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C J Townrow & Sons

C J Townrow & Sons

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C J Townrow & Sons are a small chain of department stores based in Essex.

The business opened during 1871[1] and is still run by the same family.

The business sells menswear, womenswear, shoes, kitchenware and linens.

It was originally based in Braintree, which closed in 2017,[2] but continues to operate with smaller branches in Maldon, Essex Frinton-on-Sea, Essex and St Ives, Cambridgeshire, which was purchased from the administrators of another department store chain Eaden Lilley.[3][4] In 2020 they purchased the homeware store of closing department store Winch & Blatch in Sudbury.[5] There were previously branches in Culver Street in Colchester, and High Street in Halstead.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Townrow Department Stores, Designer Fashion, Homewares, Beauty and Gifts". Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  2. [2]
    "End of an era for Townrow in Braintree, which is set to close". Braintree and Witham Times. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
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    "Townrow Department Stores, Designer Fashion, Homewares, Beauty and Gifts". Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Eaden Lilley in St Ives is bought by Townrow - Drapers p.6 Jun 2009". Retrieved 20 Nov 2014.
  5. [5]
    "A very painful decision - Winch & Blatch to close three of its Sudbury shops". Eastern Daily Times. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  6. [6]
    "South & South East England". Retrieved 31 October 2014.
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