CORNMARKET, OXFORD

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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

No. 1973 2008
1

Incorporated into Lloyds Bank in High Street

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

11–12

Noel Fashions Ltd, gowns

Vodafone

MARKET STREET
13–19

Marks & Spencer Ltd

Carphone Warehouse

Fat Face Clothes

Zavvi music [Replaced by River Island in 2011]

20

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21

Milward & Sons Ltd, shoe retailers

22

W. H. Smith & Son

W. H. Smith & Son

23

Ramsey & Muspratt, photographers

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

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

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

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
department store

Champion Recruitment

56

Phones 4U

57

McDonald’s restaurant

58

Buckell & Ballard, chartered surveyors

CROWN YARD (with Crown Inn at 59A)
59–61

Burton Montague Ltd, tailors (misnumbered)

Moss Bros

62–65

Midland Bank Ltd

HSBC Bank

© Stephanie Jenkins

 

Last updated: 30 March, 2012

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