Shop changes in Cornmarket in 25 years
In 1976 Cornmarket had six shoe shops; in 2008 it has seven mobile phone shops. The only businesses that have stayed the same are Boots the Chemist, W.H. Smith, Boswells, Austin Reed Ltd, and the three banks
East side: Carfax to Broad Street |
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| No. | 1973 | 2008 |
| 1 | Incorporated into Lloyds Bank in High Street |
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| 2 | Watches of Switzerland |
Pret à Manger |
| 3 | J. Lyon & Co., caterers |
Republic clothes |
| 4 | Freeman, Hardy & Willis, shoe dealers |
David Clulow opticians |
| 5 | Golden Cross Restaurant |
Pizza Express |
| 6 | Vacant |
West Cornwall Pasty Co |
| 7 | Vacant |
Argenteus jewellery/Starbucks |
| 8 | Boots the Chemist Ltd |
Boots the Chemist Ltd |
| 9–10 | H. Samuel Ltd, jewellers |
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| 11–12 | Noel Fashions Ltd, gowns |
Vodafone |
| MARKET STREET | ||
| 13–19 | Marks & Spencer Ltd |
Carphone Warehouse |
Fat Face Clothes |
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Zavvi music [Replaced by River Island in 2011] |
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| 20 | Next |
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| 21 | Milward & Sons Ltd, shoe retailers |
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| 22 | W. H. Smith & Son |
W. H. Smith & Son |
| 23 | Ramsey & Muspratt, photographers |
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| 24–25 | Kardomah Ltd restaurant |
Burger King |
| 26–27 | Zacharias & Co., outfitters |
Pret à Manger |
| 28 | Speedwell Cleaning Co Ltd |
Mobile Phones Direct [Replaced by Change in 2011] |
| SHIP STREET | ||
| — | St Michael’s Church | |
| 29 | Number lost: shop adjoining north side of the church demolished in early 1900s |
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| 30 | G. C. Bateman, optician |
Lune Bleu [Replaced by Octopus in 2009 and Pylones in 2011] |
| 31 | Oxford Drug Company Ltd |
Oxford Drug Company Ltd (Boswell’s) |
West side: Broad Street to Carfax |
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| 32 | National Westminster Bank |
NatWest Bank PLC |
| 33–34 | Manfield & Sons Ltd, bootmakers |
Free Spirit clothes [Replaced by Pandora in 2011] |
| 35 | Wimpy Bar |
KFC |
| 36 | Martin Ford Ltd fashions |
The Works remainder books |
| 37 | Royal Insurance Group |
Virgin Media |
| ST MICHAEL STREET | ||
| 38 | Austin Reed Ltd |
Austin Reed Ltd |
| 39 | Finlays Ltd, tobacconists |
Timpson shoe repairs |
| 40 | F. Blagrove & Co, ophthalmic optician |
Snappy Snaps |
| 41–42 | A. L. Salisbury Ltd, leather goods |
Orange mobile phones |
| 43 | Dolcis Shoe Company |
HMV |
| 44–46 | Gordon Thoday Fabrics |
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| 47 | Etam Ltd, ladies outfitters | 3 Store mobile phones |
| 48 | Harry Fenton Ltd, menswear | Thornton’s chocolate |
| 49–50 | Van Allen Ltd, gowns |
Clarks Shoes |
| 51 | Ratners Jewellers Ltd |
Lush cosmetics |
| FREWIN COURT | ||
| 52–53 | F.W. Woolworth & Co Ltd |
Clarendon House Gap clothes Entrance to the Clarendon Centre H. Samuel |
| 54 | Barclays Bank |
Barclays Bank |
| 55 | Littlewood’s |
Champion Recruitment |
| 56 | Phones 4U |
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| 57 | McDonald’s restaurant |
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| 58 | Buckell & Ballard, chartered surveyors |
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| CROWN YARD (with Crown Inn at 59A) | ||
| 59–61 | Burton Montague Ltd, tailors (misnumbered) |
Moss Bros |
| 62–65 | Midland Bank Ltd |
HSBC Bank |