List of department stores of the United Kingdom

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This is a list of department stores 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).

Currently trading[]

A–F[]

Business name Main location Date started Additional branches References
15:17 Ayr 2019 New concept department store opened in former BHS in Ayr, renting space to local businesses. Store opened in Kircaldy, but closed within 5 months. Three further stores opened in Cardiff, Worthing and Canterbury. Issues surrounding ownership and late payments reported in the press. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Atkinsons Sheffield 1865 [9]
Austins Newton Abbot 1924 [10]
Bakers & Larners Holt 1770 [11]
Baldwins Stowmarket * Dovercourt
* Ipswich
Banburys Barnstaple 1900 Tiverton [12]
Barbours Dumfries 1856 [13]
Barkers Northallerton 1882
Barretts Woodbridge 1969
Barsleys Paddock Wood 1891 [14]
Beales Poole 2020 * Peterborough
* Southport 		[15]
Bennetts Derby 1734 [16]
Boundary Mill Stores Colne * Grantham
* Newcastle upon Tyne
* Sheffield
* Walsall 		[17]
Boyes Scarborough 1881 65 stores trading throughout northern and central England
Bradbeers Romsey 1892 * New Milton
* Hedge End
Bristol Guild of Applied Art Bristol 1908
Browns York 1890 * Helmsley
* Beverley
  • Gainsborough
Camerons Ballymena [18]
Camp Hopson Newbury 1921 [18]
City Cycle Centre Ely [19]
Clares Llandudno 1927 Owned by Ulster Stores. [20]
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. [21][20]
Creasey & Son St Peter Port 1899 [20]
W J Daniel & Co. Windsor 1901 * Chiswick
* West Ealing
Vincent Davies & Sons Haverfordwest 1906 [22]
Dawsons Clitheroe 1936 [23]
J Dixon & Son Whitehaven 1882 [24]
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 2004
Elphicks Farnham 1881 [25]
Eve & Ranshaw Louth 1781 [26]
Facy Henley-on-Thames [27]
Fenwick Newcastle upon Tyne 1882 Group of 9 department stores
Fields Sidmouth 1809 [28]
Fife Department Store Kirkcaldy 2021 Former Debenhams Store reopened as independent after failed 15:17 venture. [2]
Fortnum & Mason Piccadilly, London 1707

G–O[]

Business name Main location Date started Additional branches References
Glasswells Bury St. Edmunds 1946 Branches across Suffolk [29]
Goulds Dorchester 1902 Also operate Simpson in Sidmouth [30]
Hancock & Wood Warrington 1914 [31]
Harrods Knightsbridge, London 1849
Harry's Lerwick [32]
Harts Of Stur Sturminster Newton 1919 [33]
Harvey Nichols Knightsbridge, London 1831 Group of 14 stores, seven of which are located in the UK:
  • Birmingham
    * Bristol
    * Edinburgh
    * Leeds
    * Liverpool
    * Manchester
Harveys of Halifax Halifax 1920s [34]
Hatchers Taunton 1775 [35]
Heart of England Co-operative Society Nuneaton 1832 Co-operative group of food and non-food businesses operating 7 department stores including:
  • Nuneaton
    * Coventry
Hills of Spalding Spalding 1960 [36]
Hoopers Torquay 1982 Group of four department stores with branches at Harrogate, Tunbridge Wells and Wilmslow.
House of Fraser Oxford Street, London 1849 Group of traditional department stores in the UK; stores include:
  • Glasgow
    * Birmingham
    * Cardiff
T J Hughes Liverpool 1912 Group of 16 department stores
Jarrold & Sons Norwich 1770 Group comprising one department store and associated smaller shops
John Lewis & Partners 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 in Chelsea, London retains its original names. Stored include:
The Landmark Harrow 2021 Due to open in October 2021 at the site of a former Debenhams department store. [37]
Lathams Potter Heigham 1964
Leekes Pontyclun 1897 * Bilston
* Cross Hands
* Llantrisant
* Melksham
Liberty Regent Street, London 1875
Lilliput Textiles Bridport 1986 [38]
David Mann & Sons (Manns of Cranleigh) Cranleigh 1887 [39]
Marks & Spencer Marble Arch, Oxford Street, London 1884 Branches throughout the UK
Menarys Cookstown 1923 Branches throughout Northern Ireland
C Milner & Sons Leyburn 1882
Morleys Brixton 1897 Group of eight department stores including:
  • Brixton
    * Bodgers, Ilford
    * Elys, Wimbledon
    * Pearson, Enfield
Oldrids Boston 1804 Group of 4 department stores including:
  • Lincoln)
    * Gainsborough
    * Grantham
 [40]

P–Z[]

Business name Main location Date started Additional branches References
Peters Huddersfield 1982
Pettits Wallingford 1856 [41]
Potters of Buxton Buxton 1860 [42]
Quadrant Chelmsford 1969 Braintree
Roomes of Upminster Upminster 1888
Rossiters of Bath Bath 1961 [43]
Roys of Wroxham Hoveton 1895 * Norwich
* North Walsham
* Thetford
* Dereham
* Beccles
* Sudbury
Rutherford & Co Morpeth 1846 [44]
Sanderson's Boutique Fox Valley, Sheffield 2016 * Stroud
  • Morpeth
 [45][46]
John Sanders Ruislip 1865 [47]
James Selby Holloway 1895
Selfridges Oxford Street, London 1908 * Manchester
* Birmingham

Sinclairs of Sheffield

Sheffield 1962 * Stamford [48]
Stringers Lytham 1852 [49]
Tamworth Co-operative Society Tamworth 1886
C J Townrow & Sons St. Ives, Cambridgeshire 1871 * Maldon, Essex
* Frinton-on-Sea
* Sudbury
Trago Mills Newton Abbot 1960s * Liskeard
* Merthyr Tydfil
* Falmouth
Tylers Department Store Loughborough 1922 [50]
Ulster Stores Moore of Coleraine 1925 * The White House, Portrush
* Clares of Llandudno, Llandudno – established 1928; purchased by Ulster Stores in 2002
* de Gruchy St Helier 		[51]
Voisins St Helier 1837 [52]
Walker & Ling Weston-super-Mare 1892 [53]
Warden Brothers Newtownards 1877 [54]
Wetherells Selby 1898 [55]
Wilkies Falkirk 1898 Small chain in Scotland with department stores in Falkirk and Ballater and 11 smaller stores. [56]
Wroes Bude 1919 * Launceston
* Wadebridge 		[57]
R Yates & Sons Malton 1845 [58]

Defunct department store groups[]

Business name Main location Date started Description No. Of Stores at Peak Closed References
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 Bournemouth 1899 Group acquired by House of Fraser in 1969. Merged into E Dingle & Co. 6 1971
John Antsee Holding company of a number of department stores and large drapery stores including Arding & Hobbs (acquired 1938) and Owles & Beaumont. Bought by United Drapery Stores in 1948 1948 [59]
Army & Navy Stores Victoria Street, London 1871 Group acquired by House of Fraser in 1973 27 2005
Arnotts Glasgow 1850 Group created by House of Fraser for stores in Scotland. 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 group. The branches in Hamilton, 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 [60][61][62]
John Barker & Co. Kensington 1870 Group acquired by House of Fraser 5 2006
Beales Bournemouth 1881 Group went into administration. Poole, Peterborough and Southport stores since reopened under the Beales name. 41 2020 [63]
Beatties Wolverhampton 1877 Group acquired by House of Fraser 12 2019
Bentalls Kingston upon Thames 1867 Group acquired by 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 group 5 1970s
H Binns, Son & Co. Sunderland 1807 Group of 9 stores acquired by House of Fraser. Expanded to include stores across the north and east of England. 18 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 [64][65][66]
Brighton Co-operative Society Brighton 1887 Group merged with Co-operative Wholesale Society. 2006 [67][68]
Brights Bournemouth 1871 Group of three department stores, trading under the names Brights and Colsons of Exeter, acquired by J J Allen 3 1960
Brown Muff Bradford 1814 Group acquired by House of Fraser. Absorbed into Rackhams group. 4 1978
British Home Stores Oxford Street, London 1928 Fell into administration on 25 April 2016 to eventually close all branches on 28 August 2016. 171 2016
Canadian & English Stores Liverpool 1951 A company created to buy and run retail businesses for investor by Harry Brooks. Sir Samuel R. Hogg was appointed chairman in 1958 after investigating a shareholder row over a £1 million loss. The same year they sold their Canadian operations. The company grew into an operating company that managed furniture, clothing and department stores. In 1962 they purchased a manufacturing group called Northgate and changed the company name to Northgate and English Stores. The business was split into two in 1966, with the retail business becoming Combined English Stores. Department stores owned by Canadian and English included:
  • Oxleys
  • North London Drapery Stores - purchased 1961
  • Benjamin Beardmore Evans (B. B. Evans) - purchased 1962
  • J. B. Brown - purchased 1962
 6 1966 [69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80]
Chiesmans Lewisham 1884 Group acquired by House of Fraser and eventually incorporated into the Army & Navy group 12 Late 1970s
James Colmer Bath 1870 Group of 5 department stores acquired by Owen Owen 5 1973
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 36 2006
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, London 1778 Went into administration 2020. Brand bought by BooHoo and all stores closed in May 2021. 178 2021
E Dingle & Co. Plymouth 1880 Group acquired by House of Fraser in 1971. Became group trading name for stores in the south west of England. 26 2006
Doggarts Bishop Auckland 1895 Group of small department stores based in the North East. 17 1980
Drapery Trust 1925 Holding company of a group of department stores; purchased by Debenhams in 1927; amalgamated with Debenhams. 14 1973
Eaden Lilley originally Cambridge, then Saffron Walden 1760 Started in Cambridge, expanded to include stores in Saffron Walden and Great Sheldon. Cambridge store closed in 1999. 3 2009
East of England Co-operative Society Ipswich 1868 Department stores sold to Vergo Retail in 2009 9 2009
David Evans Swansea 1900 group of three department stores, 2 of which were acquired by House of Fraser in 1977 and merged 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 (formerly J. N. Button 1945) and Edwin Henley in Shepton Mallet. Became part of E Dingle & Co. 4 [81][82][83][84][85]
Featherstones Chatham 1901 Small Kent based group 6 1981
Gammons Guildford 1864 Small department store chain based in Surrey and 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, Woking, Ripley, Surrey, Cranleigh, and in Kent. Purchased by Debenhams in 1961. Guildford store closed in 1968 to coincide with the opening of a new Plummer Roddis in the town. Other stores closed in the 1970s with the Woking closing in 1983. 5 1961 [86]
Goldbergs Glasgow 1908 Glasgow based group with stores in Scotland and one in England. 15 1990
Grant-Warden Walton on Thames Stores in Walton on Thames, Nottingham (formerly Tobys) and Ilford. Bought by Beales. [87]
Great Northern and Southern Stores 1936 Holding company of the fourth largest group of department stores during 1930s. Purchased Hide & Co in 1939 and through a reverse takeover, Hide & Co became the holding company. 1939 [88][89]
Great Universal Stores 1900 Multi retail group run by Sir Isaac Wolfson, who owned several department stores between 1950s and 1980s. Stores included Attwoods (Kidderminster), Bainbridges (Lincoln), Beavans (Byker), Darling & Co, Houndsditch Warehouse (Houndsditch), Jones & Higgins (Peckham), J Robb & Co (Belfast)). 1986 [90][91][92][93][94][95][96][97][98][99]
Edward Grey Birmingham Midlands based group acquired by Debenhams in the 1950s. The Walsall branch continued to trade as Debenhams until 2021. 1950s [100]
Harrods Knightsbridge 1849 Group acquired by House of Fraser; the flagship Knightsbridge store is now independently owned and continues to trade as Harrods. 9 1970s
Henry's Stores Manchester 1923 Founded by Henry Cohen, he opened Smart Outfitting Company in 1910, before turning down a chance to join Marks & Spencer, opening Henry's Stores in Market Street, Manchester. The business was a discount department store, and grew to further branches, including Birmingham. Stores were purchased in 1968 by British Home Stores. 11 1968 [101][102][103][104][105][106]
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 its ladies clothing store brands that were merged into the Van Allen chain. Group acquired by House of Fraser in 1975. 20 1975 [107][108][88][109][110]
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. [111]
Jolly & Son Bath 1810s Group acquired by E Dingle & Co. in 1970. 4 1970
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 4 1994
Lewis & Hyland 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. [112][113][114]
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. 18 2010
Lincolnshire Co-operative Lincoln 1861 Operated a number of department stores, the remaining two of which, in Lincoln and 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 1920 Group amalgamated with Co-operative Retail Services in 1981 1981
William McIlroy Reading & Swindon 1875 Group of department stores started in Swindon. 22 1998
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. 7 1993 [62]
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 [115]
Marshall & Snelgrove Oxford Street, London 1837 Group merged with Debenhams in 1919. 11 1973
McEwens Perth 1868 Small group of stores, with branches in Oban and Ballater. Perth store was originally filled with Beales in 2017 before their demise. 3 2016 [116][117][118][119]
Merchant Retail Group Sunderland Owner of 6 department stores, 2 of which, Joplings and Robbs, were sold to Owen Owen in 2005. 6 [120]
Midlands Co-operative Society Derby 1854 Started out as Derby Co-operative Provident Society in 1854. 2013
Daniel Neal & Sons Portman Square, London 1837 Children based department stores purchased by the John Lewis Partnership in 1963. 6 1977 [121]
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. 11 1973
Plymouth & South West Co-operative Society Plymouth 1859 Department stores sold to Vergo Retail 5 2009 [122]
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. 10 2000
Matthias Robinson Hartlepool 1875 Group acquired by Debenhams in 1962 4 1972
Peter Robinson Oxford Circus, London 1883 Group acquired by Burton 39 1970s
Robinson & Cleaver Donegall Square, Belfast 1874 Group with branches at Regent Street, London; Bangor, County Down; Liverpool and Bournemouth 5 1984 [123][124]
Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society (RACS) Woolwich 1872 Merged with Co-operative Wholesale Society in 1985. 5 1985
Schofields Leeds 1901 Group acquired by House of Fraser 3 1986
Scottish Drapery Corporation 1926 Holding company acquired by House of Fraser 11 1952
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. 20 1990
Selfridge Provincial Stores 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. 20 1940
Sheffield Co-operative Society Sheffield 1868 Merged with United Co-operatives in 2007 3 2008
Shephards Gateshead 1908 Small Group based in the North East. 10 1980
J C Smith & Sons Nuneaton Group of 3 department stores acquired by Debenham in 1929. 3 1976 [125][126]
South Suburban Co-operative Society Croydon 1918 Merged with Co-operative Wholesale Society in 1984 1984
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 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 J E Beale and all other stores closed. 19 2010
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. 11 2019 [127][128][129]
Westgate Department Stores Peterborough 1876 Group of department stores operated by Anglia Regional Co-operative Society; 19 of these stores were sold to J E Beale in 2011, while one was leased to Boyes. 28 2011
Wildings Newport 1874 Small group of stores in Wales 14 2019

Defunct department stores[]

A[]

Austin's Department Store in Derry. Went into administration in 2016 (Sean Mack)
  • (Leicester) – based in Market Square; bought by Marshall & Snelgrove 1920s; renamed as Marshall & Snelgrove in 1947.[130][131]
  • (Northampton) – established 1871 in the Drapery; bought by Debenhams in 1952; building rebuilt 1958–62; renamed Debenhams in 1973.[132][133][134]
  • Affleck & Brown (Manchester) – bought by Debenhams in the 1950s.[135][134]
  • (Fakenham) – established 1892; department store closed in 2008; W J Aldiss continue to operate home furnishing stores in Fakenham and Norwich[136]
  • (Edinburgh) – bought by Scottish Drapery Corporation and subsequently acquired by House of Fraser; renamed Arnotts in the 1970s[137]
  • (Edinburgh) – bought by Fraser, Sons & Co. in 1940; ownership subsequently transferred to House of Fraser in 1947[138]
  • (Birkenhead) – established 1860s; bought by Beatties in 1964; renamed Beatties; subsequently acquired by House of Fraser in 2005; renamed House of Fraser[139]
  • (Catford) – established 1877[140]
  • 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.[141][142]
  • (Hawick)[143]
  • (Skipton) – bought by Brown Muff in August 1961; subsequently acquired by House of Fraser in 1978; renamed Rackhams[144]
  • (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.[145]
  • Anscombe & Sons Ltd (Harpenden)[146]
  • (Wantage) – established c. 1900; closed 1995[147]
  • Arding & Hobbs – established 1876; bought by United Drapery Stores; incorporated into Allders Department Stores in 1961; renamed Allders c. 1999; bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams
  • (Great Yarmouth) – established 1869; bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams in 1972; closed in 1985;[148] was located on Junction of Regent Street and King Street[149]
  • Asplands (Hackney, London) - based in Ridley Road. Taken over by London Co-operative Society.[150]
  • (Kidderminster) – bought by Kay & Co. of Worcester, the catalogue business in the 1950s.[90]
  • Austins (Derry) Opened in 1830. Closed in 2016.

B[]

Bainbridge of Newcastle, now John Lewis Newcastle (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums)
  • (Newton Abbot) – Bought by E Dingle & Co. in the 1960s; subsequently acquired by House of Fraser in 1971.[151]
  • Bainbridges (Lincoln, Lincolnshire) - bought by Great Universal Stores in 1949.[152]
  • Bainbridge & Co. (Newcastle upon Tyne) – Established 1838. Bought by John Lewis Partnership in 1952; renamed John Lewis in 2002.
  • Bainbridge Barker (Darlington) opened 1899. Sold to Matthias Robinson in 1961.[153]
  • Bairds (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.[154][155][62]
  • (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 McIlroys, the groups department store chain.[156][157][158]
  • (Deal) – Succeeded by .[159]
  • (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.[160]
  • (Fulham) – Established 1891; closed in the 1980s.[161]
  • John Barnes (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.[162]
  • (Clapham Junction) – Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores in 1926.[162]
  • (St Neots) – opened 1888; closed 2017.[163]
  • Barrows (Birmingham)
  • (Wood Green) - opened 1907. Became part of Hide & Co. Destroyed by fire in 1968.[164][165][166][167]
  • Edward Bates (Chatham) – established 1869; bought by Bentalls in 1979; renamed Bentalls; closed in the 1980s.
  • Bearmans (Leytonstone)
  • (Byker) – established 1910; bought by Great Universal Stores in 1964.[91][92]
  • (Chester)[168]
  • 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.[169]
    • Belmans (Hayward Heath)
    • Belmans (Portslade)
  • (Weymouth) – bought by Debenhams[170] and incorporated into the Plummer Roddis group; renamed Debenhams in 1973[171]
  • Isaac Benzie (Aberdeen) – bought by House of Fraser; renamed Arnotts
  • Berrills (Spalding) purchased by Mawer & Collingham in 1935 after death of Albert George Berrill. Closed 1971.[172]
  • (Walton-on-Thames) – closed in the 1970s[173]
  • Bishops (Falkirk) based in Kerse Lane[174]
  • Blacketts (Sunderland)
  • Blacklers (Liverpool)
  • (Hull)[175][176]
  • (Edinburgh) – bought by Scottish Drapery Corporation; subsequently acquired by House of Fraser[177]
  • (Maidstone) – established 1865; bought by Edward Bates in 1969; closed in 1978[178]
  • (Infirmary Road, Sheffield) – closed c. 1970s.[179][180]
  • (Wembley) – traded from 1911 to 2017[181][182]
  • (Gloucester) – bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores; acquired by John Lewis Partnership in 1940; closed in 1953 and building sold to F W Woolworth & Co.[162][183]
  • (Luton) – Established in 1852 at Market Hill; relocated to the new Arndale Centre in 1972; bought by Debenhams and renamed as such in 1977.[184]
    • (St Albans) – succeeded in 1946 as a branch of Blundell Brothers of Luton; closed in 1966; demolished to make way for Heritage Close shopping precinct[185]
  • John Blundell (Newcastle upon Tyne) former Howards store rebranded by UDS.[186]
  • John Blundell (Ipswich) on site of former E Brand store (possible rebrand by United Drspery Stores) Opened 1956. Refurbished 1977.[187]
  • John Blundell (Bristol)[188]
  • (Stratford) – bought by Keddies in the 1970s; closed in 1984 and building demolished.[189]
  • Bobby & Co. (Margate)
  • Bodgers (Ilford) – opened 14 June 1890; bought by Morleys in 1959; closed 28 February 2018.[191]
  • (Chelmsford) – established 1846; department store closed in April 2000 and the building was subsequently demolished.[192] 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.
  • (Glasgow)[145]
  • (Chelmsford) – moved to current location in 1870;[193] bought by Debenhams in the 1960s; renamed Debenhams in 1973.[194][195]
  • Bonds (Norwich) – bought by John Lewis Partnership in 1982; renamed John Lewis in 2001.
  • (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 Au Bon Marche in Paris.[64] Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores in 1926 and subsequently acquired by John Lewis Partnership in 1940; closed in 1975[162][196]
  • (Gloucester) – established 1889; absorbed by the Drapery Trust in the late 1920s from the Pope family;[197] the business became an important influence in the formation of the modern Debenhams group and was renamed Debenhams in 1971.[198]
  • Bon Marché (Liverpool) – established 1877 by Lewis's; bought by in the late 1950s before acquisition by John Lewis Partnership in 1961; incorporated into George Henry Lee.
  • (Southsea) – established 1927; closed 2009.[199]
  • (Tunbridge Wells) – established 1878; bought by John Lewis Partnership in 1946; renamed ; closed in 1953 and premises sold to of Croydon[200]
  • (Southport) – bought by of Southport; acquired by Owen Owen and merged with Broadbents to form on the Boothroyds site.[201]
  • (Cirencester) – bought by ; 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.
  • (Stafford) – Established 1743; later ; succeeded by 1865[202]
  • (Stafford) – formerly ; succeeded by 1865
  • Bourne & Hollingsworth (Oxford Street, London) – Closed 1983.
  • (Southampton) – Succeeded Bourne & Hollingsworth 1979.[203]
  • (Glasgow) – established 1873[145][204]
  • (Taunton)[205]
  • E. Brand & Sons (Ipswich) opened 1875 closed 1950s (possibly purchased by United Drapery Stores as became a John Blundell store)[187]
  • Bratt & Dyke (Hanley) - Opened 1890; Closed late 1980s [206][207][208][209]
    • Bratt & Dyke (Stafford)
  • Bratts and Evans (Northwich) opened 1860.[210]
    • Bratt and Evans (Nantwich)
    • Bratt and Evans (Knutsford)
  • Brays (Malvern) – opened 1895. Closed 2019[211]
  • (Northampton) – bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores[162][212]
  • Brindleys (Derby)[213]
  • Brights (Bournemouth) – Established 1871. Bought by J J Allen 1960. Acquired by House of Fraser 1969; renamed Dingles 1973; renamed House of Fraser 2000s.
    • Brights (Clifton) – Opened in the former premises of Bobby & Co. as a branch of Brights 1932. Acquired by J J Allen 1960. Subsequently, acquired by House of Fraser 1969; renamed Dingles 1973; closed 1990s.
  • Brightwells (Southend-on-Sea)
  • (Southport) – bought by Owen Owen; merged with Boothroyds of Southport to form on the Boothroyds site; Broadbents premises sold[201]
  • (Southport) – formed from the merger of and , by Owen Owen, on the Boothroyds site; bought by J E Beale; renamed Beales[201]
  • Brookfields (Stafford) – succeeded ; closed 1909[214][146]
  • (Harrogate)[215]
  • (Dundee) – bought by Scottish Drapery Corporation; acquired by House of Fraser; renamed Arnotts 1970s; closed 2002[216]
  • (Clayton Square, Liverpool) – purchased by Canadian and English Stores Ltd in 1962;[72] closed 1970.[217]
  • (Deal) – established 1938; closed 2003[218]
  • John Bryants & Son (department store)|Bryants]] (St Ives) – Established 1887.[219][18] Bought by Eaden Lilley 2003; renamed Eaden Lilley. Bought from the receiver of Eaden Lilley by C J Townrow & Sons 2009; renamed Townrow.
  • (Harrogate) – Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores and subsequently acquired by the John Lewis Partnership in 1940. The store was sold to 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).[162][220]
  • (Reading) – Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores. Acquired by John Lewis Partnership 1940; closed 1953; incorporated into Heelas.[162][221]
  • (Carlisle) – bought by Hoopers 2006; renamed Hoopers 2006; closed 2013[222][18]
  • (Liverpool)[223] Opened in 1881. Bought By Greenwoods of Bradford in 1956 before being demolished.
  • Buntings (Norwich)
  • T Burberry & Sons (Basingstoke) – also known as The Emporium; succeeded by E Lanham & Son [226]
  • Burgess (Tottenham) opened 19th century, new building built on the site of Sanchez Almshouses in 1923; closed 1980 replaced by Tottenham Enterprise Centre.[227][228]
  • (Leamington Spa) – Bought by Army & Navy Stores 1963; renamed Army & Navy 1974. Acquired by House of Fraser 1976; renamed Rackhams; renamed House of Fraser c. 2000.[229]
  • (Ilford) – bought by Chiesmans 1959; acquired by House of Fraser 1972; later incorporated into the Army & Navy group[230]
  • (Chester)[231][232]
  • (Nottingham)[233]
  • (Bradford and branches) – Established 1908. Bought by Debenhams 1958; renamed Debenhams 1973; closed 1978.[234]
  • (Hawkhurst)[236]
  • (Poole) – became part of the Co-Op[237]
  • (Weston-super-Mare) – Bought by James Colmer. Acquired by Owen Owen 1973; renamed Owen Owen.[238]
  • Butterfield and Massies (Barnsley) owned by Great Universal Stores.[239]

C[]

Caleys was established in 1810. It closed in 2006 as part of the John Lewis Partnership. (Pamela Marson)
  • Caleys (Windsor) – Established 1810. Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores 1918. Acquired by John Lewis Partnership 1940; closed 2006.[162]
  • (Sunderland) – Bought by , owners of Joplings, 1921; Calverts closed and Joplings relocated to the site.[240]
  • Cammack & Son (Boston, Lincolnshire[18]
  • (Walton-on-Thames) – Succeeded by .[241]
  • (Oxford) – Established c. 1870; closed 1971. Buildings demolished. Site occupied by Fenwick c. 1978 – c. 1990.[242]
  • (Bridlington) – Succeeded 1918. Bought by Hammonds 1968; renamed Hammonds on completion of new buIlding 1970.[243]
  • (Hull) Closed 1991.[244]
  • (Tottenham Court Road, London) – Established 1865; incorporated 1910; closed 1958.[245][246]
  • (Watford)[247]
  • (Hereford) – Established 1929; closed 7 June 2008. Building now partly occupied by The Entertainer (2014).[248]
  • (Lowestoft) – Established 1907. Bought by Palmers 2004; renamed Palmers 2009.[249]
  • (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.[250]
  • (Taunton) – bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams[251]
  • (Horsham)[252]
  • (Dereham) – opened April 2015; closed November 2018; formerly Palmers (1989-2015) / (1982-1989) / Bonds (1961-1982) / [253]
  • (Lancaster)[20]
  • (Bideford)- opened in 1898[20]
  • (Oxford) – Established 1884. Succeeded by 1905.[254]
  • (Glasgow)[255]
  • Civil Service Supply Association (Strand, London)
  • (Harrogate) – Bought by of Glasgow 1922; renamed McDonalds 1922. Acquired by House of Fraser 1951; later incorporated into the Binns group; renamed Binns.[256]
  • (Wolverhampton) – Established 1840. Bought by Army & Navy Stores 1960; renamed Army & Navy 1974. Acquired by House of Fraser 1976; renamed Rackhams.[257]
  • (Watford) – Established 1898; closed 2004.[247]
  • (Taunton) – Bought by James Colmer. Acquired by Owen Owen 1973; renamed Owen Owen.[238]
  • Clover (Kirkstall) purchased by Allders
  • Walter Cobb (Sydenham)
  • (Stroud)[258]
  • Robert Cochran & Son (Paisley, Renfrewshire) – purchased by House of Fraser 1964, renamed Arnotts in the 1970s.[259]
  • (Sheffield) – Established 1829. Bought by Schofields 1972; renamed Schofields; closed 1982.[260]
  • Cole Brothers (Sheffield) – Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores 1927. Acquired by John Lewis Partnership 1940; renamed John Lewis 2002.[162]
  • (Liverpool) – was located in Pembroke Place.[223]
  • Colsons (Exeter) – Established 1792. Traded as Colson & Spark 1829–1832; Colson & Gates 1870–1889; Colson & Co. 1889–1925. Bought by Brights 1925; renamed Colsons of Exeter 1925. Acquired by J J Allen 1960. Subsequently, acquired by House of Fraser 1969; renamed Dingles 1973; renamed House of Fraser 2000s.
  • (Liverpool) – Built for retailer J.R.Jeffery in 1865;[261] 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.[262]
  • (Dudley)
  • (Oxford) – bought by Selfridges in 1966. Original store demolished 1973 for new store as part of Westgate development.[263][20]
  • (Glasgow) – established 1873; incorporated 1918; closed 1970; building purchased by House of Fraser 1971[264]
  • (Portadown) – established 1876; closed 1970s[265][266]
  • (Ipswich) – established 1787[267] Bought by Debenhams; incorporated into on completion of new building.[268]
  • (Norwich)[269]
  • (Clifton) – bought by Drapery Trust; incorporated into the Bobby & Co. group 1928; renamed Bobby's 1928; closed 1932
  • (Falmouth) – bought by E Dingle & Co. 1961[270]
  • (Great Malvern) – established 1833[271]
  • (Newcastle upon Tyne) – bought by Binns 1929[272]
  • (Burslem)[273]
  • (Harrogate) – opened by Debenhams as a branch of in premises previously occupied by the Harrogate branch of Marshall & Snelgrove. Bought by Schofields; renamed Schofields. Acquired by House of Fraser; closed. Building now occupied by Hoopers (2015).
  • (Truro) – bought by E Dingle & Co. 1960s
  • (Rushden) – established in 1959[274] Closed in 2009.[275]
  • (Woolwich) – established 1891; closed 1975[276]
  • Curl Brothers (Norwich) – bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams 1973

D[]

Derry & Tom's was in between the other two Kensington department stores, Barkers and Pontings, closed in 1971. (Edwardx)
  • (Edmonton Green) – established c. 1880[277]
  • (Eastbourne) – bought by John Barker & Co.; acquired by House of Fraser 1957; incorporated into the Army & Navy group c. 1976; renamed Army & Navy c. 1976; closed 1997. Building now occupied by T J Hughes (2015).
  • (Glasgow) – succeeded 1936; bought by Fraser, Sons & Co. 1942; ownership transferred to House of Fraser 1947[278]
  • Dalys (Glasgow)
  • (Edinburgh) – purchased by Great Universal Stores in 1955.[93] Bought by House of Fraser from Great Universal Stores in January 1961; closed. Located at 124-125 Princes Street.[94][95]
  • Edwin Davis (Hull)[279]
  • (Hoxton) – bought by Drapery Trust; ownership subsequently transferred to Debenhams; sold[280] Closed. Buildings demolished 1980s. Located at City Road / East Road junction.[281]
  • Joseph Della Porta (Shrewsbury) – bought by ; acquired by House of Fraser 1975; renamed Rackhams 1975; renamed House of Fraser 2000s
  • Denners (Yeovil) Bought by Beales.[282]
  • (Plymouth) – opened in 1950; bought by Vergo Retail 2009; closed 2010[283]
  • Derry & Toms (Kensington)[284] – bought by John Barker & Co. 1920; acquired by House of Fraser 1957; closed 1973
  • Dickson & Benson (Middlesbrough) Established 1880, based Linthorpe Road. Burnt down in 1942 in an arsonist attack.[146][285]
  • (Dorchester) – succeeded 1889; succeeded by 1899[286]
  • J L Dixons (Southend-on-Sea)
  • (Manchester)[287]
  • (Cheltenham)[288]
  • (Dundee) – opened 1834 by William Moon and John Langlands; in 1889 business was bought by Coatbridge draper George Draffen and his brother-in-law John Jarvie, with the business known as Draffen & Jarvie, which it continued to be known after Jarvie left the business in 1891. The business renamed to Draffens of Dundee in 1948. In 1960 the company went public and left the Draffen family ownership. Bought by Debenham in 1981.[289][290]
  • (Cheltenham)[288]
  • (Hove) – established 1920; succeeded by [291]
  • (Kingsland) – bought by Drapery Trust; closed[292][170]
  • (Maidstone) – bought by ; acquired by House of Fraser 1975; incorporated into the Army & Navy group c. 1976; renamed Army & Navy c. 1976[293]
  • (Tunbridge Wells) – bought by Debenhams; incorporated into the Bobby & Co. group[294]

E[]

David Evans in Swansea in 1979 (Brian Whittle)
  • Frank East (Tonbridge)[295]
  • (Tiverton) – Bought by of Barnstaple 1989; renamed Banburys.[296]
  • ()[297]
  • Elliston & Cavell (Oxford) – bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams 1972[298]
  • Empire Trade Stamp Co. (Sheffield) - based 18-23 Howard Street.[146]
  • (Walsall)[299]
  • Esslemont & Macintosh (Aberdeen)
  • (Swansea) – Established 1800s; closed c. 1950s.[300]
  • (Kilburn) – Established 1897; bought by Tesco in 1961;[73] sold to Canadian and English Stores in 1962 for £200,000;[74][75][76] closed 1971.[301]
    • (Holloway) former North London Drapery Stores rebranded by Northgate and English Stores.
    • Benjamin Beardmore Evans (Kentish Town) formerly London Drapery Stores[80][302]
  • (Barry) – Established 1909; closed 28 January 2006.[303]
  • David Evans (Swansea) – Established 1900. Bought by House of Fraser 1977; closed 2005.
  • D H Evans (Oxford Street, London) – Opened in 1879. Closed 2001 and renamed House of Fraser.
  • (Palmers Green) – Established 1920; closed 1980.[305]
  • (Bath) – Closed 1974.[306][146]
  • (Eastbourne) – Succeeded .[307][308]
  • (Dundee) – bought by Fraser, Sons & Co. 1941; ownership transferred to House of Fraser 1947[309]

F[]

Fishpools in Waltham Cross (Christine Matthews)
  • (Ilford) – established 1873; closed 2008[310]
  • (Aberdeen) – Bought by Scottish Drapery Corporation 1929. Acquired by House of Fraser 1952; renamed Frasers 1970s; closed 2002.[311]
  • Fantos (Deptford)[312]
  • (Newcastle upon Tyne) – established 1867; bought by United Drapery Stores 1958; closed c. 1995[313][314]
  • (Trowbridge) – acquired by House of Fraser; renamed Dingles; closed
    • (Frome)
    • (Wells)
  • Finnigans (Wilmslow; previously Manchester) – Relocated from Manchester city centre to Wilmslow c. 1960s. Bought by Hoopers 1982; renamed Hoopers 1982.[315]
  • (Ipswich)[316]
  • Fishpools (Waltham Cross) opened 1899. Now a furniture only store.[317]
  • (St Albans) – Established c. 1829–1839. Succeeded by 1946.[318]
  • Floyd & Sons (Minehead)[146]
  • (Ipswich) – established 1834;[319] bought by Debenhams; incorporated into and both moved to new Debenhams store built on site of old Footman's store.
    • (Woodbridge) – opened as a branch of of Ipswich; bought by Debenhams
  • Ford's (Oakham) – opened 1877 closed 2019[320]
  • (Glasgow) – established 1872; relocated to former building 1983; building destroyed by fire 1986; closed 1986[321][322]
    • R W Forsyth (Edinburgh) – opened as a branch of of Glasgow 1907; closed 1970s; building now occupied by Topshop (2015)
  • (South Shields) – bought by Binns 1927; acquired by House of Fraser 1953
  • (Leamington Spa) – established 1840; closed 1983[146]
  • (Southampton)
  • Clement Freeman & Son (Freemans) (Liverpool) - located in Waverly Road. Rebuilt in 1964. Closed 1974.[323][324]
  • Frosts (Liverpool) opened as a drapers by Thomas Frost during the 1885 in Walton Road. By 1910 the business operated out of all thd stores in the block. Around 1918 the new building was constructed to House Frost department store. Building now a Weatherspoons pub.[325]

G[]

Gamages
  • A W Gamage (Holborn, London)
  • (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.[326]
  • (Guildford) – small family run department store based in Surrey and Kent[327]
    • (Woking)[328]
    • (Chobham)
    • (Cranbrook, Kent)
    • (Cranleigh)
  • Gardiner's (London) – Based in Whitechapel, destroyed by fire in 1972.
  • Gardiner Haskins (Bristol), opened 1825 as a blacksmiths. Now a Home wares business.[329]
  • (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.[330]
  • (Woolwich) – Closed 1972.[276]
  • (Marylebone)[331]
  • (Dorchester) – Succeeded 1899.[286] Bought by Army & Navy Stores 1953. Acquired by House of Fraser 1976; renamed Dingles; closed 1980s.[332]
  • Gimbles (Liverpool)[333] – American chain based at Great Charlotte Street
  • (Peterborough)[334]
  • (New Oxford Street, London) – established 1848; bought by Sir Arthur Wheeler, 1st Baronet, purchased United Drapery Stores; Wheeler was declared bankrupt in 1931; closed 1936[335][336]
  • (Lowestoft) – closed 2015; re-opened as Kerry's Home Furnishings.[337]
  • Goldbergs (Glasgow)
  • (Chiswick) – established 1909; closed 1974[338]
  • (Buckingham Palace Road, London) – established 1858; bought by Gresham Trust and Charles Neale Investments in 1961; rebuilt 1960s; went into administration 1968.[339][340][341]
  • (Richmond) – Established 1795. Bought by 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.[342]
  • Grant Brothers (Croydon)
  • (Walton-on-Thames) – Formerly . Bought by J E Beale; renamed Beales.[87]
  • (Hertford) – Succeeded 1899; closed 2001.[343]
  • Gray Peverell (Hartlepool) opened 1902. Bought by Binns in 1926. Store closed in 1992.[344]
  • (St. Albans) – Bought by Army & Navy Stores.[345]
  • (Hampstead) – bought by Debenhams; closed
  • (Birmingham) – bought by Debenhams[346]
    • (Walsall) – opened as a branch of of Birmingham; acquired by Debenhams
    • (Willenhall) – opened as a branch of of Birmingham; acquired by Debenhams[347][348]
  • (Leicester) – succeeded by
  • Griffin & Spalding (Nottingham) – bought by Debenhams 1944; renamed Debenhams[170]
  • (Shrewsbury) – bought by Hide & Co; closed 1964
  • Gunners (Tonbridge) - demolished 1984.[349]
  • Guy & Smith (Grimsby) – bought by House of Fraser 1969; incorporated into the Binns group; renamed Binns 1969; renamed House of Fraser 2000s

H[]

Hammonds in Hull (Peter Church)
  • (Ripon) – established 1950; closed 2012[350]
  • (Cross Gates, Leeds)[351]
  • Hamilton & Bell (Evesham) purchased by Owen Owen in 1975[352][353][238]
  • Hammonds (Hull) – bought by House of Fraser 1972; incorporated into the Binns group; renamed Binns 1972; renamed Hammonds; renamed House of Fraser; closed 2019
    • Hammonds (Bridlington) – formerly . 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 and reopened in 1998.[243]
  • (Southsea) – Established 1869. Bought by Drapery Trust; incorporated into the Bobby & Co. group; renamed Debenhams 1970s.[354]
  • Hanningtons (Brighton)
  • (Balham)
  • (Oxford Street, London) – established c. 1885 or c. 1887; purchased by John Lewis in 1928[355]
  • (Ilford) – closed 2010
    • (Bromley) – Opened as a branch of of Ilford. Bought by 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).
  • (Leeds) – bought by Matthias Robinson 1938; incorporated into Matthias Robinson Leeds store (now Debenhams) [356]
  • William Harvey (Guildford) – Bought by Army & Navy Stores 1953. Acquired by House of Fraser 1976; renamed Army & Navy; renamed House of Fraser.
  • (Strood)[357]
  • (Dover)[358]
  • (Sunderland) – Destroyed by fire 18 July 1898; rebuilt 1900; closed 1914. Building converted to cinema.[359]
  • Havens (Westcliff on Sea) Opened 1901; Store closed in 2017 and moved to being an online retailer only.
  • (Morden) – One of the founding members of United Drapery Stores.[360][361]
  • (Newquay) – bought by E Dingle & Co. 1960s
  • Hawkins (Hitchin) – opened 1863, closed 2017.[362]
  • (Totnes) – bought by Debenhams; incorporated into the Bobby & Co. group[294]
  • (Swansea)[363]
  • Hedley Mitchell (Erith) opened 1890, closed 1961, demolished 1966.[364][365]
  • 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.[366]
  • Heelas & Sons Co. (Reading) – Established 1854. Bought by Charles Clore 1947; sold to United Drapery Stores 1950. Bought by John Lewis Partnership 1953; business of incorporated into Heelas 1953; renamed John Lewis 2001.
  • (Glasgow) – bought by House of Fraser from of London 1970; closed 1970, enabling the relocation of Pettigrew & Stephens to the site, in the same year[367]
  • (Liverpool) – established 1829; bought by Harrods 1949; acquired by House of Fraser 1959; renamed Binns 1975; closed 1977.[368]
  • (Shepton Mallet) – bought by
  • Henrys (Birmingham)[369] Owned by BHS for 36 years before closing in 1969.[370]
  • Henry's Stores (Manchester)[371] – Opened by Henry Cohen, a Russian immigrant, as clothing stores before his son, Leonard Cohen opened the department store in 1923. Purchased by British Home Stores in 1968.[372][102][103][104][105]
  • (Kilburn)
  • (Chepstow) ceased trading 2018
  • (Cambridge)[373] Closed 1965
  • (Bexleyheath) – Established 1851; closed 1979. Buildings replaced by Broadway Shopping Centre.[374]
  • (Hartlepool) – formerly Carter & Co.; merged with D Hill & Co. 1898; bought by Blacketts 1940s
    • (North Shields) – formerly D Hill & Co.; merged with Carter & Co. 1898
  • William Hill (Hills) (Hove) – bought by Debenhams; incorporated into the Bobby & Co. group; closed 1982[375][146]
  • (Blackpool) Bought by 1965. Acquired by House of Fraser 1975; incorporated into the Binns group; renamed Binns; closed.[376][377]
  • (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).[378]
  • Hinds (Eltham) – One of the founding members of United Drapery Stores.[360]
  • (St Paul's Churchyard, London) – Established 1841; closed 1984.[379]
  • (Leeds) – sold to Littlewoods in 1952.
  • (Burgess Hill) – Established 1857; closed 1983.[380]
  • (Peckham) – Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores. Acquired by John Lewis Partnership 1940; sold 1948.[162][381]
  • (Nottingham)[382]
  • (Houndsditch, London) - purchased by Great Universal Stores in 1958.[383] Closed 1986.
  • (Ayr) - opened 1897; Purchased by House of Fraser 1949; Rebranded 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.[384][62]
  • (Newcastle upon Tyne) – Bought by United Drapery Stores; later incorporated into the John Blundell group; renamed John Blundell.[385]
  • Harding Howell and Company's Grand Fashionable Magazine (Pall Mall, London) – Opened in 1809, Closed in 1820.
  • James Howell & Co. (Cardiff)[284] – bought by House of Fraser 1972
  • (Worthing) – bought by Debenhams; incorporated into the Bobby & Co. group; renamed Debenhams 1973
  • (Tenby) – opened 1903, closed as a department store 2017, continues as a homeware store.[386]
  • (Herne Bay and Sittingbourne)[387][388][389]
  • (Kensington) – Established 1889; closed 1923. Located at 197–207 Kensington High Street.[390]
  • (Hanley)[391]
  • (Horsham)[392]

J[]

E. Jackson in Reading, known as Jackson's Corner (Hotlorp)

K[]

Kendals, Manchester(KJP1)
  • (Huddersfield)[407]
  • Keddies (Southend-on-Sea) – established 1892; new building completed 1934; major extension completed 1963; entered administration 1994; closed 26 February 1996
  • Kendal Milne & Co. (Manchester) – bought by Harrods; renamed Harrods; renamed Kendals; acquired by House of Fraser 1959; renamed House of Fraser c. 2007
  • (Malvern) – established 1852; bought by 1962[408]
  • Kennards (Croydon) – Bought by Drapery Trust; renamed Debenhams 1973.
  • Kerfoots (Porthmadog) – opened 1878, closed 2018.[409]
  • (Wembley)[410]
  • (York)[411]
  • (Trowbridge) – established 1879; closed 2013. H J Knee continue to trade in Trowbridge, as 'Knees Home & Electrical', from a new site.
  • (Brighton)

L[]

Lack Brothers store in Thornton Heath, Croydon
  • Lack Brothers (Thornton Heath)
  • (Weston-super-Mare) – bought by John Lewis Partnership 1933; closed 1956[412]
  • Landport Drapery Bazaar (Portsmouth)
  • / (Basingstoke) – succeeded T Burberry & Sons[226]
  • (Deal) – succeeded ; closed 2008
  • (Cambridge) – established 1883, closed 1970s.[413][414]
  • (Grimsby) – closed 1983;[415] demolished and replaced by Marks & Spencer
  • (Leicester)[416]
  • Leak & Thorp (York) opened 11 March 1848 by William Leak in Parliament Street, before moving to Conley Street in 1869. In 1908, William Collins on joined the business, working his way up to Chairman, with the family running the business until the 1980s.[417] The store was destroyed by fire in 1933, but was rebuilt by the following year.[418]
  • (Chatham)[419]
  • George Henry Lee (Liverpool) – bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores; acquired by John Lewis Partnership 1940[162]
  • Stanley J Lee (Edgware)[420]
  • William Lefevre (Cantebury) – bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams
  • (Rochester) – Bought by Chiesmans 1959.[421]
  • (Cardiff)[422]
  • Leslies (Cardiff)[423]
  • Lewis & Godfrey (Stroud)
  • Herbert Lewis (Chepstow) – opened 1878 closed 2018.[317]
  • (Upton Park) – bought by Chiesmans and renamed Chiesmans; House of Fraser acquired the Chiesmans group and later renamed the store Army & Navy; closed in 1988
  • (Wimbledon) - bought by Kennards and renamed Kennards; Debenhams acquired the Kennards stores and closed the Wimbledon branch
  • Lewis Lewis (Swansea) Opened 1860 in High Street, Swansea.[424][425] Opened further stores in Briton Ferry, Neath and Llanelli. Closed 1966.[426]
  • (Walthamstow)
  • (Bradford) – Originally Sunbridge Road.Bought by United Drapery Stores; New store opened The mall, Westgate. Both stores closed by UDS on 23 April 1977.[427]
  • (Maidstone)
  • London Drapery Stores (Kentish Town) purchased by Canadian & English Stores, renamed B. B. Evans.[80][302]
  • (Bexhill-on-Sea)
  • (Aylesbury)
  • (Wigan) – Established 1887; bought by Greenwood's in 1963; closed 1985.[428]
  • (Darlington) – Closed 1966.[429]
  • (Colchester)
  • Lyttons (Ruislip) - purchased by John Sanders of Ealing in 1985. Renamed John Sanders.[430]

M[]

Advertisement for Mastin Brothers, Hastings (Phil Sellens)
  • (Glasgow) – bought by House of Fraser 1951; merged with and together renamed 1957; renamed Frasers 1975
  • (Glasgow) – formed from the merger of and by House of Fraser 1957; renamed Frasers 1975.
  • McGill Brothers (Dundee)[431][432][433][434]
  • (Hanley) – established 1883; later McIlroys. Bought by Lewis's 1935; renamed Lewis's[435]
  • Mackross (Cardiff)[422]
  • (Shrewsbury) – established in the 1850s by R Maddox.[436] Bought by Owen Owen in 1966;[437] renamed Owen Owen;[438] closed c. 1990
  • (Clifton)[439]
  • (Bridlington) – established c. 1880s; succeeded by
  • (Cardiff) – established 1879; closed 1986[440]
  • (Camden Town)
  • (Whiteladies Road, Bristol) – closed 2012[441]
  • Masons & Son (Ipswich)[146]
  • Mastin Brothers (Hastings) - established 1872. Closed 1969.[442][443]
  • Matthew & Son (Cambridge)[413]
  • (Preston) – bought by Owen Owen; renamed Owen Owen
  • (Edinburgh) – established 1894. Bought by Binns 1934; renamed Binns. Acquired by House of Fraser 1953; renamed Frasers.[444]
  • (Hull) – closed 1938; building occupied by municipal offices since 1942
  • Mawer & Collingham (Lincoln) – bought by House of Fraser 1980; incorporated into the Binns group; renamed Binns c. 1980; renamed House of Fraser c.2005
  • (Southampton) – bought by Owen Owen; renamed Owen Owen
  • Medhursts (Bromley) – established 1879 by Fred Medhurst; bought by United Drapery Stores 1969; renamed Allders 1979[445]
  • (Derby) – established 1882; closed 1969[446][447][448][449]
  • Torquay Closed early 1970s.
  • (Leeds) – established 1885, trading as 'Grand Pygmalion'; closed 1927[450]
  • (Chichester; previously Southsea) – Established 1910; Southsea premises destroyed by bombing 1941; relocated to Chichester 1941. Bought by Army & Navy Stores 1955; renamed Army & Navy. Acquired by House of Fraser 1976; renamed House of Fraser 2007.
  • David Morgan (Cardiff) – established 1879; closed 29 January 2005
  • (Marlow) – bought by William McIlroy
  • (Swansea)
  • Morgan Squire (Leicester) – bought by J J Allen 1962; acquired by House of Fraser 1969; renamed Rackhams c. 1976; closed 1980s
  • (Ramsgate)
  • (West Penwith) – bought by James Colmer 1963; closed 1970s
    • (Bristol) – opened in the 1930s; bought by James Colmer in 1963[451]
  • (Newport, Isle of Wight) – Formerly Edward Morris. Bought by Chiesmans 1958.[452]
  • Moulton (Ilford) purchases by 1959; 1962 purchased by Lewis' for £730,000; renamed Selfridges; closed.[453][454][455][456]
  • J.W.Muntus (Rotherham)[457]
  • (High Wycombe) – Closed 1985.[458]
  • (Newcastle upon Tyne)

N[]

  • (Canterbury) – Established 1929; closed 2018.[459]
  • (Brighton) – Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores. Store demolished 1930.[162][460]
  • (Birmingham) – Bought by Lewis's 1920s; incorporated into Lewis's Birmingham.[461]
  • (Middlesbrough) – Bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams.[462]
  • (Redhill)
  • (Bromley; previously St Paul's Churchyard, London) – Bought by Debenhams; St Paul's Churchyard buildings destroyed by bombing; relocated to former cinema building in Bromley; renamed Debenhams 1973; closed 1990s.[463]
  • (Tunbridge Wells) – Established 1851; closed 2009.[464]
  • Norco House (Aberdeen)
  • (Hove) – Succeeded . Bought by 1957. Acquired by House of Fraser 1975; renamed Chiesmans 1975; renamed Army & Navy; closed 1990s.[465]
  • (Holloway)[165] purchased by Canadian and English Stores in 1961 from Provident Cloth and Supply Company.[74] Rebranded as Benjamin Beardmore Evans as a sister store to Kilburn.

O[]

P[]

Pollecoff's Department Store, Pwllheli (Eric Jones)
  • James Page (Camberley) – Established 1904.[474] Bought by United Drapery Stores; renamed Allders c. 1979.
  • (Maidstone) – bought by Chiesmans 1930; renamed Chiesmans; acquired by House of Fraser; closed c. 1983[475]
  • Palmers (Great Yarmouth
  • Palmers Stores (Hammersmith) closed 1980s.[476][477][478]
  • Parkers (Edinburgh) demolished 1970s to make way for expansion of Edinburgh University.[479]
  • (Byker) – Established 1875; closed 1984.[91]
  • (Manchester) – Established 1860s.[480] Bought by Debenhams 1928;[481] rebuilt 1930; destroyed by fire 1957; relocated to Drilll Hall 1957; relocated to Rylands Warehouse building 1959; renamed Debenhams 1973.
    • (Sheffield) – Opened by Debenhams as a branch of Pauldens of Manchester; renamed Debenhams 1973.[482][483]
  • (Bishop's Stortford) – Opened as a branch of of Enfield 1972 in premises formerly occupied by . Bought by Morleys Stores 2010; closed 2012.[484][485]
  • () – Opened as a branch of of Enfield. Closed prior to sale to Morles and now a Primark.
  • Pearson Brothers (Nottingham) – Established 1889; later Pearsons.
  • (Rotherham & branches) – small Yorkshire chain with branches in:[486]
    • (Barnsley)
    • (Sheffield)
    • (Worksop)
  • (Wigan)[487] – bought by Debenhams 1948; renamed Debenhams 1973[488]
  • Penrith Co-operative Society (Penrith) – non-food departments closed 2015
  • Pettigrew & Stephens (Glasgow)
  • (Kensington) – established 1890; closed 1978; located at 191–195 Kensington High Street[390]
  • Pettits (Wallingford) - purchased by John Saders of Ealing in 1985.[430]
  • (West Hartlepool) – Established 1902. Bought by Binns 1926; renamed Binns. Acquired by House of Fraser 1953; closed 1992.[489]
  • (Great Yarmouth and Gorleston-on-Sea) – established 1876; closed 1998[490]
  • (Bury St Edmunds) – Bought by Palmers in 1961; renamed Palmers.[491]
  • (Penzance) – bought by E Dingle & Co. 1960s.[492]
  • (Pwllheli) – had branches in Caernarfon and Holyhead. No longer a department store, now operates as a ladies fashion boutique.
  • Ponting Brothers (Kensington)[493] – Bought by John Barker & Co. 1907. Acquired by House of Fraser 1957; closed 1970.
  • Plymouth – Opened in 1824 as before the Radford element was dropped in 1931. Bought out by Dingles in 1962 and closed shortly after.[494]
  • The Poplar Stores Wealdstone
  • (Bingley) – bought by Brown Muff; renamed Brown Muff; acquired by House of Fraser
  • Pratts (Streatham) – Established 1867. Bought by 1920. Acquired by Selfridge Provincial Stores 1926. Subsequently, acquired by John Lewis Partnership 1940; closed 1990.[162][404]
  • (Finchley) – bought by Owen Owen[495]
  • Pugh Brothers (Llanelli)
  • Pullman & Sons (Nottingham)[496][497]
  • (Deptford) [498][499]

Q[]

R[]

Randall's of Uxbridge (Nigel Cox)
  • Rackham & Co (Birmingham) – Established 1881, became part of Harrods 1955, later House of Fraser 1959.
  • A L Ramsay (Elgin) – Established 1845, later A L Ramsay & Son. Bought by Benzie & Miller; renamed Benzie & Miller. Acquired by House of Fraser; renamed Arnotts; closed.[500]
  • (Derby) – Bought by Debenhams 1960s; renamed Debenhams 1973; relocated 2007.
  • Randalls (Uxbridge) – Established 1891; closed 31 January 2015.
  • (Banff) – Bought by Benzie & Miller; renamed Benzie & Miller.[501][502] Acquired by House of Fraser 1958; renamed Arnotts 1970s; closed 1980s.
  • (Epsom) – bought by and in 1938. Acquired by in 1948. The registered office of H L Reid was changed to an address in Cardiff, that of Seccombes department store, though the business only ever traded at Epsom. House of Fraser bought Hide & Co in 1975. H L Reid was renamed Chiesmans and closed in 1984.
  • Reid & Pearson (Aberdeen) - Opened 1905. Purchased by Scottish Drapery in 1949. In 1952 became part of House of Fraser. Closed 1955.[503]
  • (Newport, Wales) – bought by Owen Owen; renamed Owen Owen
  • Ricemans (Canterbury; previously Deal, Kent) – Relocated from Deal to purpose-built Canterbury store 1960s. Bought by Fenwick 1986; renamed Fenwick on relocation to new building 2003.
  • (Evesham) – bought by ; acquired by House of Fraser; closed 1975[504]
  • (Birkenhead) – established 1872; closed 1982[505]
  • J Robb & Co (Belfast) - Opened in 1861. Purchased by Great Universal Stores in 1951. Closed in 1973.[506]
  • (Cardiff) – Opened 1890. Closed 1983. Building demolished 1985.[507][422]
  • J R Roberts (Stratford)
  • (Truro) – formerly Bon Marché
  • Roberts Brothers (Sheffield) – formerly T & J Roberts
  • Robinsons (Woking) – established 1934; closed 1997[328][508]
  • (Carlisle) – established 1889; bought by Binns 1933; renamed Binns; acquired by House of Fraser 1953; renamed House of Fraser c. 2000[146]
    • (Dumfries) – opened as a branch of of Carlisle; acquired by 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 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
  • (Bedford) – bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams[170]
  • (Hackney) – established 1868; closed 1936; premises sold to Marks & Spencer
  • (Brighton) – Opened at no. 31 London Road in 1905 before extending in 1932. Store closed in 1960[509] being purchased by Woolworths who opened their new store in 1965.[510]
  • (Paignton) – established 1858; closed 31 January 2009
  • Jeremiah Rotherham & Co (Shoreditch) – established 1860; building destroyed by bombing 1941; closed 1941
  • (Gosport) – bought by William McIlroy
  • W. Rowntree & Sons (Scarborough) – established 1881[146]
  • (West Ealing) - purchased John Sanders in Ealing. Closed F H Rowse in 1980s.[430]
  • (Leicester)[511] – Succeeded .
  • (Huddersfield)[407]
  • (Worcester) – established 1834; department store closed 2003; furniture store closed 2011[512]

S[]

Suters Department Store, Slough from 1978 before becoming an Owen Owen. (Philip1951)
  • (Swadlincote) – established 1895; closed 1982[513]
  • (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).[514]
  • John Sanders (Ealing) - founded 1865 as a drapers, purchased Lyttons in Ruislip, FW Rouse in West Ealing and Pettits in Wallingford. Ealing store was sold to Marks & Spencers in 1990. Business continues at Ruislip.[430]
  • (Ealing) – Bought by Bentalls; renamed Bentalls; relocated. Acquired by Fenwick. Bought by J E Beale from Fenwick; renamed Beales; closed.
  • Robert Sayle (Cambridge)[413] – Established 1840. Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores 1934. Acquired by John Lewis Partnership 1940; renamed John Lewis 2007.[162]
  • (Cardiff) – established 1895; bought by 1955; acquired by House of Fraser 1975; closed 1977
  • (Peterborough)
  • (Winchester) – bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams
  • Shinners (Sutton) – One of the founders of United Drapery Stores[360]
  • (Cheltenham)[288] – closed 1970s[197]
  • James Shoolbred (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.[109]
  • (Worcester) – bought by Debenhams; incorporated into the Bobby & Co. group; renamed Debenhams[294][463]
  • (Belfast) – closed in 1972[515]
  • Charles Sloper & Sons (Devizes) established 1690; half of store to Woolworths in 1933; store closed 1974.[146][516][517]
  • (Edinburgh) – bought by House of Fraser; closed[518]
  • (Nuneaton) – bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams 1972
    • (Bedworth) – opened as a branch of of Nuneaton; acquired by Debenhams; closed
    • (Stratford-upon-Avon) – opened as a branch of of Nuneaton; acquired by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams 1972
  • R J Smiths (Aberdeen) purchased by House of Fraser 1981[519]
  • (Dundee)[520]
  • (Tooting) – bought by Morleys of Brixton; renamed Morleys 2010
  • Snowball & Son (Gateshead)[521][522]
  • (Harrow)
  • (Brighton) - Opened 1860 by Samuel Henry Soper; Closed 1920s replaced by Leesons.[523]
  • (Harrow) – bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams[463]
  • (Arbroath) – bought by House of Fraser; renamed 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.[524]
  • (Rotherham)[525]
  • (St Paul's Churchyard, London)
  • (Lisson Grove, London) – established 1837; closed 1969
  • (Hackney)[526]
  • (Plymouth) – opened in 1837; bought by Debenhams in 1929; merged with and together renamed Debenhams in 1977.[494]
  • 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.
  • (Nottingham) – department store closed; now a specialist bedroom furniture store (2015).[527]
  • (Plaistow) – Bought by Drapery Trust; ownership subsequently transferred to Debenhams; sold.[280] Closed.[528]
  • (Brighton)
  • (Birmingham) – bought by Debenhams c. 1945[294][170]
  • (Dorchester) – established 1842; succeeded by 1889[286]
  • (Stoke Newington) – closed 1973[529]
  • (Romford) – established 1864; bought by Debenhams 1960; renamed Debenhams[530]
  • Strange & Atkinson (Eastbourne) – bought by Bobby & Co.
  • (Stourbridge) – bought by Owen Owen; renamed Owen Owen; closed 1990.[531]
  • (Salisbury) – bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams[532]
  • (Slough) – bought by Owen Owen; renamed Owen Owen
    • (Uxbridge) – opened as a branch of of Slough; acquired by Owen Owen; renamed Owen Owen
  • (Chesterfield)
  • (North Shields) – bought by Shephards of Gateshead; renamed Shephards
  • Swan & Edgar (Piccadilly Circus)[284] – closed 1982
  • (Maryland Point)

T[]

  • (Elephant and Castle) – opened c. 1799[533][534][535]
  • Fred Taylor (Yeovil) – opened 1913. Purchased by Plummer Roddis in 1940s.[536]
  • (Cambridge) - closed 1990s.[537]
  • (St Annes-on-Sea) – established 1901. Purchased Blackburn firm Mabel Stevenson in the 1950s.[538] closed 2015.[539]
  • (Erdington) – bought by Owen Owen; renamed Owen [238]
  • (Basildon) – bought by House of Fraser 1979; incorporated into the Army & Navy group; renamed Army & Navy; closed 1990s[540]
  • (Clifton) – bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams
  • (Helston) – bought by E Dingle & Co. 1960s
  • Patrick Thomson (Edinburgh) – bought by Scottish Drapery Corporation; acquired by House of Fraser; renamed Arnotts 1975; closed
  • (Peterborough) – bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores; acquired by John Lewis Partnership 1940; renamed Robert Sayle; destroyed by fire and closed 1956[162]
  • (Hull) – originally R Thornton, bought by Debenhams in 1953; renamed Debenhams 1970s.[541]
  • (Derby) - opened 1879, closed 1970.[542][543]
  • (Nottingham) opened 1929 by James And Florence Hartley. Toby was James' knickname. The business was sold to Grant-Warden of Walton on Thames in 1968 when Florence died. It closed in 1982.[544]
  • (Glasgow) – established 1896 by Walter Wilson[545]
  • Trewin Brothers (Watford) – Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores 1918. Acquired by John Lewis Partnership 1940.[162]
  • (Bradford) – Established 1887.[546]
  • (Exmouth) – Established 1801. Bought by Benzie family, of Benzie & Miller, 1958; closed 2007.[547]
  • (New Malden) opened 1919, closed 2019.Dorking site operates a bed shop.[548]
  • (Lowestoft) – Bought by Debenhams c. 1960; sold c. 1973.[549] Closed.
  • (St Helens) – Closed in 2016.[550]
  • Tyrrell & Green (Southampton) – Established 1897. Bought by John Lewis Partnership 1934; renamed John Lewis on relocation to new building 2000.

U[]

  • (Middlesbrough) - Main store in Linthorpe Road, had further branches in South Bank and Redcar.[462]

V[]

  • (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.[551]
  • (Eastbourne) – Established 1870s. Bought by John Lewis Partnership 1947; sold to . Site now occupied by part of Marks & Spencer and south-eastern section of Arndale Centre (2015).[552]
  • Vokins (Brighton)[553] – 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 Hove until closure in 2015.

W[]

Wickhams Mile End Road (Reading Tom)
  • (Brighton) – Opened on 1890s, store rebuilt 1930, bought by Owen Owen in 1975.[238][554]
  • (Holborn Circus, London)[555]
  • John Walsh (Sheffield)[284] – 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.[556]
  • (Exeter) – Opened 1905. Closed in 1972. Now part of Marks and Spencer site.[557][558]
    • (Exmouth) – Closed in 1982.
  • (Cheltenham)[559][197]
  • (Seven Sisters) opened 1901, closed 1972. Still knownlocally as Ward's Corner.[560]
  • (Newton Abbot) – bought by E Dingle & Co. 1960s[561]
  • Waterloo House () - based in Thornton Road.[562]
  • (Aberdeen)[563]
  • Waymarks (Tunbridge Wells) – bought by Chiesmans[564]
  • (Maidenhead)[565] purchased by Great Universal Stores.[566]
  • (Oxford) – Succeeded 1905. Bought by 1952; closed 1971.[254][504]
  • (Tunbridge Wells) – Bought by Hoopers; renamed Hoopers.[567]
  • (Reading) – Opened 1870.Bought by Debenhams; renamed Debenhams in 1973.[568]
  • (Welwyn Garden City) – Established 1939 replacing Welwyn Stores which opened in 1921. Bought by John Lewis Partnership 1983; renamed John Lewis 1984.[569]
  • (Newcastle upon Tyne) opened in 1960s by Sam Wenger in the former Newcastle and Gateshead Gas Company headquarters. Closed 1983.[570][571]
  • West's (Ilford) - purchased by 1959.
  • (Leeds)
  • Opened 1829. Bought by Beales in 1996. Named changed to Beales in 2011. Closed 2018.[572]
  • (Newcastle-under-Lyme)
  • (Haverfordwest) – established 1910; closed 2013
  • (Guildford) – occupied by Marks & Spencer since the 1960s[573]
  • (Aldershot) – bought by Army & Navy Stores 1961; renamed Army & Navy; acquired by House of Fraser; closed 1980s[574]
  • (Ramsgate)
  • (Bolton) – closed 2001
  • Wickhams (Mile End Road, London)
  • (Torquay) – closed 1982. Building bought by Hoopers and reopened as the first Hoopers store 1982.[575]
  • (Clapham)
  • Willis Ludlow (Hull)
    • Willis Ludlow (Leeds)
  • Wills (Rushden and branches) – established in 1922; went into liquidation in 2010[576]
    • Wills (Wellingborough) – opened 1936; closed
    • Wills (Kettering) – opened 1938; closed 1986
  • Wilson (Stockton on Tees) - Opened 1856. Moved to 55 High Street in 1888. Closed 1968.[577]
  • G L Wilson (Dundee) – established 1894; closed 1971[578]
  • (Crouch End) – bought by ; acquired by House of Fraser 1975; closed
  • (Glasgow) – established 1873, trading as 'Grand Colosseum'; bought by 1936[545]
  • (Brentwood) – established in 1883; building destroyed by fire in 1909[579] Store re-opened with new grand building and became known as Wilson's Corner. Store closed in 1978.[580] Building now occupied by smaller units and flats.
  • Winch & Blatch (Sudbury) – opened 1850s, closed 2020. Homeware store sold to C J Townrow & Sons.[581]
  • Fred Winter (Stratford upon Avon) – opened 1858, closed 2018.[582]
  • WS Wood (Colwyn Bay) opened as a ladies clothing shop in 1912, expanded over the next 20 years into a department store. New building by Sidney Colwyn Foulkes completed in 1933. Purchased by Owen Owen. Sold by Owen Owen to Co-op Retail Services. Building as grade II listing.[583][238]
  • Woodward's (Leamington Spa) Opened 1908 on corner of Regent Street and the Parade.[146][584] Store was closed by then owners Merchant Retail on 31 July 2004, contributing £300,000 profit to the group.[585] The building was sold to Atlantic Property Developments plc who demolished the building in 2005.[586]
  • Wood & Selby (Glasgow) - Opened 1880s by James Wood. Purchased by House of Fraser in 1952.[587][588]
  • 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).
  • (Liverpool)[589]
  • (Richmond) – Bought by 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).[590][238]
  • (Middlesbrough)[591] – Established in 1862 by Lawrence Wright & Richard Archibald and known as Wrights Tower House. Richard Archibald retired 1895.[592] Refurbished in 1956. Closed in 1986. Building demolished 1987.[593]
  • (Glasgow) – Bought by House of Fraser 1957; merged with and together renamed 1957; renamed Frasers 1975[594]

Y[]

  • (Plymouth) – bought by Debenhams in 1964; merged with and together renamed Debenhams in 1977.[494]
  • (Sevenoaks) – one of the founder members of United Drapery Stores; closed 1977;[360] became a Bejams Freezer store 1979, currently an Iceland[595]
  • Youngs (Falkirk) based in Princes Street.

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