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]
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]