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
20 Next
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
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 (Octopus in 2009)
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
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
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
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: 3 March, 2009

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