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