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Jenners department store, Princes Street, Edinburgh, viewed from the gardens opposite (March 2021). Jenners former department store on fire 23 January 2023. Jenners was founded as "Kennington & Jenner" in 1838 by Charles Jenner FRSE (1810–1893), a linen draper, [4] and Charles Kennington. The store has never left its site on Princes Street ...
Duncan McLaren Opened on the Royal Mile by Duncan McLaren in 1824, regarded as one of Britain's first department stores and in Edinburgh rivalled Jenners. [581] [292] Mackross [562] Macowards Became a founding member of the Macowards group in 1937. [353] Maddox & Co – established in the 1850s by R Maddox. [582]
25 July – Caledonian Curling Club founded in Edinburgh. 4 August – the Court Journal prints a rumour that Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, is going to host a great jousting tournament at his castle in Scotland. A few weeks later he confirms this. [9] 16 August – Debtors (Scotland) Act 1838 passed.
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English: Jenners department store, Edinburgh, Christmas tree in the Great Hall, December 2015. Français : Grand magasin Jenners, Édimbourg, arbre de Noël dans la grande salle (décembre 2015). Polski: Dom towarowy Jenners, Edynburg, choinka w Wielkiej Sali (grudzień 2015).
Articles about department stores in the United Kingdom which have ceased trading or whose nameplates are no longer active, i.e. the company was merged and dissolved and its brand retired. Contents Top
1892: Jenners department store in Princes Street burns down (rebuilt store opens 1895); Drybrough's brewery moves to Craigmillar 1893: Caledonian Railway's Princes Street Station completed 1894: McVitie & Price Ltd bakery rebuilt in Gorgie; the new Parish Church of St Cuthbert, by Hippolyte Blanc, is dedicated
The shop became so popular they moved from the South Bridge site to a larger store at 15 North Bridge. This allowed the business to grow to become a larger department store expanding to 60 departments, competing with rivals Jenners , R W Forsyth and Robert Maule & Son on Princes Street, J & R Allan and Peter Allan on South Bridge, Goldbergs on ...