Defunct Independent Department Stores
These department stores were not amalgamated into any of the businesses listed above:
- W J Aldiss (Fakenham) - Established 1892; department store closed 2008; W J Aldiss continue to operate home furnishing stores in Fakenham and Norwich.
- Arberys (Wantage)
- John Banner (Sheffield)
- Barbers (Fulham)
- Barrows (Birmingham)
- Bearmans (Leytonstone)
- Beavans (Byker)
- Joseph Beckett & Co. (Chester)
- Blacketts (Stockton-on-Tees)
- Blacklers (Liverpool)
- Blake & Son (Maidstone) - Established 1865; closed 1978.
- Blundell Brothers (Luton)
- Boardmans (Stratford)
- Bolingbroke & Wenley (Chelmsford)
- Bourne & Hollingsworth (Oxford Street, London)
- Bowmans (Camden Town)
- Brakes (Taunton)
- Bratt & Dyke (Hanley)
- Carmichaels (Hull)
- Catesbys (Tottenham Court Road, London)
- Cawdells (Watford)
- Chadds (Hereford) - Established 1929; closed 7 June 2008.
- Chart & Lawrence (Horsham)
- Civil Service Supply Association (Strand, London)
- Clements (Watford) - Closed 2004.
- Walter Cobb (Sydenham)
- Robert Corbett & Son (Portadown)
- John Cordeux & Sons (Clifton)
- Cox & Painter (Great Malvern)
- Coxs (Burslem)
- Cuffs (Woolwich)
- Edwin Davis (Hull)
- Downings (Elephant and Castle)
- Evans & Davies (Palmers Green)
- Evans & Owen (Bath)
- Ben Evans (Swansea)
- Benjamin Beardmore Evans (Kilburn)
- Dan Evans (Barry) - Closed 28 January 2006.
- Henry Evenden (Eastbourne)
- G J Fairhead (Ilford) - Established 1873; closed 2008.
- Featherstones (Chatham)
- Frederick Fish & Son (Ipswich)
- Fisk & Son (St Albans)
- A W Gamage (Holborn, London)
- Glass's (Peterborough)
- Henry Glave (New Oxford Street, London)
- Goldbergs (Glasgow)
- Goodbans (Chiswick)
- Grant Brothers (Croydon)
- Gravesons (Hertford)
- Hamilton & Bell (Cross Gates, Leeds)
- Hanningtons (Brighton)
- George Henry Havelock (Sunderland) - Destroyed by fire on 18 July 1898.
- Henrys (Manchester)
- H L Herbert & Co. (Kilburn)
- Albert Hide & Son (Bexleyheath)
- Hill Carter (North Shields)
- George Hilton & Sons (Haywards Heath)
- George Hitchcock Williams & Co. (St Paul's Churchyard, London)
- Hitchens (Leeds)
- Houndsditch Warehouse (Houndsditch, London)
- Howards (Newcastle upon Tyne)
- Huntbachs (Hanley)
- Hunt Brothers (Horsham)
- V H Jarvis (Aylesbury) - Closed 1980.
- Jones & Higgins (Peckham)
- B J Jones (Lampeter)
- Richard Jones (Chester)
- Jordans (Lisson Grove, London)
- Keddies (Southend-on-Sea)
- Kirby & Nicholson (York)
- Lack Brothers (Thornton Heath)
- Laughtons (Deal) - Closed 2008.
- Laurie & McConnal (Cambridge)
- Lidstones (Walthamstow)
- Loder & Payne (Maidstone)
- Longley Brothers (Bexhill-on-Sea)
- A J Lucking & Co. (Colchester)
- Marments (Cardiff)
- Marshall Roberts (Camden Town)
- Maw Till Kirke (Hull)
- Monteith, Hamilton & Monteith (Leeds)
- David Morgan (Cardiff) - Established 1879; closed 29 January 2005.
- J T Morgan (Swansea)
- Henry A Murton (Newcastle upon Tyne)
- R Nichol & Sons (Redhill)
- Norco House (Aberdeen)
- William Owen (Bayswater)
- J T Parrish (Byker) - Established 1875; closed 1984.
- Pearsons (Nottingham) - Formerly Pearson Brothers; established 1889.
- Perrets (Paignton)
- Pyne Brothers (Brockley)
- Rankins (Chiswick)
- Roberts Brothers (Sheffield) - Formerly T & J Roberts.
- W J Roberts & Sons (Truro) - Formerly Bon Marche.
- Robinson & Cleaver (Regent Street, London)
- Matthew Rose & Sons (Hackney)
- Roslings (Brighton)
- Rossiter & Son (Paignton) - Established 1858; closed 31 January 2009.
- Jeremiah Rotherham & Co. (Shoreditch)
- Rowntrees (Scarborough)
- Russell & Dorrell (Worcester) - Established 1834; department store closed 2003; Russell & Dorrell continue to operate a furniture store in Worcester.
- Salts (Swadlincote)
- Sheltons (Peterborough)
- Shirers & Lances (Cheltenham)
- James Shoolbred (Tottenham Court Road, London)
- Sopers (Brighton)
- James Spence & Co. (St Paul's Churchyard, London)
- Spencer Turner & Boldero (Lisson Grove, London) - Established 1837; closed 1969.
- Staffords (Brighton)
- T B Stephens (Stoke Newington)
- J K Swallow & Sons (Chesterfield)
- W H Sweet (Maryland Point)
- Tarns (Elephant and Castle)
- Treron et Cie (Glasgow)
- E Upton & Sons (Middlesbrough)
- Vokins (Brighton)
- Thomas Wallis & Co. (Holborn Circus, London)
- Waltons (Exeter)
- E L Ward (Cheltenham)
- Wards (Seven Sisters)
- Wengers (Newcastle upon Tyne)
- R Whitehead & Son (Bolton) - Closed 2001.
- Wickhams (Mile End Road, London)
- Williamson & Cole (Clapham)
- Wills (Rushden)
- G L Wilson (Dundee)
- Wilsons (Brentwood)
- John Woollright & Co. (Liverpool)
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