership]] in 1940; closed in 1975<ref name="Selfridge Provincial Stores" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.johnlewismemorystore.org.uk/page/decline_and_closure_1970-1977?path=0p132p152p219p|title=Bon Marche Brixton – johnlewismemorystore.co.uk|access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Bon Marché (Gloucester)|Bon Marché]] ([[Gloucester]]) – established 1889; absorbed by the [[Drapery Trust]] in the late 1920s; the business became an important influence in the formation of the modern Debenhams group and was renamed Debenhams in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/boards/topic/275-bon-marchedebenhams/|title=Bon Marche/Debenhams – Visit Gloucesteraccess-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[George Henry Lee|Bon Marché]] ([[Liverpool]]) – established 1877 by [[Lewis's]]; bought by [[Liverpool Co-Operative Society]] in the late 1950s before acquisition by [[John Lewis Partnership]] in 1961; incorporated into [[George Henry Lee]]. * [[Bon Marché (Southsea)|Bon Marché]] ([[Southsea]]) – established 1927; closed 2009.<ref name=Portsmouth>{{cite web|title=Local Companies|url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stephen.pomeroy/local/companies.pdf|access-date=9 May 2015|ref=Bon Marche|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518102449/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stephen.pomeroy/local/companies.pdf|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Bon Marché (Tunbridge Wells)|Bon Marché]] ([[Tunbridge Wells]]) – established 1878; bought by [[John Lewis Partnership]] in 1946; renamed [[The Silk Shop]]; closed in 1953 and premises sold to [[John Perris of Croydon|John Perris]] of [[Croydon]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.johnlewismemorystore.org.uk/page/silk_shop_tunbridge_wells?path=0p132p133p|title=Bon Marche Tunbridge Wells – johnlewismemorystore.co.uk|access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Broadbents & Boothroyds|Boothroyds]] ([[Southport]]) – bought by [[Broadbents & Boothroyds|Broadbents]] of Southport; acquired by [[Owen Owen]] and merged with Broadbents to form [[Broadbents & Boothroyds]] on the Boothroyds site. * [[Frederick Boulton]] ([[Cirencester]]) – bought by [[Hide & Co.]]; subsequently acquired by [[House of Fraser]] in 1975; renamed [[Rackhams]] in 1977; renamed House of Fraser c. 2000 * [[Boswells of Oxford]] ([[Oxford]]) – Established 1738; Closed 2020. * [[Boulton & Talbot]] ([[Stafford]]) – Established 1743; later [[Boulton & Talbot|Boultons]]; succeeded by [[Boulton & Talbot|Brookfields]] 1865<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?resource=1234|title=Brookfields Department Store, Stafford – Staffordshire Past Track|access-date=30 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402153930/http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?resource=1234|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Boulton & Talbot|Boultons]] ([[Stafford]]) – formerly [[Boulton & Talbot]]; succeeded by [[Boulton & Talbot|Brookfields]] 1865 * [[Bourne & Hollingsworth]] ([[Oxford Street|Oxford Street, London]]) – Closed 1983. ** [[Bourne & Hollingsworth]] ([[Southampton]]) – Opened as a branch of [[Bourne & Hollingsworth]] of [[Oxford Street]]; sold 1979. * [[Bournes]] ([[Southampton]]) – Succeeded [[Bourne & Hollingsworth]] 1979. * [[Bow's Emporium]] (Glasgow) – established 1873<ref name="glasgowheritage.org.uk"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://glasgowwestaddress.co.uk/1891_Book/Bows_Emporium.htm|title=Bow's Emporium – Galsgowestaddress.co.uk|access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref> * [[Brakes (department store)|Brakes]] ([[Taunton]])<ref name="Cash Railway Website – Somerset">{{cite web|url=http://www.cashrailway.co.uk/locations/eng-somerset.htm|title=Cash Carriers – locations in Somerset|access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> * Bratt & Dyke ([[Hanley, Staffordshire|Hanley]]) - Opened 1890; Closed late 1980s <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/bratt-dykes-shop-stanley-staffordshire-3817155|title=Family pay tribute after the death of former department store director lovingly known as Stanley from Hanley|publisher=Stoke Live|date=6 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/Details.aspx?&ResourceID=27617&PageIndex=1&KeyWord=bratt%20and%20dyke&SortOrder=2|title=Bratt and Dyke's Department Store, Hanley|website=Staffordshire Past Track|access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Mervyn Edwards|title=Hanley Through Time|date=15 October 2012|isbn=9781445608099}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepotteries.org/city_limits/023.htm |title=Hanley got there first in size and quality |publisher=Thepotteries.org |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> ** Bratt & Dyke ([[Stafford]]) * Brays ([[Malvern, Worcestershire|Malvern]]) – opened 1895. Closed 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/17811569.end-era-malvern-department-store-brays-announces-closure/|title= End of an era as Malvern department store Brays announces closure |date=2 August 2019|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref> * [[Brice & Sons]] ([[Northampton]]) – bought by [[Selfridge Provincial Stores]]<ref name="Selfridge Provincial Stores" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reading.ac.uk/web/FILES/business/Advertisingdeptstorepaper.pdf |title=Advertising, promotion, and the competitive advantage of interwar UK department stores |author=Peter Scott |date=January 2008 |publisher=University of Reading |access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> * Brindleys ([[Derby]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://funeral-notices.co.uk/notice/anthony+brindley/4590697|title=Funeral Notice Anthony Brindley|website=Funeral Notices|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref> * [[Brights (department store)|Brights]] ([[Bournemouth]]) – Established 1871. Bought by [[J J Allen (department store)|J J Allen]] 1960. Acquired by House of Fraser 1969; renamed Dingles 1973; renamed House of Fraser 2000s. ** [[Brights (department store)|Brights]] ([[Clifton, Bristol|Clifton]]) – Opened in the former premises of [[Bobby & Co.]] as a branch of [[Brights (department store)|Brights]] 1932. Acquired by [[J J Allen (department store)|J J Allen]] 1960. Subsequently, acquired by House of Fraser 1969; renamed [[Dingles (department store)|Dingles]] 1973; closed 1990s. * [[Brightwells]] ([[Southend-on-Sea]]) * [[Broadbents & Boothroyds|Broadbents]] ([[Southport]]) – bought by [[Owen Owen]]; merged with Boothroyds of Southport to form [[Broadbents & Boothroyds]] on the Boothroyds site; Broadbents premises sold * [[Broadbents & Boothroyds]] ([[Southport]]) – formed from the merger of [[Broadbents & Boothroyds|Broadbents]] and [[Broadbents & Boothroyds|Boothroyds]], by [[Owen Owen]], on the Boothroyds site; bought by [[Beales (department store)|J E Beale]]; renamed Beales * [[Boulton & Talbot|Brookfields]] ([[Stafford]]) – succeeded [[Boulton & Talbot|Boultons]]; closed 1909<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/tragic-corner-history/story-20145896-detail/story.html |title=A tragic corner of history &#124; Staff Newsletter |publisher=Staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk |date=3 April 2008 |access-date=30 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402140816/http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/tragic-corner-history/story-20145896-detail/story.html |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[D G Brown]] ([[Harrogate]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cashrailway.co.uk/locations/eng-yorkshire.htm|title=Cash Carriers – Locations in Yorkshire|access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> * [[D M Brown]] ([[Dundee]]) – bought by [[Scottish Drapery Corporation]]; acquired by House of Fraser; renamed [[Arnotts (Scotland)|Arnotts]] 1970s; closed 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c0726 |title=HOUSE OF FRASER Archive :: Company: D M Brown Ltd |publisher=Housefraserarchive.ac.uk |date=31 July 1972 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[J B Brown (department store)|J B Brown]] (Clayton Square, [[Liverpool]]) – closed 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/clayton-square-1970/|title=Clayton Square, 1970 – Streets of Liverpool|access-date=10 November 2016}}</ref> * [[Brown & Phillips]] ([[Deal, Kent|Deal]]) – established 1938; closed 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent-business/county-news/landmark-deal-store-is-to-close-a8531/ |title=Landmark Deal store is to close |publisher=Kentonline.co.uk |date=14 May 2003 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Bryants (department store)|Bryants]] ([[St Ives, Cambridgeshire|St Ives]]) – Established 1887.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hlalaphansi.net/stivesbiz/b.html |title=St Ives Cambridgeshire Internet Business Park – B |publisher=Hlalaphansi.net |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> Bought by [[Eaden Lilley]] 2003; renamed Eaden Lilley. Bought from the [[Receivership|receiver]] of Eaden Lilley by [[C J Townrow & Sons]] 2009; renamed Townrow. * [[W J Buckley & Co.]] ([[Harrogate]]) – Bought by [[Selfridge Provincial Stores]] and subsequently acquired by the [[John Lewis Partnership]] in 1940. The store was sold to [[Busbys (department store)|Busbys]] of [[Bradford]] in 1953 who rebranded the store under the Busbys name. Busbys was itself purchased by [[Debenhams]] in 1958. The store was renamed Debenhams in 1973 and continues to trade from the same site (2019).<ref name="Selfridge Provincial Stores" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Blatchford |first=Jonathan |url=http://www.johnlewismemorystore.org.uk/page/war_and_peace_rise_and_decline?path=0p132p152p187p |title=War and peace, rise and decline &#124; Buckley's &#124; Branches A-B &#124; Branch finder |publisher=Johnlewismemorystore.org.uk |date=11 August 2014 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[A H Bull]] ([[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]]) – Bought by [[Selfridge Provincial Stores]]. Acquired by [[John Lewis Partnership]] 1940; closed 1953; incorporated into [[Heelas of Reading|Heelas]].<ref name="Selfridge Provincial Stores" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Blatchford |first=Jonathan |url=http://www.johnlewismemorystore.org.uk/page/decline_and_closure?path=0p132p152p171p |title=1945-1953 &#124; Decline and Closure &#124; A.H Bull &#124; Branches A-B &#124; Branch finder |publisher=Johnlewismemorystore.org.uk |date=2 May 1953 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Bulloughs]] ([[Carlisle, Cumbria|Carlisle]]) – bought by [[Hoopers (department store)|Hoopers]] 2006; renamed Hoopers 2006; closed 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/business/bulloughs-calls-it-a-day-after-100-years-1.322736|title=Bulloughs Calls It DaAfter 100 Years – News & Star p. 20 June 2006|access-date=31 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Bunneys]] ([[Liverpool]])<ref name="liverpoolecho29">{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/famous-liverpool-department-stores-remembered-3328354|title=Famous Liverpool department stores remembered as January Sales come round again – Liverpool Echo p. 29 December 2012|date=29 December 2012|access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref> Opened in 1881. Bought By [[Greenwoods]] of Bradford in 1956 before being demolished. * [[Buntings (department store)|Buntings]] ([[Norwich]]) * [[Burberry|T Burberry & Sons]] ([[Basingstoke]]) – also known as The Emporium; succeeded by E Lanham & Son <ref name="Lanhams / E Lanham & Sons / T Burberry & Sons">{{cite web |title=Basingstoke Retail: Shops and Markets 1700-2014 |url=https://www.history.ac.uk/sites/default/files/file-uploads/2019-06/shops_and_markets_from_1700.pdf |website=Institute of Historical Research |access-date=21 May 2020 |language=en |date=16 October 2018}}</ref> * [[Burgis & Colbourne]] ([[Leamington Spa]]) – Bought by [[Army & Navy Stores (United Kingdom)|Army & Navy Stores]] 1963; renamed Army & Navy 1974. Acquired by House of Fraser 1976; renamed [[Rackhams]]; renamed House of Fraser c. 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c1641&type=Grocers |title=HOUSE OF FRASER Archive :: Company: Burgis & Colbourne Ltd |publisher=Housefraserarchive.ac.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Burnes of Ilford|Burnes]] ([[Ilford]]) – bought by [[Chiesmans]] 1959; acquired by House of Fraser 1972; later incorporated into the [[Army & Navy Stores (United Kingdom)|Army & Navy]] group<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/pr/perfinsoc/articals/2011_10/chiesman.pdf|title=Chiesmans Perforator by Keith Kimber October 2011|access-date=31 March 2015}}</ref> * [[T G Burrell]] ([[Chester]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=19211 |title=Late Georgian and Victorian Chester 1762–1914: The economy, 1871-1914, the limits of reorientation &#124; British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/10-reasons-buy-chester-chronicle-9844323|title=10 reasons to buy The Chester Chronicle on Thursday – 8. Going back to the 60s and 70s – The Chester Chronicle p. 12 August 2015|date=12 August 2015|access-date=10 November 2016}}</ref> * [[Joseph Burton (department store)|Joseph Burton]] ([[Nottingham]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nottsheritagegateway.org.uk/themes/retailing/retailingstructural.htm|title=Retailing – The Nottinghamshire Heritage Gateway|access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref> * [[Busbys (department store)|Busbys]] ([[Bradford]] and branches) – Established 1908. Bought by Debenhams 1958; renamed Debenhams 1973; closed 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelocalleader.co.uk/history/departmentstores/|title=We built this city on department stores – Local Leader 14/5/14|access-date=5 November 2014}}</ref> ** [[Busbys (department store)|Busbys]] ([[Ilkley]])<ref name="myyorkshire.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.myyorkshire.org/jpage.asp?jpageid=197&journeyid=117|title=A Bradford Street Scene 1938 – Photograph by C H Wood, Busbys department store – myyorkshire.org|access-date=22 May 2015}}</ref> ** [[Busbys (department store)|Busbys]] ([[Harrogate]])<ref name="myyorkshire.org"/> * [[C B Butcher]] ([[Hawkhurst]])<ref name="Cash Railway Website – Kent">{{cite web |url=http://www.cashrailway.co.uk/locations/eng-kent.htm |title=Cash carriers – locations in Kent |access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> * [[Butlers (department store)|Butlers]] ([[Poole]]) – became part of the Co-Op<ref name="Cash Railway Website – Dorset">{{cite web |url=http://www.cashrailway.co.uk/locations/eng-dorset.htm |title=Cash carriers – locations in Dorset |access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> * [[B T Butter]] ([[Weston-super-Mare]]) – Bought by [[James Colmer (department store)|James Colmer]]. Acquired by [[Owen Owen]] 1973; renamed Owen Owen. ===C=== [[Image:Caleys Windsor 27 June 2006.jpg|thumb|Caleys was established in 1810. It closed in 2006 as part of the John Lewis Partnership. (Pamela Marson)]] * [[Caleys]] ([[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]]) – Established 1810. Bought by [[Selfridge Provincial Stores]] 1918. Acquired by [[John Lewis Partnership]] 1940; closed 2006.<ref name="Selfridge Provincial Stores" /> * [[J T Calvert]] ([[Sunderland]]) – Bought by [[Hedley, Swan & Co.]], owners of [[Joplings]], 1921; Calverts closed and Joplings relocated to the site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland018.html|title=The Sunderland Site Page|access-date=4 December 2014}}</ref> * [[Campbell & Booker]] ([[Walton-on-Thames]]) – Succeeded by [[Grant Warden]]. * [[F Cape & Co.]] ([[Oxford]]) – Established c. 1870; closed 1971. Buildings demolished. Site occupied by [[Fenwick (department store)|Fenwick]] c. 1978 – c. 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/mayors/1836_1962/lewis_edmund_1920.html|title=Edmund Butterworth Lewis – oxfordhistory.org.uk|access-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> * [[Carltons (department store)|Carltons]] ([[Bridlington]]) – Succeeded [[Norman Jones & Co.]] 1918. Bought by [[Hammonds of Hull|Hammonds]] 1968; renamed Hammonds on completion of new buIlding 1970.<ref name="ba-education1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ba-education.com/for/travel/guide/bridlingtontown.html |title=Bridlington Guide |publisher=Ba-education.com |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Carmichaels (department store)|Carmichaels]] ([[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]])<ref>{{cite web|author=Eye Web Solutions |url=http://www.scotts-property.co.uk/properties/41-65-george-street |title=41–65 George Street |publisher=Scotts-property.co.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Catesbys (department store)|Catesbys]] ([[Tottenham Court Road|Tottenham Court Road, London]]) – Established 1865; incorporated 1910; closed 1958.<ref>{{cite web|last=Behm |first=Michael |url=http://cosgb.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/catesbys-limited.html |title=COSGB: Catesbys Limited |publisher=Cosgb.blogspot.co.uk |date=7 January 2011 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=13518&inst_id=118 |title=AIM25 collection description |publisher=Aim25.ac.uk |date=27 May 1910 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Cawdells]] ([[Watford]])<ref name="watfordjunction1">{{cite web|last=Prior |first=Jeremy |url=http://www.watfordjunction.org.uk/page_id__118_path__.aspx |title=Stories &#124; Our stories &#124; Watford's vanishing trick &#124; Life before Watford was turned inside out |publisher=Watfordjunction.org.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Chadds]] ([[Hereford]]) – Established 1929; closed 7 June 2008. Building now partly occupied by [[The Entertainer (retailer)|The Entertainer]] (2014).<ref name="herefordtimes1">{{cite web|url=http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/2089649.chadds_announce_decision_to_close/ |title=Chadds announce decision to close (From Hereford Times) |publisher=Herefordtimes.com |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Chadds of Lowestoft|Chadds]] ([[Lowestoft]]) – Established 1909. Bought by [[Palmers Department Store|Palmers]] 2004; renamed Palmers 2009. * [[Chamberlins Sons & Co]] ([[Norwich]]) – Opened in 1815 by Henry Chamberlain. Closed 1950s after being purchased by Marshall & Snelgrove. Was located on corner of Dove Street and Guildhall Hall, now a Tesco Metro.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shinealightproject.wordpress.com/2013/08/27/are-you-being-served/|title=Shine a light project – Norfolk Museum Service|access-date=31 October 2016}}</ref> * [[W & A Chapman]] ([[Taunton]]) – bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.curryrivel.org.uk/about-curry-rivel/the-community/item/171-parish-pesonality-sheila-jenkins?tmpl=component&type=raw |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141211122757/http://www.curryrivel.org.uk/about-curry-rivel/the-community/item/171-parish-pesonality-sheila-jenkins?tmpl=component&type=raw |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 December 2014 |title=Parish Personality Sheila Jenkins |publisher=Curryrivel.org.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015 }}</ref> * [[Chart & Lawrence]] ([[Horsham]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/local/chart-and-lawrence-horsham-1988-1-829675 |title=Chart and Lawrence, Horsham, 1988 – West Sussex County Times |publisher=Wscountytimes.co.uk |date=26 June 2009 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Cluttens of East Dereham|Chattels of Dereham]] ([[Dereham]]) – opened April 2015; closed November 2018; formerly [[Palmers Department Store|Palmers]] (1989-2015) / [[Cluttens of East Dereham|Nicholas Hinde & Sons]] (1982-1989) / [[Bonds of Norwich|Bonds]] (1961-1982) / [[Cluttens of East Dereham|Cluttens]] * [[Chopes (department store)|Chopes / W H Chope & Sons]] ([[Bideford]]) * [[Webbers (department store)|City Drapery Stores]] ([[Oxford]]) – Established 1884. Succeeded by [[Webbers (department store)|Webbers]] 1905.<ref name="oxfordhistory1">{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/high/tour/north/010_012.html |title=The High, Oxford, Nos 10-12 |publisher=Oxfordhistory.org.uk |date=6 May 2014 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Civil Service & Professional Supply]] (Glasgow)<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.rias.org.uk/rias/about-the-rias/past-presidents/sir-john-j-burnet/ |title=Sir John J Burnet |publisher=RIAS.org.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Civil Service Supply Association]] ([[Strand, London]]) * [[Edward J Clarke]] ([[Harrogate]]) – Bought by [[McDonalds (department store)|McDonalds]] of Glasgow 1922; renamed McDonalds 1922. Acquired by House of Fraser 1951; later incorporated into the [[Binns (department store)|Binns]] group; renamed Binns.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c0720 |title=HOUSE OF FRASER Archive :: Company: McDonalds Ltd |publisher=Housefraserarchive.ac.uk |date=25 August 1920 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Thomas Clarkson & Sons (department store)|Thomas Clarkson & Sons]] ([[Wolverhampton]]) – Established 1840. Bought by [[Army & Navy Stores (United Kingdom)|Army & Navy Stores]] 1960; renamed Army & Navy 1974. Acquired by House of Fraser 1976; renamed [[Rackhams]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c1613&type=Retail%20trade |title=HOUSE OF FRASER Archive :: Company: Thomas Clarkson & Sons Ltd |publisher=Housefraserarchive.ac.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Clements (department store)|Clements]] ([[Watford]]) – Established 1898; closed 2004.<ref name="watfordjunction1"/> * [[Clements & Brown]] ([[Taunton]]) – Bought by [[James Colmer (department store)|James Colmer]]. Acquired by [[Owen Owen]] 1973; renamed Owen Owen. * [[Walter Cobb (department store)|Walter Cobb]] ([[Sydenham, London|Sydenham]]) * [[Cobb & Son]] ([[Stroud]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/query/results/?Mode=Search&PathList=&SearchWords=de0402_12 |title=CityArk : High Street (Watling Street) |publisher=Cityark.medway.gov.uk |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * Robert Cochran & Son ([[Paisley, Renfrewshire]]) – purchased by [[House of Fraser]] 1964, renamed [[Arnotts (Scotland)|Arnotts]] in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news|title=House of Fraser|work=The Guardian, p.12|date=30 July 1964}}</ref> * [[T B & W Cockayne]] ([[Sheffield]]) – Established 1829. Bought by [[Schofields (department store)|Schofields]] 1972; renamed Schofields; closed 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/nostalgia/retro-huge-changes-in-store-1-6907316 |title=RETRO: Huge changes in store |publisher=Thestar.co.uk |date=21 October 2014 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Cole Brothers (department store)|Cole Brothers]] ([[Sheffield]]) – Bought by [[Selfridge Provincial Stores]] 1927. Acquired by [[John Lewis Partnership]] 1940; renamed John Lewis 2002.<ref name="Selfridge Provincial Stores" /> * [[Colliers Stores]] ([[Liverpool]]) – was located in Pembroke Place.<ref name="liverpoolecho29"/> * [[Colsons]] ([[Exeter]]) – Established 1792. Traded as Colson & Spark 1829–1832; Colson & Gates 1870–1889; Colson & Co. 1889–1925. Bought by [[Brights (department store)|Brights]] 1925; renamed Colsons of Exeter 1925. Acquired by [[J J Allen (department store)|J J Allen]] 1960. Subsequently, acquired by House of Fraser 1969; renamed Dingles 1973; renamed House of Fraser 2000s. * [[J.R. Jeffery (trading as Compton House)|Compton House]] ([[Liverpool]]) – Built for retailer J.R.Jeffery in 1865;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burnaby.co.uk/marks-and-spencers-liverpool|title=Marks and Spencers, Liverpool – Burnaby.co.uk|access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref> closed in 1871. Compton House holds a unique international status as a contender for the world's first department store, pre-dating Bon Marche in Paris by some five years. Building converted to a hotel in 1873 and part of the building has been occupied by [[Marks & Spencer]] since 1928.<ref>{{cite web|title=Church Street|url=http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/tag/church-street-st-peters-church/|website=Streets of Liverpool: A Pictorial History of Liverpool|access-date=18 May 2015|ref=Compton House}}</ref> * [[Cooks of Dudley|Cooks]] ([[Dudley]]) * [[G R Cooper]] ([[Oxford]]) – bought by Selfridges in 1966. Original store demolished 1973 for new store as part of Westgate development.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukmade.wordpress.com/tag/department-stores/|title=ukmade – UK Made Products – BRITISH MADE|access-date=3 November 2016}}</ref> * [[Copland & Lye]] (Glasgow) – established 1873; incorporated 1918; closed 1970; building purchased by House of Fraser 1971 * [[Robert Corbett & Son]] ([[Portadown]]) – established 1876; closed 1970s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.craigavonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/rev/thompsontapedmemscorbett.html |title=Corbett's Department Store |publisher=Craigavonhistoricalsociety.org.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portadowntimes.co.uk/news/local-news/top-department-store-to-move-into-market-street-premises-1-5950395 |title=Top department store 'to move into' Market Street premises |publisher=Portadowntimes.co.uk |date=24 March 2014 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Corders (department store)|Corders]] (Ipswich) – established 1787<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/features/store_had_are_you_being_served_feel_1_161363 |title=Store had 'are you being served?' feel – Features |publisher=Ipswichstar.co.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> Bought by Debenhams; incorporated into [[Footman Pretty]] on completion of new building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/features/adding_up_pounds_shillings_and_pence_1_203092?usurv=skip |title=Adding up pounds, shillings and pence – Features |publisher=IpswichsStar.co.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Corders of Norwich|Corders]] ([[Norwich]])<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ETXhAQAAQBAJ&q=what+happened+to+martin+ford+clothes+shop&pg=PA106|title=The Fashion Handbook by Tim Jackson, David Shaw|access-date=13 November 2015|isbn=9781134521128|last1=Jackson|first1=Tim|last2=Shaw|first2=David|date=20 September 2004}}</ref> * [[John Cordeux & Sons]] ([[Clifton, Bristol|Clifton]]) – bought by [[Drapery Trust]]; incorporated into the [[Bobby & Co.]] group 1928; renamed Bobby's 1928; closed 1932 * [[Cox & Horder]] ([[Falmouth, Cornwall|Falmouth]]) – bought by [[Dingles (department store)|E Dingle & Co.]] 1961<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c1580 |title=HOUSE OF FRASER Archive :: Company: E Dingle & Co Ltd |publisher=Housefraserarchive.ac.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Cox & Painter]] ([[Great Malvern]]) – established 1833<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3sG9568rRJsC&q=%22cox+%26+painter%22&pg=PA472 |title=Worcestershire – Alan Brooks, Nikolaus Pevsner – Google Books |access-date=30 March 2015|isbn=9780300112986 |last1=Brooks |first1=Alan |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |year=2007 }}</ref> * [[James Coxon & Co.]] ([[Newcastle upon Tyne]]) – bought by Binns 1929<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1G1-309850596/store-s-success-story-revealed |title="Store's Success Story Revealed" – Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), October 5, 2012 &#124; Online Research Library |publisher=Questia.com |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Coxs (department store)|Coxs]] ([[Stoke-on-Trent|Burslem]])<ref name="Cash Railway Website – Staffordshire">{{cite web |url=http://www.cashrailway.co.uk/locations/eng-staffs.htm |title=Cash carriers – locations in Staffordshire |access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> * [[Cresta House (department store)|Cresta House]] ([[Harrogate]]) – opened by Debenhams as a branch of [[Cresta House (department store)|Cresta House]] in premises previously occupied by the Harrogate branch of [[Marshall & Snelgrove]]. Bought by [[Schofields (department store)|Schofields]]; renamed Schofields. Acquired by House of Fraser; closed. Building now occupied by [[Hoopers (department store)|Hoopers]] (2015). * [[Criddle & Smith]] ([[Truro]]) – bought by [[Dingles (department store)|E Dingle & Co.]] 1960s * [[Peter Crisp (department store)|Peter Crisp]] ([[Rushden]]) – established in 1959<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/top-stories/the-end-for-peter-crisp-1-741647|title=The end of Peter Crisp? Northamptonshire Telepgraph p. 6 October 2009|access-date=30 April 2015}}</ref> Closed in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-11083064|title=Jobs go at family-run Wills of Rushden – bbc.co.uk p.25 August 2010|access-date=30 April 2015}}</ref> * [[Cuffs (department store)|Cuffs]] ([[Woolwich]]) – established 1891; closed 1975<ref name="english-heritage.org.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/imported-docs/u-z/woolwich-chap4.pdf|title=Chapter 4 – Powis Street and Green's End Areas Survey of London – English Heritage p. 2012|access-date=31 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Curl Brothers]] ([[Norwich]]) – bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams 1973 ===D=== [[Image:Derry & Toms 31.JPG|thumb|Derry & Tom's was in between the other two Kensington department stores, Barkers and Pontings, closed in 1971. (Edwardx)]] * [[Dale (department store)|Dale]] ([[Edmonton, London|Edmonton Green]]) – established c. 1880<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lower-edmonton.co.uk/support/images/image.cgi?url=../../images/scans/tboem/p057m.jpg;title=Dales%20c.%201950s%20-%20The%20Borough%20Of%20Enfield%20Memories|title=Lower Edmonton – Dales c. 1950|access-date=21 April 2015}}</ref> * [[Dale & Kerley]] ([[Eastbourne]]) – bought by [[Barkers of Kensington|John Barker & Co.]]; acquired by House of Fraser 1957; incorporated into the [[Army & Navy Stores (United Kingdom)|Army & Navy]] group c. 1976; renamed Army & Navy c. 1976; closed 1997. Building now occupied by [[T J Hughes]] (2015). * [[Dallas's Colosseum]] (Glasgow) – succeeded [[Walter Wilson & Co.]] 1936; bought by [[House of Fraser|Fraser, Sons & Co.]] 1942; ownership transferred to House of Fraser 1947<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c0712 |title=HOUSE OF FRASER Archive :: Company: Dallas's Colosseum Ltd Walter Wilson & Co (Glasgow) Ltd |publisher=Housefraserarchive.ac.uk |date=16 November 1957 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Dalys]] (Glasgow) * [[Darling & Co.]] (Edinburgh) – Bought by House of Fraser from [[Great Universal Stores]]; closed. Located at 124-125 Princes Street.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YUddAgAAQBAJ&q=%22darling+%26+co%22+edinburgh&pg=PA189 |title=Scotland in Modern Times – William H Marwick – Google Books |date=16 December 2013 |access-date=30 March 2015|isbn=9781136935572 |last1=Marwick |first1=William H. }}</ref> * [[Edwin Davis Company|Edwin Davis]] ([[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]])<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Bid-rid-Hull-derelict-buildings/story-19283031-detail/story.html |title=Hull City Council to tackle eyesore buildings in city |newspaper=Hull Daily Mail |date=14 June 2013 |access-date=30 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216234853/http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Bid-rid-Hull-derelict-buildings/story-19283031-detail/story.html |archive-date=16 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Dawson Brothers (department store)|Dawson Brothers]] ([[Hoxton]]) – bought by [[Drapery Trust]]; ownership subsequently transferred to Debenhams; sold<ref name="Dawson Brothers, Staddons">{{cite book|last1=Corina|first1=Maurice|title=Fine Silks & Oak Counters: Debenhams 1778-1978|date=1978|publisher=Hutchinson Benham|location=London|isbn=0-09-134910-9|pages=94, 153|edition=First|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZlUtAAAAMAAJ|access-date=23 April 2015|ref=Dawson Brothers, Staddons}}</ref> Closed. Buildings demolished 1980s. Located at [[City Road]] / East Road junction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stories-of-london.org/london-department-stores/|title=London Department Stores – Stories of London|access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> * [[Joseph Della Porta]] ([[Shrewsbury]]) – bought by [[Hide & Co.]]; acquired by House of Fraser 1975; renamed [[Rackhams]] 1975; renamed House of Fraser 2000s * [[Derrys]] ([[Plymouth]]) – opened in 1950; bought by Vergo Retail 2009; closed 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Derrys-department-store-closes-60-years-Plymouth/story-11731990-detail/story.html|title=Derrys department store closes doors after 60 years – Western Morning News – p. 3 July 2010|access-date=22 May 2015}}</ref> * [[Derry & Toms]] ([[Kensington]])<ref name="telegraph1">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatpicturegalleries/9588985/Lost-British-department-stores.html?frame=2360774&page=1#?frame=2360925 |title=Lost British department stores |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date=9 October 2012 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> – bought by [[Barkers of Kensington|John Barker & Co.]] 1920; acquired by House of Fraser 1957; closed 1973 * [[Genge & Co.|George Dixon & Jameson]] ([[Dorchester, Dorset|Dorchester]]) – succeeded [[Genge & Co.|Steele]] 1889; succeeded by [[Genge & Co.]] 1899<ref name="dorsetcountymuseum1">{{cite web|url=http://research.dorsetcountymuseum.org/JackmanCollection/ |title=The Douglas Jackman collection of 19th century trading bills |publisher=Research.dorsetcountymuseum.org |date=17 November 2010 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[J L Dixons (department store)|J L Dixons]] ([[Southend-on-Sea]]) * [[Dobbins (department store)|Dobbins]] ([[Manchester]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.toms-travels.net/?p=19729|title=Dobbins of Oldham Street – Tom's Travels|access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref> * [[Dodwells]] ([[Cheltenham]])<ref name="gloucestershireecho1">{{cite web |last=Churchill |first=Laura |url=http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/Stepping-time-people-21st-century/story-19613221-detail/story.html |title=Stepping back in time – people have enough of the 21st century |publisher=Gloucestershireecho.co.uk |date=5 August 2013 |access-date=30 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220164140/http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/Stepping-time-people-21st-century/story-19613221-detail/story.html |archive-date=20 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Downings (department store)|Downings]] ([[Elephant and Castle]]) * [[Draffens]] ([[Dundee]]) – bought by Debenhams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sundaypost.com/3-minute-reads/take-a-shop-down-memory-lane-the-great-stores-of-yesteryear/|title=Take a shop down memory lane: The great stores of yesteryear|access-date=27 February 2017}}</ref> * [[Drakes (department store)|Drakes]] ([[Cheltenham]])<ref name="gloucestershireecho1"/> * [[Driscolls]] ([[Hove]]) – established 1920; succeeded by [[Driscolls|Stuart Norris]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c2700|title=House of Fraser Aechive : Company : Stuart Norris|access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> * [[Z Dudley]] ([[Kingsland, London|Kingsland]]) – bought by [[Drapery Trust]]; closed<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janeslondon.com/2012/10/dalston-department-stores.html|title=Dalston department stores – Jane's London|access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> * [[T C Dunning & Son]] ([[Maidstone]]) – bought by [[Hide & Co.]]; acquired by House of Fraser 1975; incorporated into the [[Army & Navy Stores (United Kingdom)|Army & Navy]] group c. 1976; renamed Army & Navy c. 1976<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dynamic.maidstone.gov.uk/pdf/Maidstone%20Centre%20CAA%20Approved%20Doc%20PDF.pdf |title=Maidstone Centre Conservation Area Appraisal – Maidstone Borough Council p. 27 Feb 2009 p.21 |access-date=22 December 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222183321/http://dynamic.maidstone.gov.uk/pdf/Maidstone%20Centre%20CAA%20Approved%20Doc%20PDF.pdf |archivedate=22 December 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Dusts of Tunbridge Wells|Dusts]] ([[Tunbridge Wells]]) – bought by Debenhams; incorporated into the [[Bobby & Co.]] group<ref name="Bobby, Plummer Roddis etc.">{{cite book|last1=Corina|first1=Maurice|title=Fine Silks & Oak Counters: Debenhams 1778–1978|date=1978|publisher=Hutchinson Benham|location=London|isbn=0-09-134910-9|page=134|edition=First|ref=Between 1943 and 1945}}</ref> ===E=== [[Image:David Evans Department Store, Swansea. May 1979 - geograph.org.uk - 726400.jpg|thumb|David Evans in Swansea in 1979 (Brian Whittle)]] * [[Eastmonds]] ([[Tiverton, Devon|Tiverton]]) – Bought by [[Banburys]] of [[Barnstaple]]; renamed Banburys. * [[Edmunds (department store)|Edmunds]] ([[Wood Green, London]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Shopping, Place and Identity By Peter Jackson, Michael Rowlands, Daniel Miller}}</ref> * [[Elliston & Cavell]] ([[Oxford]]) – bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams 1972 * [[Ennals & Co.]] ([[Walsall]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/articles/Walsall/directory.htm|title=The Story of Walsall|access-date=27 February 2017}}</ref> * [[Esslemont & Macintosh]] ([[Aberdeen]]) * [[Ben Evans (department store)|Ben Evans]] ([[Swansea]]) – Established 1800s; closed c. 1950s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Human-cost-bombings/story-12750460-detail/story.html |title=Human cost of bombings |publisher=Southwales-eveningpost.co.uk |date=10 June 2011 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Benjamin Beardmore Evans (department store)|Benjamin Beardmore Evans]] ([[Kilburn, London|Kilburn]]) – Established 1897; closed 1971.<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/major_blaze_that_people_have_never_forgotten_1_603982 |title=Major blaze that people have never forgotten |publisher=Edp24.co.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213023210/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/major_blaze_that_people_have_never_forgotten_1_603982 |archive-date=13 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Dan Evans of Barry|Dan Evans]] ([[Barry, Wales|Barry]]) – Established 1909; closed 28 January 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/4199250.stm |title=UK &#124; Wales &#124; South East Wales &#124; Family store closes after century |publisher=BBC.co.uk |date=31 August 2005 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[David Evans (department store)|David Evans]] ([[Swansea]]) – Established 1900. Bought by House of Fraser 1977; closed 2005. ** [[David Evans (department store)|David Evans]] ([[Cwmbran]]) – Opened as a branch of [[David Evans (department store)|David Evans]] of [[Swansea]] 1961. Acquired by House of Fraser 1977; renamed House of Fraser c. 2008. ** [[David Evans (department store)|David Evans]] ([[Port Talbot]]) – opened as a branch of [[David Evans (department store)|David Evans]] of [[Swansea]] 1948 ** [[David Evans (department store)|David Evans]] ([[Cardiff]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/76ae72c6-25b1-31d8-bab3-bff022f2aeef|title=Solomon Andrews, Cardiff entrepreneur – BBC Blogs Wales|access-date=22 May 2015}}</ref> * [[D H Evans]] ([[Oxford Street]], [[London]]) – Opened in 1879. Closed 2001 and renamed House of Fraser. * [[Evans & Davies]] ([[Palmers Green]]) – Established 1920; closed 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.palmersgreenn13.com/2013/08/15/palmers-greens-lost-department-store/ |title=Palmers Green's lost department store &#124; Palmers Green Jewel in the North |publisher=Palmersgreenn13.com |date=15 August 2013 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Evans & Owen]] ([[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]) – Closed 1974.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-509499-8-13-alfred-street- |title=8-13, Alfred Street – Bath – Bath and North East Somerset – England |publisher=Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk |date=12 June 1950 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Henry Evenden (department store)|Henry Evenden]] ([[Eastbourne]]) – Succeeded [[Henry Evenden (department store)|Terry & Evenden]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Steve Pickthall |url=http://sandh.me.uk/ssx1867/eastbourne1867e.html |title=GENUKI: Eastbourne, SSX |publisher=Sandh.me.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Steve Pickthall |url=http://sandh.me.uk/ssx1867/eastbourne1867d.html |title=GENUKI: Eastbourne, SSX |publisher=Sandh.me.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Alexander Ewing & Co.]] ([[Dundee]]) – bought by [[House of Fraser|Fraser, Sons & Co.]] 1941; ownership transferred to House of Fraser 1947<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c0710 |title=HOUSE OF FRASER Archive :: Company: Alexander Ewing & Co Ltd |publisher=Housefraserarchive.ac.uk |date=14 November 1957 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> ===F=== [[Image:Fishpools, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire - geograph.org.uk - 1202848.jpg|thumb|Fishpools in Waltham Cross (Christine Matthews)]] * [[G J Fairhead]] ([[Ilford]]) – established 1873; closed 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/essexjan/sets/72157610739116635/ |title=Fairheads' Last Day – an album on Flickr |publisher=Flickr.com |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[John Falconer & Co.]] ([[Aberdeen]]) – Bought by [[Scottish Drapery Corporation]] 1929. Acquired by House of Fraser 1952; renamed Frasers 1970s; closed 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c0730 |title=HOUSE OF FRASER Archive :: Company: John Falconer & Co Ltd |publisher=Housefraserarchive.ac.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * Fantos ([[Deptford]]) * [[John Farnon]] ([[Newcastle upon Tyne]]) – established 1867; closed c. 1995 * [[Fear Hill]] ([[Trowbridge]]) – acquired by House of Fraser; renamed [[Dingles (department store)|Dingles]]; closed ** [[Fear Hill]] ([[Frome]]) ** [[Fear Hill]] ([[Wells, Somerset|Wells]]) * [[Finnigans]] ([[Wilmslow]]; previously [[Manchester]]) – Relocated from Manchester city centre to Wilmslow c. 1960s. Bought by [[Hoopers (department store)|Hoopers]] 1982; renamed Hoopers 1982.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wZWIAwAAQBAJ&q=finnegans+wilmslow&pg=PT94 |title=Wilmslow Through Time – Vanessa Greatorex – Google Books |date=27 November 2013 |access-date=30 March 2015|isbn=9781445632285 |last1=Greatorex |first1=Vanessa }}</ref> * [[Frederick Fish & Son]] (Ipswich)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipswich-lettering.org/hopehouse.html |title=Ipswich Historic Lettering: Hope House |publisher=Ipswich-lettering.org |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * Fishpools ([[Waltham Cross]]) opened 1899. Now a furniture only store.<ref name=dm>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/you-being-served-style-independent-12918160|title= Are You Being Served?-style independent department stores buck trend of changing shopping habits |website=Daily Mirror|date=14 July 2018|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> * [[Fisk & Son]] ([[St Albans]]) – Established c. 1829–1839. Succeeded by [[Fisk & Son|Blundells]] 1946.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/places/places-s/st-albans/st-albans-walk-high-street-fisk.htm |title=Places: St Albans, Herts |publisher=Hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Footman Pretty]] (Ipswich) – established 1834;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://capelladies.com/2012/04/05/apr-5th-william-pretty-suffolk-corset-manufacturers/ |title=Apr 5th &#124; William Pretty – Suffolk Corset Manufacturers &#124; Capel Ladies Club |publisher=Capelladies.com |date=5 April 2012 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> bought by Debenhams; incorporated into [[Corders (department store)|Corders]] and both moved to new Debenhams store built on site of old Footman's store. ** [[Footman Pretty]] ([[Woodbridge, Suffolk|Woodbridge]]) – opened as a branch of [[Footman Pretty]] of Ipswich; bought by Debenhams * Ford's ([[Oakham]]) – opened 1877 closed 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/amp/rutland-department-store-fords-to-close-this-summer-9072178/|title= Rutland's oldest department store Ford's of Oakham, which opened in 1877, to close this Summer |website=Stamford Mercury|date=3 June 2019|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref> * [[R W Forsyth]] (Glasgow) – established 1872; relocated to former [[Treron et Cie|Trerons]] building 1983; building destroyed by fire 1986; closed 1986<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSA00975 |title=R W Forsyth |publisher=TheGlasgowStory.com |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19861217&id=HKhAAAAAIBAJ&pg=4520,4146945|title=Why the delay at Trerons? The Glasgow Herald p.17 December 1986 – Google.com/Newspapers|access-date=31 March 2015}}</ref> ** [[R W Forsyth]] (Edinburgh) – opened as a branch of [[R W Forsyth]] of Glasgow 1907; closed 1970s; building now occupied by [[Topshop]] (2015) * [[Fowler & Brock]] ([[South Shields]]) – bought by Binns 1927; acquired by House of Fraser 1953 * [[E Francis & Sons]] ([[Leamington Spa]]) – established 1840; closed 1983 * [[Frasier's]] ([[Southampton]]) * Clement Freeman & Son (Freemans) ([[Liverpool]]) - located in Waverly Road. Rebuilt in 1964. Closed 1974.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/popular-wavertree-department-store-owner|title=Popular Wavertree department store owner Fred Freeman's art collection goes under the hammer|work=Liverpool Echo|date=24 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=43239.0|title=Clement Freeman & Son, Ltd. £1 consimilar dodecagon Copper 32.5mm|website=World of Coins|access-date=2 July 2021}}</ref> ===G=== [[Image:Gamages in the early days (3597267373).jpg|thumb|Gamages]] * [[Gamages|A W Gamage]] ([[Holborn|Holborn, London]]) ** [[Gamages|A W Gamage]] ([[Oxford Street|Oxford Street, London]]) – opened as new flagship store of [[Gamages|A W Gamage]] of [[Holborn]] 1930. Closed 8 months later.Lease sold to [[C & A]]. ** [[Gamages|A W Gamage]] ([[Romford]]) - opened in [[The Liberty|Liberty Shopping Centre]] in 1968. Sold to [[British Home Stores]] in 1971. * [[Gamis's]] ([[Yeovil]]) – established in 1828 by Ince Gamis as 'perfumer, hairdresser and toy dealer' and traded successively as Ince Gamis, Gamis & Hunt, Gamis & Co. and Gamis's. The business came to be owned by House of Fraser in the 1970s (possibly through a larger acquisition?) and was renamed Dingles before closing in the 1980s. The premises were bought by Denners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yeovilhistory.info/gamis-ince.htm|title=The A-to-Z of Yeovil's History by Bob Osborn|access-date=27 February 2017}}</ref> * [[Gammons (department store)|Gammons]] ([[Guildford]]) – small family run department store based in Surrey and Kent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.duff-family.info/gammon/famtree01.html|title=Gammon Family History|access-date=17 August 2015}}</ref> ** [[Gammons (department store)|Gammons]] ([[Woking]])<ref name="History of Woking">{{cite web|url=http://www.housesinwoking.com/GenericPage.aspx?type=AreaProfile&key=history_woking|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304125954/http://www.housesinwoking.com/GenericPage.aspx?type=AreaProfile&key=history_woking|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|title=History of Woking|access-date=17 August 2015}}</ref> ** [[Gammons (department store)|Gammons]] ([[Chobham]]) ** [[Gammons (department store)|Gammons]] ([[Cranbrook, Kent]]) ** [[Gammons (department store)|Gammons]] ([[Cranleigh]]) * [[Gardiner's (department store)|Gardiner's]] ([[London]]) – Based in [[Whitechapel]], destroyed by fire in 1972. * Gardiner Haskins ([[Bristol]]), opened 1825 as a blacksmiths. Now a Home wares business.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/business/bristols-gardiner-haskins-move-out-1661794|title= Bristol's Gardiner Haskins to move out of old soapworks factory after 60 years and open new showrooms |website=Bristol Live|date=11 June 2018|access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref> * [[Garlands (department store)|Garlands]] ([[Norwich]]) – Located in London Street. Bought by [[Debenhams]]. A fire in 1970 destroyed the building and its neighbouring department store Buntings. The building was rebuilt but the store closed in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/features/sixteen_norwich_shops_you_can_t_go_to_anymore_1_4539363|title=Sixteen Norwich shops you can't go to anymore – Eastern Daily Post p. 17 May 2016|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> * [[Garratts (department store)|Garratts]] ([[Woolwich]]) – Closed 1972.<ref name="english-heritage.org.uk"/> * [[Gayler & Pope]] ([[Marylebone]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cashrailway.co.uk/locations/eng-london.htm|title=Cash carriers – locations in London|access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> * [[Genge & Co.]] ([[Dorchester, Dorset|Dorchester]]) – Succeeded [[Genge & Co.|George Dixon & Jameson]] 1899.<ref name="dorsetcountymuseum1"/> Bought by [[Army & Navy Stores (United Kingdom)|Army & Navy Stores]] 1953. Acquired by House of Fraser 1976; renamed [[Dingles (department store)|Dingles]]; closed 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.johnlewisuk.com/index_files/Page300.htm |title=John Lewis + Associates, Architects UK – Dingles Dorchester |publisher=Johnlewisuk.com |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Gimbles]] ([[Liverpool]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/famous-liverpool-department-stores-remembered-3328354|title=Famous Liverpool department stores remembered as January Sales come round again – Liverpool Echo p.29 December 2012|access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref> – American chain based at Great Charlotte Street * [[Glass's]] ([[Peterborough]])<ref name="Cash Railway Website – Cambridgeshire">{{cite web|url=http://www.cashrailway.co.uk/locations/eng-cambs.htm|title=Cash Carriers – locations in Cambridgeshire|access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> * [[Henry Glave]] ([[Oxford Street|New Oxford Street, London]]) – established 1848; bought by [[United Drapery Stores]]; closed 1936<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wN_H-__MBpYC&q=henry+glave+new+oxford+street&pg=PA326 |title=The London Encyclopaedia – Google Books |access-date=30 March 2015|isbn=9781405049245 |last1=Hibbert |first1=Christopher |last2=Weinreb |first2=Ben |last3=Keay |first3=Julia |last4=Keay |first4=John |year=2008 }}</ref> * [[Godfreys (department store)|Godfreys]] ([[Lowestoft]]) – closed 2015; re-opened as Kerry's Home Furnishings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/news/businessman_breathes_new_life_into_historic_lowestoft_department_store_1_4471946|title=Business breathes new life into historic Lowestoft department store – The Lowestoft Journal p. 25/3/16|access-date=6 September 2016}}</ref> * [[Goldbergs]] (Glasgow) * [[Goodbans]] ([[Chiswick]]) – established 1909; closed 1974<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hounslow.info/libraries/local-history-archives/high-street-history/brentford-chiswick/brentford-chiswick-2/ |title=Brentford & Chiswick 2 |publisher=Hounslow.info |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Frederick Gorringe]] ([[Victoria, London|Buckingham Palace Road, London]]) – established 1858; bought by Gresham Trust and Charles Neale Investments in 1961; rebuilt 1960s; went into administration 1968.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/frame/viewer/1968-03-13/24/8.html|title=Gorringes in Agreement|work=The Times|date=13 March 1968}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Gorringes Sale|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=6 January 1961}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EVyxCwAAQBAJ&q=%22Charles+neale+investments%22+gorringes&pg=PA194|title=Register of Defunct Companies|work=1990 pg. 194|isbn=9781349112715|author1=N. A. N. A|date=March 1990}}</ref> * [[Gosling & Sons]] ([[Richmond, London|Richmond]]) – Established 1795. Bought by [[Barkers of Kensington|John Barker & Co.]] 1947. Acquired by House of Fraser 1957; closed 1968; reopened as [[Dickins & Jones]] on completion of new building 1970; renamed House of Fraser 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c1407 |title=HOUSE OF FRASER Archive :: Company: Gosling & Sons Ltd |publisher=Housefraserarchive.ac.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Grants of Croydon|Grant Brothers]] ([[Croydon]]) * [[Grant Warden]] ([[Walton-on-Thames]]) – Formerly [[Campbell & Booker]]. Bought by [[Beales (department store)|J E Beale]]; renamed Beales. * [[Gravesons (department store)|Gravesons]] ([[Hertford]]) – Succeeded [[Gravesons (department store)|Graveson & Robinson]] 1899; closed 2001.<ref>{{cite web|last=Churton |first=Caroline |url=http://www.ourhertfordandware.org.uk/page_id__309.aspx |title=Maidenhead Street, Hertford, 1911 &#124; Hertford in 1911 &#124; Places |publisher=Ourhertfordandware.orgt.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * Gray Peverell ([[Hartlepool]]) opened 1902. Bought by Binns in 1926. Store closed in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hhtandn.org/venues/1046/binns-department-store|title=Binns Department store - Details about Binns Department Store|website=Hartlepool History Then and Now|access-date=25 May 2021}}</ref> * [[W S Green]] ([[St. Albans]]) – Bought by [[Army & Navy Stores (United Kingdom)|Army & Navy Stores]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Bateman |first=Aaron |url=http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/577461.Take_a_bus_into_the_past/ |title=Take a bus into the past (From News Shopper) |publisher=Newsshopper.co.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Green & Edwards]] ([[Hampstead]]) – bought by Debenhams; closed * [[Edward Grey (department store)|Edward Grey]] ([[Birmingham]]) – bought by Debenhams<ref>{{cite web|last=Chinn |first=Carl |url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/how-birminghams-bull-street-became-6721279 |title=How Birmingham's Bull Street became a thriving shopping area |publisher=Birminghammail.co.uk |date=18 February 2014 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> ** [[Edward Grey (department store)|Edward Grey]] ([[Walsall]]) – opened as a branch of [[Edward Grey (department store)|Edward Grey]] of [[Birmingham]]; acquired by Debenhams ** [[Edward Grey (department store)|Edward Grey]] ([[Willenhall]]) – opened as a branch of [[Edward Grey (department store)|Edward Grey]] of [[Birmingham]]; acquired by Debenhams<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.willenhallhistory.co.uk/society/marketplaceshops.htm |title=market place shops |publisher=Willenhallhistory.co.uk |date=6 October 2009 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/36844288@N00/3958783608/ |title=Bull Street, Grey's Store and Birmingham Buses – Birmingham, UK, c1945 &#124; Flickr – Photo Sharing! |publisher=Flickr.com |date=27 September 2009 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Grices (department store)|Grices]] ([[Leicester]]) – succeeded by [[Rudkin Turner]] * [[Griffin & Spalding]] ([[Nottingham]]) – bought by Debenhams 1944; renamed Debenhams * [[Grocott & Co]] ([[Shrewsbury]]) – bought by Hide & Co; closed 1964 * [[Guy & Smith]] ([[Grimsby]]) – bought by House of Fraser 1969; incorporated into the Binns group; renamed Binns 1969; renamed House of Fraser 2000s ===H=== [[Image:House of Fraser - geograph.org.uk - 626181.jpg|thumb|Hammonds in Hull (Peter Church)]] * [[Philip Hall (department store)|Philip Hall]] ([[Ripon]]) – established 1950; closed 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsrt.co.uk/news/indoor-market-hall-set-to-open-in-ripon-830530.html |title=Indoor market hall set to open in Ripon |publisher=Newsrt.co.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Hamilton & Bell]] ([[Cross Gates]], [[Leeds]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=200555_5312746&DISPLAY=FULL |title=a photographic archive of Leeds – Display |publisher=Leodis.net |date=26 July 1979 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * Hamilton & Bell ([[Evesham]]) purchased by [[Owen Owen]] in 1975<ref>{{cite book|title=Special Collections, Worcestshire|work=specialcollections.le.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2015/03/evesham-worcestershire.html?m=1|title=Evesham, Worcestshire|website=English Buildings|date=3 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Hammonds of Hull|Hammonds]] ([[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]) – bought by House of Fraser 1972; incorporated into the Binns group; renamed Binns 1972; renamed Hammonds; renamed House of Fraser; closed 2019 ** [[Hammonds of Hull|Hammonds]] ([[Bridlington]]) – formerly [[Carltons (department store)|Carltons]]. Opened as Hammonds on completion of new building 1970. Subsequently, acquired by House of Fraser 1972; renamed Binns; closed c. 1995. Premises bought by [[Boyes (retailer)|Boyes]] and reopened in 1998.<ref name="ba-education1"/> * [[Handleys (department store)|Handleys]] ([[Southsea]]) – Established 1869. Bought by [[Drapery Trust]]; incorporated into the [[Bobby & Co.]] group; renamed Debenhams 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.strong-island.co.uk/tag/palmerston-road/ |title=Palmerston Road &#124; Strong Island / Portsmouth & Southsea's No.1 Cultural Resource |publisher=Strong-island.co.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Hanningtons]] ([[Brighton]]) * [[Harper Brothers of Balham|Harper Brothers]] ([[Balham]]) * [[T J Harries]] ([[Oxford Street, London]]) – established c. 1885 or c. 1887; purchased by [[John Lewis (department store)|John Lewis]] in 1928<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.johnlewismemorystore.org.uk/page/t_j_harries_of_oxford_street?path=0p132p133p188p|title=T J Harries of Oxford Street, The man and the business pre-Partnership – johnlewismemorystore.co.uk|access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> * [[Harrison Gibson]] ([[Ilford]]) – closed 2010 ** [[Harrison Gibson]] ([[Bromley]]) – Opened as a branch of [[Harrison Gibson]] of [[Ilford]]. Bought by [[Army & Navy Stores (United Kingdom)|Army & Navy Stores]] 1968; renamed Army & Navy. Acquired by House of Fraser 1976; closed 2004. North building now occupied by [[T K Maxx]] (2015). South building demolished and site vacant (2015). * [[H & D Hart]] ([[Leeds]]) – bought by [[Matthias Robinson]] 1938; incorporated into Matthias Robinson Leeds store (now Debenhams) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leodis.org/searchResults.aspx?LOCID=9999&DECADE=0&YEAR=&KEYWORDS=%20Shop&KEYWORDS2=&ANDOR2=&KEYWORDS3=&ANDOR3=&RECSPAGE=5&IMG=0&VIEW=1&RESID=&PUBID=&CURRPAGE=69 |title=Leodis : A Photographic Archive of Leeds |publisher=Leodis.org|access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[William Harvey (department store)|William Harvey]] (Guildford) – Bought by [[Army & Navy Stores (United Kingdom)|Army & Navy Stores]] 1953. Acquired by House of Fraser 1976; renamed Army & Navy; renamed House of Fraser. * [[Harwoods]] ([[Strood]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cashrilway.co.uk/locations/eng-kent.htm|title=Cash Carriers – locations in Kent|access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> * [[George Hatton]] ([[Dover]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dover.freeuk.com/town/biggin.htm |title=Biggin Street |publisher=Dover.freeuk.com |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[George Henry Havelock]] ([[Sunderland]]) – Destroyed by fire 18 July 1898; rebuilt 1900; closed 1914. Building converted to cinema.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland018.html |title=The Sunderland Site Page 018 |publisher=Searlecanada.org |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Havens (department store)|Havens]] ([[Westcliff on Sea]]) Opened 1901; Store closed in 2017 and moved to being an online retailer only. * [[Hawes Brothers]] ([[Morden]]) – Bought by [[United Drapery Stores]].<ref name="United Drapery Stores">{{cite book|last1=Corina|first1=Maurice|title=Fine Silks & Oak Counters: Debenhams 1778–1978|date=1978|publisher=Hutchinson Benham|location=London|isbn=0-09-134910-9|page=94|edition=First|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZlUtAAAAMAAJ|access-date=23 April 2015|ref=Hawes Bros, Hinds & Co., Blundell, Carton & Co., Shinners, Walker & Penistans, and Young}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://photoarchive.merton.gov.uk/collections/transport/34275|title=London Road, Morden: Junction – Merton Memories and Photographic Archive|access-date=14 April 2015}}</ref> * [[Hawke & Thomas]] ([[Newquay]]) – bought by [[Dingles (department store)|E Dingle & Co.]] 1960s * Hawkins ([[Hitchin]]) – opened 1863, closed 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecomet.net/news/business/hawkins-of-hitchin-to-close-after-154-years-in-business-5376266|title= Hawkins of Hitchin to close after 154 years in business |website=The Comet|date=1 November 2017|access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref> * [[Haymans]] ([[Totnes]]) – bought by Debenhams; incorporated into the [[Bobby & Co.]] group<ref name="Bobby, Plummer Roddis etc." /> * [[Sidney Heath (department store)|Sidney Heath]] ([[Swansea]])<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=482279 |title=ben evans & co ltd in swansea any info please – MoneySavingExpert.com Forums |publisher=Forums.moneysavingexpert.com |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * Hedley Mitchell ([[Erith]]) opened 1890, closed 1961, demolished 1966.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.facebook.com/groups/1473564402931749?view=permalink&id=1641051842849670|title=Hedley Mitchell's - Bexley Borough the Bygone Years|website=Facebook|access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://boroughphotos.org/bexley/pcd_1087/|title=Hedley Mitchell's Store, Erith c.1921|website=Bexley Borough Photos - London Borough of Bexley|date=15 August 2012|access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref> * Hedley, Swan & Co ([[Sunderland]]) 1882-1919, renamed Joplings store when purchased by Stephen Moriarty Swan and Robert Hedley. Renamed Joplings when moved to High Street West in 1919.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SV6oAwAAQBAJ&q=%22Hedley+and+Swan%22&pg=PT53|title= Memories & Mementoes of Sunderland Through Time |author=Keith Cockerill|date=15 October 2010|isbn=9781445629513}}</ref> * [[Heelas of Reading|Heelas & Sons Co.]] ([[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]]) – Established 1854. Bought by [[Charles Clore]] 1947; sold to [[United Drapery Stores]] 1950. Bought by [[John Lewis Partnership]] 1953; business of [[A H Bull]] incorporated into Heelas 1953; renamed John Lewis 2001. * [[Alexander Henderson (department store)|Alexander Henderson]] (Glasgow) – bought by House of Fraser from [[Selincourt & Sons]] of [[London]] 1970; closed 1970, enabling the relocation of [[Pettigrew & Stephens]] to the site, in the same year<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c2765|title=Alexander Henderson – House of Fraser Archive|access-date=27 March 2015}}</ref> * [[William Henderson & Sons]] ([[Liverpool]]) – established 1829; bought by [[Harrods]] 1949; acquired by House of Fraser 1959; renamed Binns 1975; closed 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theguideliverpool.com/do-you-recognise-any-of-these-11-oldest-known-shops-in-liverpool/|title=Do you recognise any of these 11 oldest known shops in Liverpool?|website=The Guide Liverpool|date=4 March 2020|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref> * [[Edwin Henley]] ([[Shepton Mallet]]) – bought by [[Fear Hill]] * [[Henrys of Birmingham|Henrys]] ([[Birmingham]])<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=11287&page=4 |title=Greys Department Store – looking for a pic – Page 4 |publisher=Birminghamhistory.co.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> Owned by BHS for 36 years before closing in 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/remember-ca-chelsea-girl-33-8541557|title=Remember C&A or Chelsea Girl? 33 Birming shops you use o love – The Birmingham Mail p. 1 Feb 2015|access-date=19 November 2015}}</ref> * [[Henrys of Manchester|Henrys]] ([[Manchester]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museumcollection.com/front-page-from-henrys-stores-catalogue-398-p.asp |title=Front page from Henry s Stores catalogue |publisher=Museumcollection.com |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> – replaced by British Home Stores<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/manchesters-lost-shops-readers-share-8676904|title=Manchester's lost shops: readers share their memories of high street stores from years gone by – Manchester Evening News p. 19 February 2015|access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref> * [[H L Herbert & Co.]] ([[Kilburn, London|Kilburn]]) * [[Herbert Lewis (department store)|Herbert Lewis]] ([[Chepstow]]) ceased trading 2018 * [[Heyworths]] (Cambridge)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Ely-author-Ellee-Seymour-book-Shop-Girls/story-22972800-detail/story.html|title=Ely author Ellee Seymour on her new book, The Shop Girls in Cambridge News|access-date=3 November 2014}}</ref> Closed 1965 * [[Albert Hide & Son]] ([[Bexleyheath]]) – Established 1851; closed 1979. Buildings replaced by [[Broadway Shopping Centre, Bexleyheath|Broadway Shopping Centre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://broadwaybexleyheath1912.wordpress.com/page/4/ |title=broadwaybexleyheath1912 &#124; History project on Broadway, Bexleyheath, 1912-2012 &#124; p. 4 |publisher=Broadwaybexleyheath1912.wordpress.com |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[D Hill, Carter & Company]] ([[Hartlepool]]) – formerly Carter & Co.; merged with D Hill & Co. 1898; bought by [[Blacketts]] 1940s ** [[D Hill, Carter & Company]] ([[North Shields]]) – formerly D Hill & Co.; merged with Carter & Co. 1898 * [[Hills of Hove|Hills]] ([[Brighton and Hove|Hove]]) – bought by Debenhams; incorporated into the [[Bobby & Co.]] group; closed 1982<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.photosbrightonandhove.org.uk/hills-of-hove-shortly-before-closure.html |title="Hills of Hove" shortly before closure |publisher=Photosbrightonandhove.org.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[R H O Hills]] ([[Blackpool]]) Bought by [[Hide & Co.]] 1965. Acquired by House of Fraser 1975; incorporated into the Binns group; renamed Binns; closed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Company: RHO Hills Ltd|url=http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c2682|website=University of Glasgow: Archive Services: The House of Fraser Archive|access-date=9 May 2015|ref=R H O Hills}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/259532233/|title=R. H. O. Hills expansion|publisher=The Guardian pg. 7|date=6 December 1958}}</ref> * [[George Hilton & Sons]] ([[Haywards Heath]]) – Established 1882; closed 1980s. Main buildings demolished and site redeveloped as Orchards Shopping Centre. Former furniture building now occupied by [[Robert Dyas]] (2015).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.francisfrith.com/uk/locations/haywards-heath/photos/haywards-heath-south-road-c1965-37531468 |title=Haywards Heath, South Road c. 1965 |publisher=Francisfrith.com |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Allders|Hinds]] ([[Eltham]]) – Bought by [[United Drapery Stores]].<ref name="United Drapery Stores" /> * [[George Hitchcock Williams & Co.]] ([[City of London|St Paul's Churchyard, London]]) – Established 1841; closed 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/pr/perfinsoc/abstracts/2455.pdf|title=History of Firms using Perefins by Dave Hill December 2003|access-date=31 March 2015}}</ref> * [[M C Hitchen & Son]] ([[Leeds]]) – sold to Littlewoods in 1952. * [[Hoadleys]] ([[Burgess Hill]]) – Established 1857; closed 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/news/nostalgia/hoadleys-closes-its-doors-1-5250674 |title=Hoadleys closes its doors |publisher=Midsussextimes.co.uk |date=5 July 2013 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Holdrons (department store)|Holdrons]] ([[Peckham]]) – Bought by [[Selfridge Provincial Stores]]. Acquired by [[John Lewis Partnership]] 1940; sold 1948.<ref name="Selfridge Provincial Stores" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Blatchford |first=Jonathan |url=http://www.johnlewismemorystore.org.uk/page/post-war_years_and_decline?path=0p132p192p193p |title=Post-war years and decline &#124; Holdrons Ltd, Peckham &#124; Branches F-H &#124; Branch finder |publisher=Johnlewismemorystore.org.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Hopewells (department store)|Hopewells]] ([[Nottingham]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nottsheritagegateway.org.uk/themes/retailing/retailingstructural.htm|title=Retailing – The Nottinghamshire heritage gateway|access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref> * [[Houndsditch Warehouse]] ([[Houndsditch|Houndsditch, London]]) * [[David Hourston & Sons]] ([[Ayr]]) - opened 1897; Purchased by [[House of Fraser]] 1949; Rebranded [[Arnotts (Scotland)|Arnotts]]; Sold in 1989 to a management buyout led by Murdoch McMaster; Bought by Jebreel family out of administration in 1993 and Rebranded Hourstons; Closed 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/hourstons-closes-ayr-last-independent-14059940|title=''Hourstons closes in Ayr as last independent department store shuts up shop today''|publisher=27 February 2019}}</ref><ref name=heraldmcmaster/> * [[Howards]] ([[Newcastle upon Tyne]]) – Bought by [[United Drapery Stores]]; later incorporated into the [[United Drapery Stores|John Blundell]] group; renamed John Blundell. * [[Harding Howell and Company's Grand Fashionable Magazine]] ([[Pall Mall, London]]) – Opened in 1809, Closed in 1820. * [[Howells (department store)|James Howell & Co.]] ([[Cardiff]])<ref name="telegraph1"/> – bought by House of Fraser 1972 * [[Hubbards (department store)|John K Hubbard]] ([[Worthing]]) – bought by Debenhams; incorporated into the [[Bobby & Co.]] group; renamed Debenhams 1973 * [[T P Hughes]] ([[Tenby]]) – opened 1903, closed as a department store 2017, continues as a homeware store.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/15203208.mco-to-move-in-to-prime-tp-hughes-son-tenby-site/|title= M&Co to move in to prime T.P Hughes & Son Tenby site |website=Western Telegraph|date=4 April 2017|access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref> * [[Hulburds]] ([[Herne Bay, Kent|Herne Bay]] and [[Sittingbourne]])<ref>{{cite web |last=Bay |first=Herne |url=http://www.canterburytimes.co.uk/Department-stores-fine-dining-dinner-dates/story-18619391-detail/story.html |title=Department stores, fine dining and dinner dates |publisher=Canterburytimes.co.uk |date=5 April 2013 |access-date=30 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222141901/http://www.canterburytimes.co.uk/Department-stores-fine-dining-dinner-dates/story-18619391-detail/story.html |archive-date=22 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=alanbateson1 |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/22420011@N05/2810220819/in/set-72157627125818983 |title=Closed in the 1980's this was Hulburds Department Store &#124; Flickr – Photo Sharing! |publisher=Flickr.com |date=27 September 2009 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sittingbourne-museum.co.uk/Journal37.pdf|title=Heritage no.37 – The Quarterly Journal of Sittingbourne Heritage Museum Spring 2007|access-date=31 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924102208/http://www.sittingbourne-museum.co.uk/Journal37.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[W H Hunt & Co.]] ([[Kensington]]) – Established 1889; closed 1923. Located at 197–207 Kensington High Street.<ref name="british-history1">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50310 |title=Kensington High Street, south side: Kensington Court to Wright's Lane &#124; British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Huntbachs]] ([[Hanley, Staffordshire|Hanley]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/DATE-1940s-1970s-PLACE-Hanley/story-12537148-detail/story.html |title=YESTERDAYS PICTURE PAGE Sep 18 |publisher=Stokesentinel.co.uk |date=18 September 2010 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Hunt Brothers]] ([[Horsham]])<ref name="Cash Railway Website – Sussex">{{cite web|url=http://www.cashrailway.co.uk/locations/eng-sussex.htm|title=Cash Carriers – locations in Sussex|access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> ===J=== [[Image:Jacksons Corner in Reading, December 2013.jpg|thumb|E. Jackson in Reading, known as Jackson's Corner (Hotlorp)]] * [[E Jackson & Sons]] ([[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]]) * [[V H Jarvis (department store)|V H Jarvis]] ([[Aylesbury]]); closed 1980. * [[Jennings (department store)|Jennings]] – ([[Bexleyheath]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boroughphotos.org/bexley/phbos_2_180/|title=Jennings – Borough photos.org|date=15 August 2012|access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref> * [[Jermyns]] ([[Kings Lynn]]) – Established 1872. Bought by [[Debenhams]] 1943; renamed Debenhams 1973.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sCP8AwAAQBAJ&q=jermyns+department+store+kings+lynn&pg=PT36 |title=King's Lynn Through Time – Paul Richards – Google Books |date=13 March 2014 |access-date=30 March 2015|isbn=9781445635712 |last1=Richards |first1=Paul }}</ref> * [[Jessop & Son]] ([[Nottingham]]) * [[Joseph Johnson (department store)|Joseph Johnson]] ([[Leicester]]) – Established 1880. Acquired by [[Fenwick (department store)|Fenwick]] 1962; renamed Fenwick.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/140-Years-Leicester-Mercury-service-1880/story-20522220-detail/story.html |title=At your service since 1880 |publisher=Leicestermercury.co.uk |date=31 January 2014 |access-date=30 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402171035/http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/140-Years-Leicester-Mercury-service-1880/story-20522220-detail/story.html |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Jones of Bristol|Jones]] ([[Bristol]]) – Established 1843. Bought by [[Drapery Trust]]; renamed [[Debenhams]] 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/2130009967/ |title=Jones & Company Ltd (Bristol) &#124; Flickr – Photo Sharing! |publisher=Flickr.com |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[B J Jones (department stores)|B J Jones]] ([[Lampeter]]) – Established 1921; closed 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/4895826.stm |title=UK &#124; Wales &#124; Mid &#124; Last customers visit family store |publisher=BBC.co.uk |date=10 April 2006 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Edwin Jones (department store)|Edwin Jones]] ([[Southampton]]) – bought by [[Debenhams]]; renamed Debenhams * [[Richard Jones (department store)|Richard Jones]] ([[Chester]]) * [[Thomas Jones (department store)|Thomas Jones]] ([[Middlesbrough]]) – Bought by [[Binns (department store)|Binns]] 1923; renamed Binns; acquired by House of Fraser 1953; renamed House of Fraser c. 2007 * [[Carltons (department store)|Norman Jones & Co.]] ([[Bridlington]]) – Succeeded [[Carltons (department store)|Makins & Bean]]. Bought by Mr. R. H. Carlton 1911; renamed [[Carltons (department store)|Carltons]] 1918.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c2645 |title=HOUSE OF FRASER Archive :: Company: Norman Jones & Co |publisher=Housefraserarchive.ac.uk |date=6 May 1911 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Jones & Higgins]] ([[Peckham]]) – Established 1867. Acquired by [[Great Universal Stores]]; closed 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/southwark/assets/galleries/peckham/jones-and-higgins-1963 |title=Jones and Higgins, Rye Lane, Peckham, 1963 &#124; Southwark Galleries |publisher=Ideal-homes.org.uk |date=29 September 2010 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> Re-opened as the Houndsditch before closing in 1984 and being demolished and replaced by Aylesham Centre.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://services.english-heritage.org.uk/ResearchReportsPdfs/054_2009WEB.pdf|title=Central Peckham, Historical Area Assessment|journal=English Heritage|issn=1749-8775|access-date=13 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106162254/http://services.english-heritage.org.uk/ResearchReportsPdfs/054_2009WEB.pdf|archive-date=6 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Jones & Jones (department store)|Jones & Jones]] ([[Swansea]])<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=caARWgKK0iwC&pg=PA12 |title=Going Gently – David Nobbs – Google Books |date=25 May 2010 |access-date=30 March 2015|isbn=9781407071398 |last1=Nobbs |first1=David }}</ref> * [[Jones Brothers (department store)|Jones Brothers]] ([[Holloway, London|Holloway]]) – Bought by [[Selfridge Provincial Stores]]. Acquired by [[John Lewis Partnership]] 1940; closed 1990.<ref name="Selfridge Provincial Stores" /><ref name="johnlewismemorystore1">{{cite web|last=Blatchford |first=Jonathan |url=http://www.johnlewismemorystore.org.uk/page/closure_28th_july_1990?path=0p132p194p225p |title=Closure, 28th July 1990 &#124; Pratts of Streatham &#124; Branches O-R &#124; Branch finder |publisher=Johnlewismemorystore.org.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Joplings]] ([[Sunderland]]) – Closed 2010. * [[Alfies Antique Market|Jordans]] ([[Lisson Grove|Lisson Grove, London]]) * [[Joseph Johnson & Co]] ([[Leicester]]) – Established 1880. Bought by [[Fenwicks]] in 1962.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/140-Years-Leicester-Mercury-service-1880/story-20522220-detail/story.html|title=At your service since 1880 – Leicester Mercury p.31 January 2014|access-date=15 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402171035/http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/140-Years-Leicester-Mercury-service-1880/story-20522220-detail/story.html|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Joyes (department store)|Joyes]] ([[Grays, Essex|Grays]]) – Closed 1975.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joyes dept. store|url=http://www.jonjay2010.talktalk.net/grays.html|work=Joyes genealogy web site|access-date=27 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624073014/http://www.jonjay2010.talktalk.net/grays.html|archive-date=24 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===K=== [[Image:Kendals, Deansgate, Manchester.jpg|thumb|Kendals, Manchester(KJP1)]] * [[Kayes (department store)|Kayes]] ([[Huddersfield]])<ref name="Hudds History">{{cite web|url=http://charlieschoice.blogspot.co.uk/p/history.html|title= Hudds History|access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref> * [[Keddies]] ([[Southend-on-Sea]]) – established 1892; new building completed 1934; major extension completed 1963; entered administration 1994; closed 26 February 1996 ** [[Keddies]] ([[Colchester]]) ** [[Keddies]] ([[Romford]]) ** [[Keddies]] ([[Stratford, London]]) – formerly [[Boardmans]]; closed 1984; building demolished * [[Kendals|Kendal Milne & Co.]] ([[Manchester]]) – bought by [[Harrods]]; renamed Harrods; renamed Kendals; acquired by House of Fraser 1959; renamed House of Fraser c. 2007 * [[Kendalls (department store)|Kendalls]] ([[Malvern, Worcestershire|Malvern]]) – established 1852; bought by [[Macowards]] 1962<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/memories/10109233.Echoes_from_the_past/ |title=Echoes from the past (From Malvern Gazette) |publisher=Malverngazette.co.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Kennards]] ([[Croydon]]) – Bought by [[Drapery Trust]]; renamed [[Debenhams]] 1973. ** [[Kennards]] ([[Redhill, Surrey|Redhill]]) – Opened by [[Debenhams]] as a branch of [[Kennards]] of [[Croydon]]; closed.<ref name="Bobby, Plummer Roddis etc." /> ** [[Kennards]] ([[Staines-upon-Thames|Staines]]) – Opened by [[Debenhams]] as a branch of [[Kennards]] of [[Croydon]]; renamed [[Debenhams]] 1973.<ref name="Bobby, Plummer Roddis etc." /> ** [[Kennards]] ([[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]]) * Kerfoots ([[Porthmadog]]) – opened 1878, closed 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/business-news/historic-department-store-kerfoots-closes-15091447|title= Historic department store Kerfoots closes after 140 years |website=Daily Post|date=30 August 2018|access-date=1 May 2021}} </ref> * [[John J Killip]] ([[Wembley]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bmacollections.brent.gov.uk/Collection/Keywords/collect/creator/John%20J.%20Killip%20Limited%20(department%20store)/|title=Bill John J. Killip – Brent Museum & Archives|access-date=28 January 2019}}</ref> * [[Kirby & Nicholson]] ([[York]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/64e266e8-8433-45bc-a36e-fe6d94d58629 |title=Kirby & Nicholson department store, York records &#124; The National Archives |publisher=Discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[H J Knee]] ([[Trowbridge]]) – established 1879; closed 2013. H J Knee continue to trade in Trowbridge, as 'Knees Home & Electrical', from a new site. * [[Knight & Wakefield]] ([[Brighton]]) ===L=== [[Image:Thornton Heath High Street Lack Brothers Drapers Department Store 1926 (geograph 3867576).jpg|thumb|Lack Brothers store in Thornton Heath, Croydon]] * [[Lack Brothers]] ([[Thornton Heath]]) * [[Lance & Lance]] ([[Weston-super-Mare]]) – bought by [[John Lewis Partnership]] 1933; closed 1956<ref>{{cite web|last=Blatchford |first=Jonathan |url=http://www.johnlewismemorystore.org.uk/page/the_acquisition_of_lance_and_lance_1933?path=0p132p190p312p |title=The acquisition of Lance and Lance, 1933 &#124; Lance and Lance &#124; Branches I-N &#124; Branch finder |publisher=Johnlewismemorystore.org.uk |date=4 September 2014 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Landport Drapery Bazaar]] ([[Portsmouth]]) * [[E Lanham & Son|Lanhams]] / [[E Lanham & Son]] ([[Basingstoke]]) – succeeded [[Burberry|T Burberry & Sons]] <ref name="Lanhams / E Lanham & Sons / T Burberry & Sons"/> * [[Baldwins of Deal|Laughtons]] ([[Deal, Kent|Deal]]) – succeeded [[Baldwins of Deal|Baldwins]]; closed 2008 * [[Laurie & McConnal]] (Cambridge)<ref name="cambridge-news1914">{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/SLIDESHOW-Cambridge-1914-thriving-town-shadow-disaster/story-22782426-detail/story.html|title=1914 Slide Show – Cambridge News|access-date=18 May 2015}}</ref> – established 1883 * [[Lawson & Stockdale]] ([[Grimsby]]) – closed 1983;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.family-trees.org.uk/genealogy/showmedia.php?mediaID=805&all=1|title=Grimsby Evening Telegraph – Tuesday May 15, 2001 – family-trees.org.uk|access-date=22 May 2015}}</ref> demolished and replaced by Marks & Spencer * [[W. A. Lea & Sons]] ([[Leicester]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Day-50-Years-Ago/story-24188149-detail/story.html|title=On This Day: 50 Years Ago – Leicester Mercury p. 5 November 2014|access-date=19 May 2015}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * [[Leaveys]] ([[Chatham, Kent|Chatham]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pact.me.uk/gallery/ |title=Gallery |publisher=Pact.me.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122130941/http://www.pact.me.uk/gallery/ |archive-date=22 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[George Henry Lee]] ([[Liverpool]]) – bought by [[Selfridge Provincial Stores]]; acquired by [[John Lewis Partnership]] 1940<ref name="Selfridge Provincial Stores" /> ** [[George Henry Lee]] ([[Chester]]) – opened as a branch of [[George Henry Lee]] of [[Liverpool]] by [[John Lewis Partnership]] * [[William Lefevre]] ([[Cantebury]]) – bought by [[Debenhams]]; renamed Debenhams * [[Leonards of Rochester|Leonards]] ([[Rochester, Kent|Rochester]]) – Bought by [[Chiesmans]] 1959.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/pr/perfinsoc/articals/2011_10/chiesman.pdf|title=Chiesmans Perforators by Keith Kimber|access-date=31 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Lermons]] ([[Cardiff]])<ref name="walesonline8">{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/gallery/cardiff-shops-you-used-love-9399998|title=Cardiff Shops You Loved – Wales Online p. 8 Jun 2015|date=5 June 2015|access-date=10 November 2016}}</ref> * Leslies ([[Cardiff]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/gallery/iconic-welsh-stores-days-gone-7312993|title=Iconic Welsh stores from days gone by|work=Wales Online|date=24 June 2014}}</ref> * Herbert Lewis ([[Chepstow]]) – opened 1878 closed 2018.<ref name=dm/> * [[John Lewis of Upton Park|John Lewis]] ([[Upton Park, London|Upton Park]]) – bought by [[Chiesmans]]; renamed Chiesmans; acquired by House of Fraser; incorporated into the [[Army & Navy Stores (United Kingdom)|Army & Navy]] group; renamed Army & Navy; closed * [[John Lewis of Wimbledon|John Lewis]] ([[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]]) * Lewis Lewis ([[Swansea]]) Opened 1860 in High Street, Swansea.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swansea.gov.uk/article/38481/The-shopping-centre-again|title=The shopping centre again. High Street looking northwards (photo ref. P/PR/22/3/10)|website=Swansea Council|date=20 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/261982af-c0de-33be-8333-3d9aec52fa7e|title=Records of Lewis Lewis (Swansea) Ltd. and the Lewis Family|website=Archives Hub|date=20 May 2021}}</ref> Opened further stores in Briton Ferry, Neath and Llanelli. Closed 1966.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gowerhiddenhistory.blogspot.com/2017/04/?m=1|title=106 Lewis Lewis|website=gowerhiddenhistory.blogspot.com|date=20 May 2021}}</ref> * [[Lidstones]] ([[Walthamstow]]) * [[Lingards]] ([[Bradford]]) – Originally Sunbridge Road.Bought by [[United Drapery Stores]]; New store opened The mall, Westgate. Both stores closed by UDS on 23 April 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/tahistory/featuresnostalgiapasttimes/10317914.Staff_tell_of_sadness_as_Bradford_s_Lingards_department_store_shuts/|title=Staff tell of sadness as Bradford's Lingards department store shuts – The Telegraph & Argus p. 27 March 2013|access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> * [[Loder & Payne]] ([[Maidstone]]) * [[Longley Brothers]] ([[Bexhill-on-Sea]]) * [[Longleys (department store)|Longleys]] ([[Aylesbury]]) * [[Lowes (department store)|Lowes]] ([[Wigan]]) – Established 1887; bought by Greenwood's in 1963; closed 1985.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wigantoday.net/news/opinion/columnists/famous-retail-names-have-adorned-wigan-high-street-including-lowes|title=Famous retail names have adorned the Wigan high street - including Lowes|work=Wigan Today|date=10 April 2020}}</ref> * [[Richard Luck & Co]] ([[Darlington]]) – Closed 1966.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/54196835@N04/15249537899/|title=Luk's (former Department store), Dressers, High Row, Darlington – Flickr|date=19 September 2014|access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref> * [[A J Lucking & Co.]] ([[Colchester]]) ===M=== [[File:David Morgan Apartments Cardiff (16988571208).jpg|thumb|Former David Morgan department store in Cardiff (Tony Hisget)]] * [[McDonalds (department store)|McDonalds]] (Glasgow) – bought by House of Fraser 1951; merged with [[Wylie & Lochhead]] and together renamed [[McDonalds (department store)|McDonalds, Wylie & Lochhead]] 1957; renamed Frasers 1975 * [[McDonalds (department store)|McDonalds, Wylie & Lochhead]] (Glasgow) – formed from the merger of [[McDonalds (department store)|McDonalds]] and [[Wylie & Lochhead]] by House of Fraser 1957; renamed Frasers 1975. * McGill Brothers ([[Dundee]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://retrodundee.blogspot.com/2010/03/mcgills-furniture-dept-1976.html?m=1|title=McGILL'S FURNITURE DEPT - 1976|website=Retro Dundee|date=23 March 2010|access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://retrodundee.blogspot.com/2009/06/mcgills-shop-interior-1975.html?m=1|title=McGILL'S SHOP INTERIOR - 1975|website=Retro Dundee|date=19 June 2009|access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB25524|title=Listed Building 18, 20 VICTORIA ROAD HILLTOWN, AND 47-51 (ODD NOS) DUDHOPE STREET LB25524|website=Historic Environment Scotland|access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F184983|title=McGill Bros Ltd, outfitters and house furnishers|website=National Archives|access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> * [[McIlroys of Hanley|McIlroy Brothers]] ([[Hanley, Staffordshire|Hanley]]) – established 1883; later McIlroys. Bought by [[Lewis's]] 1935; renamed Lewis's<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepotteries.org/advert_wk/129.htm |title=Lewis's Department Store, Hanley |publisher=Thepotteries.org |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Allders|Mackross]] ([[Cardiff]])<ref name="walesonline8"/> * [[Maddox & Co (department store)|Maddox & Co]] ([[Shrewsbury]]) – established in the 1850s by R Maddox.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.shropshirehistory.org.uk/collections/getrecord/CCA_XPH_S_13_P_5_68/|title=Nos 46–47, Pride Hill, Shrewsbury – Maddox & Co, Drapers formerly 54–56 Pride Hill – Shropshire History.org.uk|access-date=10 November 2016}}</ref> Bought by [[Owen Owen]] in 1966;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.shropshirehistory.org.uk/collections/getrecord/CCA_XPH_S_13_H_4_96/?allowcookies=1|title=Owen Owen, High Street, Shrewsbury – Shropshire History.org.uk|access-date=10 November 2016}}</ref> renamed Owen Owen;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.shropshirehistory.org.uk/collections/getrecord/CCA_XPH_S_13_P_5_71/|title=Nos 45–49, Owen Owen, Departmental Store, Pride Hill, Shrewsbury – Shropshire History.org.uk|access-date=10 November 2016}}</ref> closed c. 1990 * [[Maggs (department store)|Maggs]] ([[Clifton, Bristol|Clifton]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/8215758251/ |title=Bristol between the wars – Maggs department store &#124; Flickr – Photo Sharing! |publisher=Flickr.com |date=25 November 2012 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Carltons (department store)|Makins & Bean]] ([[Bridlington]]) – established c. 1880s; succeeded by [[Carltons (department store)|Norman Jones & Co.]] * [[Marments]] ([[Cardiff]]) – established 1879; closed 1986<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/brian-lee-memories-the-latest-2021811 |title=Brian Lee: Memories of 'the latest and best' at Marments – walesonline Administrator |publisher=Walesonline.co.uk |date= 18 October 2012|access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Marshall Roberts]] ([[Camden Town]]) * [[Maskreys]] (Whiteladies Road, [[Bristol]]) – closed 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.bristol.gov.uk/committee/2013/wa/wa001/0424_7-3.pdf|title=DEVELOPMENT CONTROL – Maskreys 62–66 Whiteladies Road Bristol BS8 2QA – Bristol Planning Office|access-date=28 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528180210/https://m.bristol.gov.uk/committee/2013/wa/wa001/0424_7-3.pdf|archive-date=28 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Matthew & Son (department store)|Matthew & Son]] ([[Cambridge]])<ref name="cambridge-news1914"/> * [[Frederick Matthews (department store)|Frederick Matthews]] ([[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]) – bought by [[Owen Owen]]; renamed Owen Owen * [[Robert Maule & Son]] (Edinburgh) – established 1894. Bought by [[Binns (department store)|Binns]] 1934; renamed Binns. Acquired by House of Fraser 1953; renamed Frasers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c1360 |title=HOUSE OF FRASER Archive :: Company: Robert Maule & Son Ltd |publisher=Housefraserarchive.ac.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Maw Till Kirke]] ([[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]) – closed 1938; building occupied by municipal offices since 1942 * [[Mawer & Collingham]] ([[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]]) – bought by House of Fraser 1980; incorporated into the Binns group; renamed Binns c. 1980; renamed House of Fraser c.2005 * [[E Mayes & Son]] ([[Southampton]]) – bought by [[Owen Owen]]; renamed Owen Owen * [[Allders|Medhursts]] ([[Bromley]]) – established 1879; bought by [[United Drapery Stores]] 1969; renamed [[Allders]] 1979<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/britain_wwtwo/war_adverts_gallery_03.shtml |title=History – British History in depth: Advertising and Information Posters Gallery |publisher=BBC.co.uk |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Midland Drapery Company]] ([[Derby]]) – established 1882; closed 1969<ref>{{cite web|title=Midland Drapery's Golden Anniversary Celebrations Were a Real Family Affair|url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Midland-Drapery-s-golden-anniversary-celebrations/story-13404872-detail/story.html|website=Derby Telegraph|access-date=11 May 2015|ref=Midland Drapery Co. – Edwin Ann – 1882|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924002140/http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Midland-Drapery-s-golden-anniversary-celebrations/story-13404872-detail/story.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mail Remembers takes a look at adverts of yesteryear|url=http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/images/localworld/ugc-images/276452/Gallery/images/26074012/9541265.jpg|website=Burton Mail|access-date=11 May 2015|ref=Midland Drapery Company advertisement}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Old Midland Drapery store|url=http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/old/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;DRBY006281&pos=818&action=zoom&id=35551|website=North East Midland Photographic Record|access-date=11 May 2015|ref=Midland Drapery Co. building – photograph June 1972}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Craven|first1=Maxwell|title=Derby Through Time|date=2014|publisher=Amberley Publishing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aSNVBQAAQBAJ&q=midland+drapery+derby&pg=PT108|access-date=11 May 2015|ref=The great store closed in 1969|isbn=9781445640853}}</ref> * [[Monteith, Hamilton & Monteith]] ([[Leeds]]) – established 1885, trading as 'Grand Pygmalion'; closed 1927<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2011215_171826 |title=a photographic archive of Leeds – Display |publisher=Leodis.net |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[J D Morant]] ([[Chichester]]; previously [[Southsea]]) – Established 1910; Southsea premises destroyed by bombing 1941; relocated to Chichester 1941. Bought by [[Army & Navy Stores (United Kingdom)|Army & Navy Stores]] 1955; renamed Army & Navy. Acquired by House of Fraser 1976; renamed House of Fraser 2007. * [[David Morgan (department store)|David Morgan]] ([[Cardiff]]) – established 1879; closed 29 January 2005 * [[John Morgan & Son]] ([[Marlow, Buckinghamshire|Marlow]]) – bought by [[William McIlroy (department store)|William McIlroy]] * [[J T Morgan]] ([[Swansea]]) * [[Morgan Squire]] ([[Leicester]]) – bought by [[J J Allen (department store)|J J Allen]] 1962; acquired by House of Fraser 1969; renamed [[Rackhams]] c. 1976; closed 1980s * [[Morgans of Ramsgate|Morgans]] ([[Ramsgate]]) * [[Morgans of West Penwith|Morgans]] ([[Penwith|West Penwith]]) – bought by [[James Colmer (department store)|James Colmer]] 1963; closed 1970s ** [[Morgans of West Penwith|Morgans]] ([[Bristol]]) – opened in the 1930s; bought by [[James Colmer (department store)|James Colmer]] in 1963<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.about-bristol.co.uk/bsh-02.asp|title=About Bishopston in Bristol|access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref> * [[Morris of Newport|Morris]] ([[Newport, Isle of Wight]]) – Formerly Edward Morris. Bought by [[Chiesmans]] 1958.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c2674 |title=HOUSE OF FRASER Archive :: Company: Morris of Newport Ltd |publisher=Housefraserarchive.ac.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * Moulton ([[Ilford]]) purchases by [[R H O Hills]] 1959; 1962 purchased by Lewis' for £730,000; renamed Selfridges; closed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/a9a31d39-c40d-402d-9a98-94af2b598abe|title=William Whitley, Department store, Queensway – nationalarchives.gov.uk|access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Moultons|url=http://www.ribapix.com/index.php?a=wordsearch&s=item&key=WczoxMToiV2lsbG93IFJvYWQiOw==&pg=63|website=RIBApix|access-date=9 May 2015|ref=Moultons 1959 building}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Harrison Gibson Fire|url=http://www.francisfrith.com/ilford/harrison-gibson-fire_memory-369001|website=Francis Frith|access-date=9 May 2015|ref=Selfridges Ilford (formerly Moultons) 1965}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/259814286/|title=''Bids and deals''|publisher=The Guardian pg. 13|date=18 September 1962|access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref> * [[Muntus]] ([[Rotherham]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/plans-to-revive-historic-rotherham-high-street-1-3796670|title=Plans to revive historice Rotheram High Street – The Star p. 22 September 2011|access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref> * [[Murrays (department store)|Murrays]] ([[High Wycombe]]) – Closed 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philipsuter.co.uk/Other_Independent_department_Stores_from_1970s.htm |title=Other Independent department Stores from the 1970s |publisher=Philipsuter.co.uk |date=30 March 1985 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Henry A Murton (department store)|Henry A Murton]] ([[Newcastle upon Tyne]]) ===N=== * [[Nasons]] ([[Canterbury]]) – Established 1929; closed 2018. * [[Needham & Sons]] ([[Brighton]]) – Bought by [[Selfridge Provincial Stores]]. Store demolished 1930.<ref name="Selfridge Provincial Stores" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://triumphbicycles.wordpress.com/1879-white-peerless-sewing-machine/|title=1879 White & Co "Peerless Hand Machine – SIEGFRIED BETTMANN & TRIUMPH BICYCLE MUSEUM|newspaper=Siegfried Bettmann & Triumph Bicycle Museum|date=5 February 2015|access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> * [[Newburys (department store)|Newburys]] ([[Birmingham]]) – Bought by [[Lewis's]] 1920s; incorporated into Lewis's Birmingham.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=36253 |title=Lewis's Department Store |publisher=Birminghamhistory.co.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Joseph Newhouse (department store)|Joseph Newhouse]] ([[Middlesbrough]]) – Bought by [[Debenhams]]; renamed Debenhams.<ref name=teeside>{{cite news|url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/nostalgia/uptons-hinton-tower-house-remember-14817023|title=Uptons, Hinton and Tower House - remember these shops from Teesside's past?|publisher=Teeside Live|date=23 June 2018}}</ref> * [[R Nichol & Sons]] ([[Redhill, Surrey|Redhill]]) * [[Nicholsons (department store)|Nicholsons]] ([[Bromley]]; previously [[St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's Churchyard]], [[City of London|London]]) – Bought by [[Debenhams]]; St Paul's Churchyard buildings destroyed by bombing; relocated to former cinema building in Bromley; renamed Debenhams 1973; closed 1990s.<ref name="jrank1">{{cite web|url=http://companies.jrank.org/pages/1222/Debenhams-Plc.html |title=Debenhams Plc Business Information, Profile, and History – Formerly, Company, Stores, and Burton – JRank Articles |publisher=Companies.jrank.org |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Noakes of Tunbridge Wells|Noakes]] ([[Tunbridge Wells]]) – Established 1851; closed 2009.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.courier.co.uk/Department-store-close-150-years/story-12012274-detail/story.html|title=Department store to close after 150 years|journal=Kent & Sussex Courier|page=5|date=5 October 2009|access-date=7 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518072248/http://www.courier.co.uk/Department-store-close-150-years/story-12012274-detail/story.html|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Northern Co-operative Society|Norco House]] ([[Aberdeen]]) * [[Driscolls|Stuart Norris]] ([[Hove]]) – Succeeded [[Driscolls]]. Bought by [[Hide & Co.]] 1957. Acquired by House of Fraser 1975; renamed [[Chiesmans]] 1975; renamed [[Army & Navy Stores (United Kingdom)|Army & Navy]]; closed 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c2700 |title=HOUSE OF FRASER Archive :: Company: Stuart Norris Ltd |publisher=Housefraserarchive.ac.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[North London Drapery Store]] ([[Holloway, London|Holloway]])<ref name="cashrailway.co.uk"/> ===O=== * [[Ordish & Hall]] ([[Burton upon Trent]]) * [[William Owen (department store)|William Owen]] ([[Bayswater]]) – Established 1873.<ref>{{cite web|last=Matlach |first=Mark |url=http://cosgb.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/william-owen.html |title=COSGB: William Owen |publisher=Cosgb.blogspot.co.uk |date=8 October 2014 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> ===P=== [[File:Pratts department store, Streatham in 1978.jpg|thumb|Pratts department store, Streatham (Brian Whittle)]] * [[Allders|James Page]] ([[Camberley]]) – Established 1904.<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/news/local-news/the-final-curtain-5363887 |title=The final curtain |publisher=Gethampshire.co.uk |date=6 April 2005 |access-date=30 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402154111/http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/news/local-news/the-final-curtain-5363887 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Bought by [[United Drapery Stores]]; renamed [[Allders]] c. 1979. * [[Denniss Paine & Co.]] ([[Maidstone]]) – bought by [[Chiesmans]] 1930; renamed Chiesmans; acquired by House of Fraser; closed c. 1983<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dynamic.maidstone.gov.uk/pdf/Maidstone%20Centre%20CAA%20Approved%20Doc%20PDF.pdf |title=Maidstone Centre Conservation Area Appraisal p. 27 February 2009 |access-date=31 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222183321/http://dynamic.maidstone.gov.uk/pdf/Maidstone%20Centre%20CAA%20Approved%20Doc%20PDF.pdf |archivedate=22 December 2014 }}</ref> * [[Palmers Department Store|Palmers]] ([[Great Yarmouth]] ** [[Palmers Department Store|Palmers]] ([[Great Yarmouth]]) ** [[Palmers Department Store|Palmers Lowestoft]] ([[Lowestoft]]) – formerly Chadds ** [[Palmers Department Store|Palmers]] ([[Norwich]]) ** [[Palmers Department Store|Palmers]] ([[Dereham]]) ** [[Palmers Department Store|Palmers]] ([[Bury St. Edmunds]]) * [[Palmers of Hammersmith]] ([[Hammersmith]]) * [[J T Parrish]] ([[Byker]]) – Established 1875; closed 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/beavans-department-store-becomes-30-flats|title=Bevans Department Store becomes 30 flats|work=Chronicle Live|date=8 October 2009}}</ref> * [[Pauldens]] ([[Manchester]]) – Established 1860s. Bought by [[Debenhams]] 1928; rebuilt 1930; destroyed by fire 1957; relocated to Drilll Hall 1957; relocated to [[Rylands Building|Rylands Warehouse]] building 1959; renamed Debenhams 1973. ** [[Pauldens]] ([[Sheffield]]) – Opened by [[Debenhams]] as a branch of Pauldens of [[Manchester]]; renamed Debenhams 1973. * [[Pearsons (department store)|Pearsons]] ([[Bishop's Stortford]]) – Opened as a branch of [[Pearsons (department store)|Pearsons]] of [[Enfield Town|Enfield]] 1972 in premises formerly occupied by [[H Sparrow]]. Bought by [[Morleys Stores]] 2010; closed 2012.<ref name="G E Sworder & Sons / H Sparrow / Pearsons Bishop's Stortford">{{cite web|last1=Ailey|first1=Paul|title=No.17 Pearsons|url=http://www.stortfordhistory.co.uk/guide6/savills/|website=Bishop's Stortford & Thorley: A History and Guide|publisher=Chris Ailey|access-date=18 May 2015|ref=Pearsons}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/Pearsons-confirm-closure-Bishops-Stortford-store/story-21870933-detail/story.html|title=Pearsons confirm closure of Bishop Stortford store – Herts & Essex Observer p. 30 August 2012|access-date=12 May 2015}}</ref> * [[Pearsons (department store)|Pearsons]] ([[Wood Green, London]]) – Opened as a branch of [[Pearsons (department store)|Pearsons]] of [[Enfield Town|Enfield]]. Closed prior to sale to Morles and now a [[Primark]]. * [[Pearsons of Nottingham|Pearson Brothers]] ([[Nottingham]]) – Established 1889; later Pearsons. * [[Joseph Peck]] ([[Rotherham]] & branches) – small Yorkshire chain with branches in: ** [[Joseph Peck]] ([[Barnsley]]) ** [[Joseph Peck]] ([[Sheffield]]) ** [[Joseph Peck]] ([[Worksop]]) * [[Pendleburys (department store)|Pendleburys]] ([[Wigan]]) – bought by [[Debenhams]] 1948; renamed Debenhams 1973 * [[Penrith Co-operative Society]] ([[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]]) – non-food departments closed 2015 * [[Pettigrew & Stephens]] (Glasgow) * [[Pettits]] ([[Kensington]]) – established 1890; closed 1978; located at 191–195 Kensington High Street<ref name="british-history1"/> * [[Gray Peverell & Co.]] ([[Hartlepool|West Hartlepool]]) – Established 1902. Bought by [[Binns (department store)|Binns]] 1926; renamed Binns. Acquired by House of Fraser 1953; closed 1992. * [[Plattens]] ([[Great Yarmouth]] and [[Gorleston-on-Sea]]) – established 1876; closed 1998<ref>{{cite web|url=http://p10dev.norfolk24.co.uk/great_yarmouth_s_rows_they_were_our_pyramids_1_3522119|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141215154933/http://p10dev.norfolk24.co.uk/great_yarmouth_s_rows_they_were_our_pyramids_1_3522119|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 December 2014|title=Great Yarmouth's Rows? They were our Pyramids! – Diss Mercury p. 4 April 2014|access-date=31 March 2015}}</ref> * [[William Plumpton & Son]] ([[Bury St Edmunds]]) – Bought by [[Palmers Department Store|Palmers]]; renamed Palmers. * [[John Polglase]] ([[Penzance]]) – bought by [[Dingles (department store)|E Dingle & Co.]] 1960s * [[Pollecoffs]] ([[Pwllheli]]) – had branches in Caernarfon and Holyhead. No longer a department store, now operates as a ladies fashion boutique. * [[Pontings|Ponting Brothers]] ([[Kensington]])<ref>{{cite web|author=Dean Nicholas |url=http://londonist.com/2012/12/in-pictures-londons-lost-department-stores.php |title=In Pictures: London's Lost Department Stores |publisher=Londonist.com |date=27 December 2012 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> – Bought by [[Barkers of Kensington|John Barker & Co.]] 1907. Acquired by House of Fraser 1957; closed 1970. * [[Pophams]] [[Plymouth]] – Opened in 1824 as [[Pophams & Radford]] before the Radford element was dropped in 1931. Bought out by [[Dingles]] in 1962 and closed shortly after.<ref name=plyherald>{{cite news|url=https://www.www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/big-plymouth-city-centre-store|title=The big Plymouth city centre store names which existed long before Debenhams and Dingles took over|work=Plymouth Herald|date=28 October 2017}}</ref> * [[Pratts of Bingley|Pratts]] ([[Bingley]]) – bought by [[Brown Muff (department store)|Brown Muff]]; renamed Brown Muff; acquired by House of Fraser * [[Pratts of Streatham|Pratts]] ([[Streatham]]) – Established 1867. Bought by [[Bon Marché (Brixton)|Bon Marché]] 1920. Acquired by [[Selfridge Provincial Stores]] 1926. Subsequently, acquired by [[John Lewis Partnership]] 1940; closed 1990.<ref name="Selfridge Provincial Stores" /><ref name="johnlewismemorystore1"/> * [[Priors (department store)|Priors]] ([[Finchley]]) – bought by Owen Owen<ref>{{cite web|author=Friern Barnet Photo Archive |url=http://www.friern-barnet.com/picture/number772.asp |title=Friern Barnet Photo Archive – High Road, North Finchley |publisher=Friern-barnet.com |date=19 November 2009 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * Pullman & Sons ([[Nottingham]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Pullman & Sons advert|publisher=Nottingham Evening Post|date=21 December 1950}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=NOW AT YOUR FAVOURITE SHOP PULLMAN & SONS, LTD. The Shop Where You Feel Home.|publisher=Nottingham Evening Post|date=12 October 1950}}</ref> * [[Pyne Brothers]] ([[Deptford]]) <ref>{{cite web|last1=Matlach|first1=Mark|title=Pyne Brothers|url=http://cosgb.blogspot.co.uk/2013_06_01_archive.html|website=COSGB|access-date=9 May 2015|ref=Pyne Brothers}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/lewisham/assets/galleries/deptford-new-town/pyne-brothers.html|title=Pyne Brothers, Lewisham Way, Deptford New Town, Lewisham, 1891|website=Ideal Homes:A History of South-East London Suburbs|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref> ===Q=== * [[Quin & Axten]] ([[Brixton]]) – Bought by [[Bon Marché (Brixton)|Bon Marché]] 1920. Acquired by [[Selfridge Provincial Stores]] 1926. Subsequently, acquired by [[John Lewis Partnership]] 1940; closed 1949.<ref name="Selfridge Provincial Stores" /> ===R=== [[File:Uxbridge, Vine Street and Randalls store - geograph.org.uk - 797652.jpg|thumb|Randall's of Uxbridge (Nigel Cox)]] * [[Rackhams|Rackham & Co]] ([[Birmingham]]) – Established 1881, became part of Harrods 1955, later House of Fraser 1959. * [[Benzie & Miller|A L Ramsay]] ([[Elgin, Moray|Elgin]]) – Established 1845, later A L Ramsay & Son. Bought by [[Benzie & Miller]]; renamed Benzie & Miller. Acquired by House of Fraser; renamed Arnotts; closed.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Main|first1=Jenny|title=Elgin From Old Photographs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AkmIAwAAQBAJ&q=benzie+%26+Miller+department+store&pg=PT23|access-date=9 May 2015|ref=A L Ramsay|isbn=9781445624969|date=15 April 2009}}</ref> * [[Ranbys (department store)|Ranbys]] ([[Derby]]) – Bought by [[Debenhams]] 1960s; renamed Debenhams 1973; relocated 2007. * [[Randalls of Uxbridge|Randalls]] ([[Uxbridge]]) – Established 1891; closed 31 January 2015. * [[Rankin & Co.]] ([[Banff, Aberdeenshire|Banff]]) – Bought by [[Benzie & Miller]]; renamed Benzie & Miller.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c2614|title=House of Fraser Archives:Rankin & Co.|website=University of Glasgow|access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c2601|title= House of Fraser Archives:Benzie & Miller |website=University of Glasgow|access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref> Acquired by House of Fraser 1958; renamed Arnotts 1970s; closed 1980s. * [[H L Reid]] ([[Cardiff]]) – bought by [[Great Northern & Southern Stores]] and [[Wright Brothers (department store)|Wright Brothers]] 1938. Acquired by [[Hide & Co.]] 1948. Subsequently, acquired by House of Fraser 1975. * Reid & Pearson ([[Aberdeen]]) - Opened 1905. Purchased by Scottish Drapery in 1949. In 1952 became part of House of Fraser. Closed 1955.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c0736|title=Company:Reid & Pearson|website=House of Fraser Archive @ University of Glasgow|access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref> * [[Reynolds (department store)|Reynolds]] ([[Newport, Wales]]) – bought by Owen Owen; renamed Owen Owen ** [[Reynolds (department store)|Reynolds]] ([[Cardiff]]) – Opened as a branch of [[Reynolds (department store)|Reynolds]] of [[Newport, Wales|Newport]]. Bought by [[Howells (department store)|James Howell & Co.]]. * [[Ricemans]] ([[Canterbury]]; previously [[Deal, Kent]]) – Relocated from Deal to purpose-built Canterbury store 1960s. Bought by [[Fenwick (department store)|Fenwick]] 1986; renamed Fenwick on relocation to new building 2003. * [[Rightons]] ([[Evesham]]) – bought by [[Hide & Co.]]; acquired by House of Fraser; closed 1975 * [[Robbs of Birkenhead|Robbs]] ([[Birkenhead]]) – established 1872; closed 1982<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radley.org.uk/userfiles/file/OR/pdf/Old%20Radleian/2009/11%20Obituaries.pdf|title=Obituaries – Radley.org.uk|access-date=31 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402091015/http://www.radley.org.uk/userfiles/file/OR/pdf/Old%20Radleian/2009/11%20Obituaries.pdf|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Evan Roberts (department store)|Evan Roberts]] ([[Cardiff]]) – Opened 1890. Closed 1983. Building demolished 1985.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u8nFBQAAQBAJ&q=evan+roberts+department+store+cardiff&pg=PA90 |title=Retail Change: Contemporary Issues – Google Books |date= 2002-11-01|access-date=30 March 2015|isbn=1135371229 |last1=Bromley |first1=Rosemary D. F. |last2=Thomas |first2=Colin J. }}</ref><ref name="walesonline8"/> * [[J R Roberts Stores|J R Roberts]] ([[Stratford, London|Stratford]]) ** [[J R Roberts Stores|J R Roberts]] ([[Southend-on-Sea]]) – opened as a branch of [[J R Roberts Stores|J R Roberts]] of [[Stratford, London|Stratford]] * [[W J Roberts & Sons]] ([[Truro]]) – formerly Bon Marché * Roberts Brothers ([[Sheffield]]) – formerly T & J Roberts * [[Robinsons (department store)|Robinsons]] ([[Woking]]) – established 1934; closed 1997<ref name="History of Woking"/><ref>{{cite book|title=Woking Through Time by Marion Fields}}</ref> * [[Robinson Brothers]] ([[Carlisle, Cumbria|Carlisle]]) – established 1889; bought by [[Binns (department store)|Binns]] 1933; renamed Binns; acquired by House of Fraser 1953; renamed House of Fraser c. 2000 ** [[Robinson Brothers]] ([[Dumfries]]) – opened as a branch of [[Robinson Brothers]] of [[Carlisle, Cumbria|Carlisle]]; acquired by [[Binns (department store)|Binns]] 1933; renamed Binns; subsequently acquired by House of Fraser 1953; closed c. 1994 * [[J F Rockhey]] ([[Torquay]]) – bought by [[D H Evans]]. Acquired by [[Harrods]]; subsequently acquired by House of Fraser 1959; incorporated into the [[Dingles (department store)|Dingles]] group c. 1972; renamed Dingles c. 1972; closed 1980s ** [[J F Rockhey]] ([[Newton Abbot]]) – opened as a branch of [[J F Rockhey]] of [[Torquay]]; acquired by [[D H Evans]]; subsequently acquired by [[Harrods]]; subsequently acquired by House of Fraser 1959 * [[E P Rose (department store)|E P Rose]] ([[Bedford]]) – bought by [[Debenhams]]; renamed Debenhams * [[Matthew Rose & Sons]] ([[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]]) – established 1868; closed 1936; premises sold to [[Marks & Spencer]] * [[Roslings]] ([[Brighton]]) – Opened at no. 31 London Road in 1905 before extending in 1932. Store closed in 1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brightonhistory.org.uk/streets/streets_l.html|title=The Streets of Brighton – Brighton History.org|access-date=10 November 2016}}</ref> being purchased by Woolworths who opened their new store in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wooliesbuildings.wordpress.com/tag/1960s/|title=Brighton Store 288 – woolies buildings|access-date=10 November 2016}}</ref> * [[Rossiter & Son]] ([[Paignton]]) – established 1858; closed 31 January 2009 * [[Jeremiah Rotherham & Co]] ([[Shoreditch]]) – established 1860; building destroyed by bombing 1941; closed 1941 * [[William Rowe (department store)|William Rowe]] ([[Gosport]]) – bought by [[William McIlroy (department store)|William McIlroy]] * [[Rowntrees (department store)|Rowntrees]] ([[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]]) – established 1881 * [[F H Rowse]] ([[West Ealing]]) * [[Rudkin Turner]] ([[Leicester]])<ref>{{cite web |last=Peplow |first=Gemma |url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Lost-Shops-Marshall-Snelgrove-Gallowtree-Gate/story-19935331-detail/story.html |title=Lost Shops: Marshall and Snelgrove, in Gallowtree Gate, Leicester |publisher=Leicestermercury.co.uk |date=15 October 2013 |access-date=30 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413152000/http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Lost-Shops-Marshall-Snelgrove-Gallowtree-Gate/story-19935331-detail/story.html |archive-date=13 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> – Succeeded [[Grices]]. * [[Rushworths]] ([[Huddersfield]])<ref name="Hudds History"/> * [[Russell & Dorrell]] ([[Worcester, England|Worcester]]) – established 1834; department store closed 2003; furniture store closed 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/9015233.End_of_an_era_for_historic_store/ |title=End of an era for historic store |publisher=Worcesternews.co.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> ===S=== [[File:1978 Suters album scan0007.jpg|thumb|Suters Department Store, Slough from 1978 before becoming an Owen Owen. (Philip1951)]] * [[Salts Brothers]] ([[Swadlincote]]) – established 1895; closed 1982<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/BYGONES-Swadlincote-s-remarkable-retail-rise/story-20051907-detail/story.html |title=BYGONES: Swadlincote's remarkable retail rise of the brothers Salt |publisher=Derbytelegraph.co.uk |date=8 November 2013 |access-date=30 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216152314/http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/BYGONES-Swadlincote-s-remarkable-retail-rise/story-20051907-detail/story.html |archive-date=16 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Arthur Sanders (department store)|Arthur Sanders]] ([[Darlington]]) – Established 1770. Bought by Binns 1922; renamed Binns. Acquired by House of Fraser 1953. Now only surviving store to retain the Binns name (2015).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c2667 |title=HOUSE OF FRASER Archive :: Company: Arthur Sanders Ltd |publisher=Housefraserarchive.ac.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Eldred Sayers & Sons]] ([[Ealing]]) – Bought by [[Bentalls]]; renamed Bentalls; relocated. Acquired by [[Fenwick (department store)|Fenwick]]. Bought by [[Beales (department store)|J E Beale]] from Fenwick; renamed Beales; closed. * [[Robert Sayle]] (Cambridge)<ref name="cambridge-news1914"/> – Established 1840. Bought by [[Selfridge Provincial Stores]] 1934. Acquired by [[John Lewis Partnership]] 1940; renamed John Lewis 2007.<ref name="Selfridge Provincial Stores" /> ** [[Robert Sayle]] ([[Peterborough]]) – succeeded [[Thomsons of Peterborough|Thomsons]] as a branch of [[Robert Sayle]] of Cambridge; destroyed by fire and closed 1956 * [[Seccombes]] ([[Cardiff]]) – established 1895; bought by [[Hide & Co.]] 1955; acquired by House of Fraser 1975; closed 1977 * [[Sheltons]] ([[Peterborough]]) * [[Sheriff & Ward]] ([[Winchester]]) – bought by [[Debenhams]]; renamed Debenhams * [[Allders|Shinners]] ([[Sutton, London|Sutton]]) – bought by [[United Drapery Stores]] in 1979<ref name="United Drapery Stores" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wooliesbuildings.wordpress.com/|title=Sutton Store 1192 – wooliesbuildings|access-date=10 November 2016}}</ref> * [[Shirers & Lances]] ([[Cheltenham]])<ref name="gloucestershireecho1"/> – closed 1970s * [[James Shoolbred (department store)|James Shoolbred]] ([[Tottenham Court Road|Tottenham Court Road, London]]) * Shrubsoles ([[Kingston-upon-Thames]]) - started by William Shrubsole and Henry Knight. Shrubsole was a partner in a bank which became part of [[National Westminster Bank]]. Store was sold to Joseph Hide, becoming Hide & Co in 1873. Eventually became a [[Chiesmans]] after the House of Fraser purchase, before being branded an Army & Navy. Closed 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.natwestgroup.com/heritage/companies/shrubsole-and-co.html|title=Shrubsole & Co|website=Natwest|access-date=24 May 2021}}</ref> * [[Simes (department store)|Simes]] ([[Worcester, England|Worcester]]) – bought by [[Debenhams]]; incorporated into the [[Bobby & Co.]] group; renamed Debenhams<ref name="Bobby, Plummer Roddis etc." /><ref name="jrank1"/> * [[Sinclairs (department store)|Sinclairs]] ([[Belfast]]) – closed in the 1970s<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/7726|title=Former Sinclairs department store – geograph.org.uk|access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref> * [[William Small & Sons]] (Edinburgh) – bought by House of Fraser; closed<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/15-edinburgh-department-stores-are-gone-not-forgotten|title=15 Edinburgh department stores that are gone but not forgotten|work=Edinburgh Evening News|date=23 February 2019}}</ref> * [[Smiths (department store)|J C Smith]] ([[Nuneaton]]) – bought by [[Debenhams]]; renamed Debenhams 1972 ** [[Smiths (department store)|J C Smith]] ([[Bedworth]]) – opened as a branch of [[Smiths (department store)|J C Smith]] of [[Nuneaton]]; acquired by [[Debenhams]]; closed ** [[Smiths (department store)|J C Smith]] ([[Stratford-upon-Avon]]) – opened as a branch of [[Smiths (department store)|J C Smith]] of [[Nuneaton]]; acquired by [[Debenhams]]; renamed Debenhams 1972 * R J Smiths ([[Aberdeen]]) purchased by [[House of Fraser]] 1981<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c2707|title=House of Fraser Archive:R J Smith|website=University of Glasgow|access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref> * [[Smith Brothers of Dundee|Smith Brothers]] ([[Dundee]])<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GKm8BQAAQBAJ&q=g+l+wilson+dundee&pg=PT172|title=Lost Dundee: Dundee's Lost Architectural Heritage By Charles McKean, Patricia Whatley|access-date=30 April 2015|isbn=9780857906502|last1=McKean|first1=Charles|last2=Whatley|first2=Patricia|date=7 November 2013}}</ref> * [[Smith Brothers of Tooting|Smith Brothers]] ([[Tooting]]) – bought by [[Morleys Stores|Morleys]] of [[Brixton]]; renamed Morleys 2010 * [[Snowball & Son]] ([[Gateshead]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asaplive.com/tram/index.html |title=Gateshead Local History |publisher=Asaplive.com |date=29 November 2006 |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?t=objects&type=all&f=&s=ellison+street&record=31 |title=1 Related Thesaurus Terms |publisher=Isee.gateshead.gov.uk |date=18 January 1946 |access-date=30 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20141202152632/http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?t=objects&type=all&f=&s=ellison+street&record=31 |archivedate=2 December 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> * [[Sopers of Brighton|Sopers]] ([[Brighton]]) - Opened 1860 by Samuel Henry Soper; Closed 1920s replaced by Leesons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/topics/brighton-and-hove-revisited/brighton-hove-revisited-2|title=Soper's, North Street|website=My Brighton and Hove|access-date=12 May 2021}}</ref> * [[Sopers of Harrow|Sopers]] ([[Harrow, London|Harrow]]) – bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams<ref name="jrank1"/> * [[Soutars]] ([[Arbroath]]) – bought by House of Fraser; renamed [[Arnotts (Scotland)|Arnotts]]; closed * [[Henry Sparrow]] ([[Bishop Stortford]]) Started as Sworders Ironmongery store during the mid 1800s in North Street. In 1904 it was bought by the stores clerk, Henry Sparrow. His family grew it into Bishop Stortford's only department store. In 1971 the business was sold by auction to Pearsons of Enfield. Pearsons was sold to Morleys Stores in 2010, with the Bishop Stortford store closed in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stortfordhistory.co.uk/guide6/savills/|title=Guide 6|website=Bishop Stortford Information Centre|access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref> * [[John Speed (department store)|John Speed]] ([[Rotherham]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rotherhamunofficial.co.uk/rotherham/rotherham-town-centre/college-street.html|title=College Street & Vicarage Lane – Rotherham Unofficial|access-date=28 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528142935/http://www.rotherhamunofficial.co.uk/rotherham/rotherham-town-centre/college-street.html|archive-date=28 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[James Spence & Co.]] ([[City of London|St Paul's Churchyard, London]]) * [[Spencer Turner & Boldero]] ([[Lisson Grove|Lisson Grove, London]]) – established 1837; closed 1969 * [[Henry Spokes]] ([[Hackney, London|Hackney]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stories-of-london.org/spokes-2/|title=The Department Store – Stories of London|access-date=28 January 2019}}</ref> * [[Spooners (department store)|Spooners]] ([[Plymouth]]) – opened in 1837; bought by [[Debenhams]]in 1929; merged with [[John Yeo (department store)|John Yeo]] and together renamed Debenhams in 1977.<ref name=plyherald/> * [[St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Society]] ([[Edinburgh]]) Opened first store 1859. Department store in Bread Street in 1892. Merged with Dalziel Society of Motherwell to form [[Scotmid]] in 1981. * [[Staddons]] ([[Nottingham]]) – department store closed; now a specialist bedroom furniture store (2015).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/Staddon-s-shoppers-paradise/story-12270994-detail/story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150413205114/http://www.nottinghampost.com/Staddon-s-shoppers-paradise/story-12270994-detail/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 April 2015 |title=Staddon's Shoppers paradise – Nottingham Post p. 26 |date= |access-date=18 May 2015 }}</ref> * [[Staddons]] ([[Plaistow, Newham|Plaistow]]) – Bought by [[Drapery Trust]]; ownership subsequently transferred to [[Debenhams]]; sold.<ref name="Dawson Brothers, Staddons" /> Closed.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Newham Heritage & Archives (Stratford)|title=Balhaam Street Corner, Staddons|url=http://www.newhamstory.com/node/2133|website=Newham London (The Newham Story)|access-date=13 April 2015|ref=Photo showing Staddons either side of pub and on opposite street corner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419062528/http://www.newhamstory.com/node/2133|archive-date=19 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Staffords]] ([[Brighton]]) * [[Stanleys of Birmingham|Stanleys]] ([[Birmingham]]) – bought by [[Debenhams]] c. 1945<ref name="Bobby, Plummer Roddis etc." /> * [[Genge & Co.|Steele]] ([[Dorchester, Dorset|Dorchester]]) – established 1842; succeeded by [[Genge & Co.|George Dixon & Jameson]] 1889<ref name="dorsetcountymuseum1"/> * [[T B Stephens (department store)|T B Stephens]] ([[Stoke Newington]]) – closed 1973<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol10/pp92-101 |title=Hackney: Economic History &#124; British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Stones (department store)|Stones]] ([[Romford]]) – established 1864; bought by [[Debenhams]] 1960; renamed Debenhams<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42817 |title=Romford: Economic history &#124; British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date= |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Bobby & Co.|Strange & Atkinson]] ([[Eastbourne]]) – bought by [[Bobby & Co.]] * [[Stringers (department store)|Stringers]] ([[Stourbridge]]) – bought by [[Owen Owen]]; renamed Owen Owen; closed 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-388000-282000/page/18|title=A SHOP IN STOURBRIDGE – Doomsday reloaded – bbc|access-date=10 November 2016}}</ref> * [[Style & Gerrish]] ([[Salisbury]]) – bought by [[Debenhams]]; renamed Debenhams<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trainsferriesbuses.co.uk/WD-9-jd.jpg|title= Bristol FS6B pulls away from the stands outside the Style & Gerrish department store in Salisbury's Blue Boar Row in 1973|access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref> * [[Suters (department store)|Suters]] ([[Slough]]) – bought by [[Owen Owen]]; renamed Owen Owen ** [[Suters (department store)|Suters]] ([[Uxbridge]]) – opened as a branch of [[Suters (department store)|Suters]] of [[Slough]]; acquired by [[Owen Owen]]; renamed Owen Owen * [[J K Swallow & Sons]] ([[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]]) * [[George Swan (department store)|George Swan]] ([[North Shields]]) – bought by [[Shephards]] of [[Gateshead]]; renamed Shephards * [[Swan & Edgar]] ([[Piccadilly Circus]])<ref name="telegraph1"/> – closed 1982 * [[W H Sweet]] ([[Maryland, London|Maryland Point]]) ===T=== * [[William Tarn & Co]] ([[Elephant and Castle]]) – opened c. 1799<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cosgb.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/william-tarn-co.html?_sm_au_=ijVQFCvrSRDvt7pC|title=William Tarn & Co. – A blog for the Commercial Overprint Society of Great Britain (COSGB). p. 31 Mar 2012|date=31 March 2012|access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culturegrid.org.uk/static/showResource/6023738|title=William Tarn and Co.'s Illustrated Catalogue: with prices of furniture, bedding and clothing – Culture Grid|access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=|title=Skipton House, SE1 Cultural Statement Prepared for London and Regional Properties Ltd Revision 1 – March 2016}}</ref> * Fred Taylor ([[Yeovil]]) – opened 1913. Purchased by [[Plummer Roddis]] in 1940s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yeovilhistory.info/taylor-fred.htm|title= FRED. TAYLOR'S / PLUMMER'S BUILDING |website=Yeovil History|access-date=2 May 2021}}</ref> * [[Joshua Taylor (department store)|Joshua Taylor]] (Cambridge) * [[J R Taylor]] ([[Lytham St Annes|St Annes-on-Sea]]) – established 1901. Purchased Blackburn firm Mabel Stevenson in the 1950s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyworld.co.uk/advert.php?id=1592&offset=50&sort=0&l1=Fashion+%26+Clothing&l2=|title=Mabel Stephenson Limited – advert museum historyworld.co.uk|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref> closed 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-30857127|title=JR Taylor department store in Lytham St Annes closes – bbc.co.uk p. 17 Jan 2015|work=BBC News|date=17 January 2015|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref> * [[W M Taylor]] ([[Erdington]]) – bought by [[Owen Owen]]; renamed Owen Owen * [[Taylors of Basildon|Taylors]] ([[Basildon]]) – bought by House of Fraser 1979; incorporated into the [[Army & Navy Stores (United Kingdom)|Army & Navy]] group; renamed Army & Navy; closed 1990s<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c2769|title= House of Fraser Archives:Taylors |website=University of Glasgow|access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref> * [[Taylors of Clifton|Taylors]] ([[Clifton, Bristol|Clifton]]) – bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams * [[B Thomas]] ([[Helston]]) – bought by [[Dingles (department store)|E Dingle & Co.]] 1960s * [[Patrick Thomson]] (Edinburgh) – bought by [[Scottish Drapery Corporation]]; acquired by House of Fraser; renamed [[Arnotts (Scotland)|Arnotts]] 1975; closed * [[Thomsons of Peterborough|Thomsons]] ([[Peterborough]]) – bought by [[Selfridge Provincial Stores]]; acquired by [[John Lewis Partnership]] 1940; renamed [[Robert Sayle]]; destroyed by fire and closed 1956<ref name="Selfridge Provincial Stores" /> * [[Thornton Varley]] ([[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]) – bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams * [[Thurman & Malin]] ([[Derby]]) - opened 1879, closed 1970.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Craven|first1=Maxwell|title=Derby Through Time|date=2014|publisher=Amberley Publishing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aSNVBQAAQBAJ&q=midland+drapery+derby|access-date=11 May 2015|ref=Thurman & Malin|isbn=9781445640853}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.derbyinpictures.com/home/city_centre_streets_1|title=City Centre Streets 1|website=Derby in Pictures|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref> * [[J H Tobys]] ([[Nottingham]]) * [[Treron et Cie]] (Glasgow) – established 1896 by Walter Wilson<ref name="books.google.co.uk">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YUddAgAAQBAJ&q=walter+wilson+glasgow+treron&pg=PA112|title=Scotland in Modern Times |first=William H |last=Marwick |isbn=9780714613420 |access-date=31 March 2015|date=16 December 2013 }}</ref> * [[Trewin Brothers]] ([[Watford]]) – Bought by [[Selfridge Provincial Stores]] 1918. Acquired by [[John Lewis Partnership]] 1940.<ref name="Selfridge Provincial Stores" /> * [[Trippetts]] ([[Bradford]]) – Established 1887.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Greenhalf|first1=Jim|title=Bradford's value store – 99 years ago|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/tahistory/featuresnostalgiapasttimes/9780538.Bradford_s_value_store___99_years_ago/|website=Telegraph & Argus|access-date=18 May 2015|ref=Trippetts}}</ref> * [[Thomas Tucker (department store)|Thomas Tucker]] ([[Exmouth]]) – Established 1801. Bought by Benzie family, of [[Benzie & Miller]], 1958; closed 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6920677.stm|title=Family close 206 year old shop|publisher=News.bbc.co.uk|date=28 July 2007|access-date=18 November 2014}}</ref> * [[Tudor Williams]] ([[New Malden]]) opened 1919, closed 2019.Dorking site operates a bed shop.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tudorwilliamsltd.co.uk/announcement-store-closure/|title= Announcement of New Malden Store Closure |date= March 2019|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> * [[Tuttles of Lowestoft|Tuttles]] ([[Lowestoft]]) – Bought by [[Debenhams]] c. 1960; sold c. 1973.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Corina|first1=Maurice|title=Fine Silks & Oak Counters: Debenhams 1778–1978|date=1978|publisher=Hutchinson Benham|location=London|isbn=0-09-134910-9|pages=152, 167|edition=First|ref=Tuttles}}</ref> Closed. * [[Tyrers]] ([[St Helens, Merseyside|St Helens]]) – Closed in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/tyrers-store-st-helens-closes-10716832|title=Tyrers St Helens closure: 11 Historic photos of Mersyesides oldest family run department store – Echo p. 11 Jan 2016|date=11 January 2016|access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref> * [[Tyrrell & Green]] ([[Southampton]]) – Established 1897. Bought by [[John Lewis Partnership]] 1934; renamed John Lewis on relocation to new building 2000. ===U=== * [[E Upton & Sons]] ([[Middlesbrough]]) - Main store in Linthorpe Road, had further branches in South Bank and [[Redcar]].<ref name=teeside/> ===V=== * [[Verity & Sons]] ([[Doncaster]]) – Opened in 1865; bought by [[Owen Owen]] in 1950; renamed Owen Owen. Bought by House of Fraser from Owen Owen 1975; incorporated into the Binns group; renamed Binns; converted to an [[outlet store]]; renamed House of Fraser Outlet.<ref>{{cite book|title=Doncaster Through Time|author=Peter Tuffrey|isbn=9781445654522}} </ref> * [[Vinalls (department store)|Vinalls]] ([[Eastbourne]]) – Established 1870s. Bought by [[John Lewis Partnership]] 1947; sold to [[McCartney Stewart]]. Site now occupied by part of [[Marks & Spencer]] and south-eastern section of [[Arndale Centre]] (2015).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.johnlewismemorystore.org.uk/page/vinalls_eastbourne?path=0p132p133p|title=Vinalls – johnlewismemorystore.org.uk|access-date=31 March 2015}}</ref> * Vokins ([[Brighton]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/collections/design-archives/archives/vokins|title=Vokins Archive – University of Brighton|access-date=31 March 2015}}</ref> – Established 1882 as 'Leeson & Vokins'. Traded as 'Leeson & Vokins' 1882–1937; W H Vokins 1937–1983; Vokins 1983–1997; closed 1997. Vokins continued to trade as 'Vokins Furniture & Beds' from a site in [[Brighton and Hove|Hove]] until closure in 2015. ===W=== [[File:Wickhams Department Store (6784618351).jpg|thumb|Wickhams Mile End Road (Reading Tom)]] * [[Wades (department store)|Wades]] ([[Brighton]]) – Bought by [[Owen Owen]]. * [[Thomas Wallis & Co.]] ([[Holborn Circus|Holborn Circus, London]]) * [[John Walsh (department store)|John Walsh]] ([[Sheffield]])<ref name="telegraph1"/> – Bought by [[Harrods]]. Acquired by House of Fraser 1959; renamed [[Rackhams]] 1970s; renamed House of Fraser 1980s; closed 1998. * Walter Brothers ([[Worthing]]) - opened 1846; based in South Street; Closed 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/44806788-1e37-4612-a298-20ee6cdaf79e|title=Records of the firm of William Walters, linen drapers, known as Walter Brothers of Worthing|website=National Archives|access-date=9 May 2021}}</ref> * [[Waltons of Exeter|Waltons]] ([[Exeter]]) – Opened 1905. Closed in 1972. Now part of Marks and Spencer site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Store-closure-sad-sight/story-17946588-detail/story.html|title=Store closure was a sad sight – Exeter Express & Echo p. 24 January 2013|access-date=28 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528155919/http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Store-closure-sad-sight/story-17946588-detail/story.html|archive-date=28 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/_commercial/waltons.php|title=Walton & Co, High Street |website= Exeter Memories|access-date=3 May 2021}}</ref> ** [[Waltons of Exeter|Waltons]] ([[Exmouth]]) – Closed in 1982. * [[E L Ward]] ([[Cheltenham]]) * [[Wards of Seven Sisters|Wards]] ([[Seven Sisters, London|Seven Sisters]]) * [[Henry Warren & Son]] ([[Newton Abbot]]) – bought by [[Dingles (department store)|E Dingle & Co.]] 1960s * Waterloo House ([[Newcatle upon Tyne]]) - based in Thornton Road.<ref>{{cite news|title=SMART YOUNG LADY Required as Junior for Ladies Fashion Department very interesting work and half-day Saturday. Apply to Waterloo House, Thornton Street. Newcastle. 1. Tel Newcastle 29662|publisher=Newcastle Evening Chronicle|date=17 Feb 1966}}</ref> * [[Watt & Grant]] ([[Aberdeen]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c0727|title= House of Fraser Archives:Watt & Grant |date=30 April 2021}}</ref> * Waymarks ([[Tunbridge Wells]]) – bought by [[Chiesmans]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.essexchronicle.co.uk/Famous-family-store-closed-80-years/story-12627913-detail/story.html|title=Damous Family Store Closed after 80 years – Essex Chronicle p. 21 April 2011|access-date=31 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222185550/http://www.essexchronicle.co.uk/Famous-family-store-closed-80-years/story-12627913-detail/story.html|archive-date=22 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[J C Webber & Sons]] ([[Maidenhead]]) * [[Webbers (department store)|Webbers]] ([[Oxford]]) – Succeeded [[Webbers (department store)|City Drapery Stores]] 1905. Bought by [[Hide & Co.]] 1952; closed 1971.<ref name="oxfordhistory1"/> * [[Weekes (department store)|Weekes]] ([[Tunbridge Wells]]) – Bought by [[Hoopers (department store)|Hoopers]]; renamed Hoopers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roughwood.net/PostcardAlbum/Kent/TunbridgeWells/TunWellsMountPleasant.htm|title=Royal Tunbridge Wells – Mount Pleasant Road|access-date=31 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Wellsteeds]] ([[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]]) – Opened 1870.Bought by [[Debenhams]]; renamed Debenhams in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.froglegs.org|title=Reading Shops Walk - Points of Interest and Route|work=froglegs.org}}</ref> * [[Welwyn Department Store]] ([[Welwyn Garden City]]) – Established 1924. Bought by [[John Lewis Partnership]] 1983; renamed [[John Lewis (department store)|John Lewis]] 1984. * [[Wengers]] ([[Newcastle upon Tyne]]) * West's ([[Ilford]]) - purchased by [[R H O Hills]] 1959. * [[Wheatley & Whiteley]] ([[Leeds]]) * [[Whitakers (Bolton)|Whitakers]] Opened 1829. Bought by Beales in 1996. Named changed to Beales in 2011. Closed 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/business/14326892.Town_centre_department_store_could_be_forced_to_close_because_of_high_rents/|title=Bolton Town Centre Department Store Beales in Deansgate could be forced to close because of High Rents|work=Bolton Evening News|date=8 March 2016|access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref> * [[Henry White (department store)|Henry White]] ([[Newcastle-under-Lyme]]) * [[Ocky White]] ([[Haverfordwest]]) – established 1910; closed 2013 * [[W E White & Son]] ([[Guildford]]) – occupied by Marks & Spencer since the 1960s<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Guildford-Through-Time-Bernard-Parke-ebook/dp/B00G4CD4UG|title=Guildford Through Time |author1=Bernard Parke|author2= David Rose|date=22 October 2013 |publisher=Amberley }}</ref> * [[Thomas White & Co.]] ([[Aldershot]]) – bought by [[Army & Navy Stores (United Kingdom)|Army & Navy Stores]] 1961; renamed Army & Navy; acquired by House of Fraser; closed 1980s<ref>{{cite web|url=https://housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c1612|title= House of Fraser Archived:Thomas White & Co |website=University of Glasgow |access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref> * [[White & Ellis]] ([[Ramsgate]]) * [[R Whitehead & Son]] ([[Bolton]]) – closed 2001 * [[Wickhams (department store)|Wickhams]] ([[Mile End|Mile End Road, London]]) * [[Williams & Cox]] ([[Torquay]]) – closed 1982. Building bought by [[Hoopers (department store)|Hoopers]] and reopened as the first Hoopers store 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visitor-information.co.uk/agatha|title=Christie's Country – Visitor Information|access-date=31 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Williamson & Cole]] ([[Clapham]]) * Willis Ludlow ([[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]) ** Willis Ludlow ([[Leeds]]) * [[P W Wills|Wills]] ([[Rushden]] and branches) – established in 1922; went into liquidation in 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/top-stories/rushden-s-oldest-shop-has-closed-its-doors-1-2338250|title=Rushden's oldest shop has closed its doors – Northamptonshire Telepgraph p. 7 September 2010|access-date=30 April 2015}}</ref> ** [[P W Wills|Wills]] ([[Wellingborough]]) – opened 1936; closed ** [[P W Wills|Wills]] ([[Kettering]]) – opened 1938; closed 1986 * Wilson ([[Stockton on Tees]]) - Opened 1856. Moved to 55 High Street in 1888. Closed 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.picturestocktonarchive.com/2014/07/03/wilsons-stockton-high-street|title=Wilson, Stockton High Street|website=Picture Stockton Archive|date=3 July 2014|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref> * [[G L Wilson (department store)|G L Wilson]] ([[Dundee]]) – established 1894; closed 1971<ref>{{cite web|url=http://photopolis.dundeecity.gov.uk/wc1869.htm|title=Wilson, G.L., The Corner, Dundee – Photopolis|access-date=30 April 2015}}</ref> * [[James H Wilson]] ([[Crouch End]]) – bought by [[Hide & Co.]]; acquired by [[House of Fraser]] 1975; closed * [[Walter Wilson & Co.]] (Glasgow) – established 1873, trading as 'Grand Colosseum'; bought by [[Dallas's]] 1936<ref name="books.google.co.uk"/> * [[Wilson & Co]] ([[Brentwood, Essex|Brentwood]]) – established in 1883; building destroyed by fire in 1909<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brentwoodgazette.co.uk/VIDEO-Wilsons-Corner-department-store-burns/story-20513314-detail/story.html|title=Wilsons Corner department store burnt down in 1909 – Brentwood Gazette p. 28 January 2014|access-date=30 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131101402/http://www.brentwoodgazette.co.uk/VIDEO-Wilsons-Corner-department-store-burns/story-20513314-detail/story.html|archive-date=31 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Store re-opened with new grand building and became known as Wilson's Corner. Store closed in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol8/pp90-109|title=Brentwood Gazette 7 April 1978 – BHO|access-date=30 April 2015}}</ref> Building now occupied by smaller units and flats. * Winch & Blatch ([[Sudbury, Suffolk|Sudbury]]) – opened 1850s closed 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/business/sudbury-historic-department-store-closures-2689934|title= A very painful decision – Winch & Blatch to close three of its Sudbury shops |website=East Anglian Daily Times|date=14 August 2020|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> * Fred Winter ([[Stratford upon Avon]]) – opened 1858, closed 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title= End of an era as doors close for good at town store |work=Stratford-upon-Avon Herald|date=6 July 2018}}</ref> * [[Woodard's]] ([[Leamington Spa]]) Opened 1908 on corner of Regent Street and the Parade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://leamingtonhistory.co.uk/milton-woodward-wizard-of-myth-and-mystery/|title= Milton Woodward, Wizard of Myth and Mystery |website=leamingtonhistory.co.uk|date=28 July 2019|access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref> Store was closed by then owners Merchant Retail on the 31st July 2004, contributing £300,000 profit to the group.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.investegate.co.uk/merchant-retail-gp--mrt-/rns/disposal-of-asset/200409101656038588C/|title=Merchant Retail Gp Disposal of Asset|website=investigate.co.uk|date=10 September 2004|access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref> The building was sold to Atlantic Property Developments plc who demolished the building in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/67701|title=SP3165 : Former Woodward's Department Store|website=geography.org.uk|access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref> * Wood & Selby ([[Glasgow]]) - Opened 1880s by James Wood. Purchased by House of Fraser in 1952.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c0721|title =Company:Wood & Selby Ltd|website=House of Fraser Archive @ University of Glasgow|access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14810276.herald-picture-archive-retailer-whose-name-joined-list-firms-memory/|title=Herald Picture Archive: Retailer whose name has joined list of firms in memory only|publisher=The Herald|date=19 October 2016}}</ref> * [[Woolland Brothers]] ([[Knightsbridge]]) – Established 1869; new building completed 1901. Bought by [[Debenhams]] 1949; closed 1967. Building demolished. Site now occupied by [[The Park Tower Knightsbridge Hotel]] (2015). * [[John Woollright & Co.]] ([[Liverpool]]) * [[Wright Brothers (department store)|Wright Brothers]] ([[Richmond, London|Richmond]]) – Bought by [[Hide & Co.]] 1940. Acquired by [[House of Fraser]] 1975. Bought by [[Owen Owen]] from House of Fraser 1976; renamed Owen Owen; closed 1990; premises sold to [[Tesco]]. Building now occupied by [[Tesco Metro]] (2015). * [[Wright & Co. (department store)|Wright & Co.]] ([[Middlesbrough]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.com/pin/531987774703625782/|title=Wrights first store in Sussex Street, Middlesbrough – Pintrest|access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref> – Established in 1862 by Lawrence Wright & Richard Archibald and known as Wrights Tower House. Richard Archibald retired 1895.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1G1-243713217/our-golden-tower|title=Our Golden Tower – Evening Gazette Middlesbrough|access-date=24 August 2015}}</ref> Refurbished in 1956. Closed in 1986. Building demolished 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/nostalgia/nine-fine-buildings-middlesbroughs-history-9795504|title=Nine fine buildings from Middlesbrough's history which fell victim to demolition – Evening Gazette p. 5 August 2015|access-date=24 August 2015}}</ref> * [[Wylie & Lochhead]] (Glasgow) – Bought by [[House of Fraser]] 1957; merged with [[McDonalds (department store)|McDonalds]] and together renamed [[McDonalds (department store)|McDonalds, Wylie & Lochhead]] 1957; renamed Frasers 1975 ===Y=== * [[John Yeo (department store)|John Yeo]] ([[Plymouth]]) – bought by [[Debenhams]] in 1964; merged with [[Spooners (department store)|Spooners]] and together renamed Debenhams in 1977.<ref name=plyherald/> * [[S Young & Son]] ([[Sevenoaks]]) – bought by [[United Drapery Stores]]; closed 1977;<ref name="United Drapery Stores" /> became a Bejams Freezer store 1979, currently an Iceland<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sevenoakssociety.org.uk/building%20pages/High%20St%20East/96%20High%20Street%20East.htm|title=Town Survey Update 1998/2001 Building 96 – The Sevenoaks Society|access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> * Youngs ([[Falkirk]]) based in Princes Street. ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} [[Category:Department stores of the United Kingdom| List of department stores of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Defunct department stores of the United Kingdom| List of department stores of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Lists of retailers|Department Stores Of The United Kingdom]] [[Category:Retailing in the United Kingdom|Department stores]] [[Category:Social history of the United Kingdom|Department stores]] [[Category:Lists of buildings and structures in the United Kingdom|Department stores]] [[Category:Lists of companies of the United Kingdom by industry|Retail]]'