Company type | Subsidiary (1953–1973) |
---|---|
Industry | Retailing |
Founded | 1835 |
Founders | Michael Stratton and Barrie Stuart Trinder |
Defunct | 1973 |
Fate | Re-branded as Debenhams |
Successor | Debenhams |
Headquarters | Oxford, England |
Products | Clothing and Department |
Revenue | See parent company |
See parent company | |
Parent | Debenhams plc (1953–present) |
Elliston & Cavell was for many years the leading department store in Oxford, England. [1] The store was located on the west side of Magdalen Street in central Oxford. The shop stocked uniforms for local schools such as the Dragon School.
Jesse Elliston originally owned a draper's shop opposite St Mary Magdalen Church in Oxford. On 9 April 1835, at the age of 22, John Cavell married Sarah Elliston, the sister of Jesse at St John Baptist Church in Summertown, Oxford. [2] Elliston made Cavell a partner in celebration of the marriage. Thereafter, the shop became known as Elliston & Cavell. In 1853, Jesse Elliston was found dead on his walk home from work at the age of 47, while Sarah Elliston died in 1856. [3]
In 1861, James Cavell married his widowed sister-in-law Harriet Delf (nee Elliston); they lived above the premises at 12 Magdalen Street. James Cavell was made Mayor of Oxford for the first time in 1865 and was the Chairman of the Oxford Building & Investments Company until 1882, but died aged 74 in 1887. [3]
The original store was demolished in 1894 to make way for the current building. [3] It eventually became the largest department store in Oxford. The store was lavishly decorated with a sweeping staircase and a bakelite mural depicting deer in a forest glade. The ladies' powder room had basins in the shape of marble swans with gold taps, with ladies in black uniform providing dry towels. [4]
The shop was taken over by Debenhams in 1953, but the original name was retained until 1973. [3] The building formed part of the Debenhams store until its administration in 2020.
Company type | Subsidiary (1953–1973) |
---|---|
Industry | Retailing |
Founded | 1835 |
Founders | Michael Stratton and Barrie Stuart Trinder |
Defunct | 1973 |
Fate | Re-branded as Debenhams |
Successor | Debenhams |
Headquarters | Oxford, England |
Products | Clothing and Department |
Revenue | See parent company |
See parent company | |
Parent | Debenhams plc (1953–present) |
Elliston & Cavell was for many years the leading department store in Oxford, England. [1] The store was located on the west side of Magdalen Street in central Oxford. The shop stocked uniforms for local schools such as the Dragon School.
Jesse Elliston originally owned a draper's shop opposite St Mary Magdalen Church in Oxford. On 9 April 1835, at the age of 22, John Cavell married Sarah Elliston, the sister of Jesse at St John Baptist Church in Summertown, Oxford. [2] Elliston made Cavell a partner in celebration of the marriage. Thereafter, the shop became known as Elliston & Cavell. In 1853, Jesse Elliston was found dead on his walk home from work at the age of 47, while Sarah Elliston died in 1856. [3]
In 1861, James Cavell married his widowed sister-in-law Harriet Delf (nee Elliston); they lived above the premises at 12 Magdalen Street. James Cavell was made Mayor of Oxford for the first time in 1865 and was the Chairman of the Oxford Building & Investments Company until 1882, but died aged 74 in 1887. [3]
The original store was demolished in 1894 to make way for the current building. [3] It eventually became the largest department store in Oxford. The store was lavishly decorated with a sweeping staircase and a bakelite mural depicting deer in a forest glade. The ladies' powder room had basins in the shape of marble swans with gold taps, with ladies in black uniform providing dry towels. [4]
The shop was taken over by Debenhams in 1953, but the original name was retained until 1973. [3] The building formed part of the Debenhams store until its administration in 2020.