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The former Debenham & Freebody department store, Wigmore Street, London. Debenham & Freebody was a department store at 27–37 Wigmore Street, London, which became part of the Debenhams chain. The building, first opened in 1908, [1] is now used by a variety of occupiers and is grade II listed by Historic England. [2]
The former Debenham, Son & Freebody building in Wigmore Street which was completed in 1908. The business was formed in 1778 by William Clark, who began trading at 44 Wigmore Street in London as a drapers' store. [10] In 1813, William Debenham became a partner and the corporate name changed to Clark & Debenham. The shop was later renamed ...
When William Debenham Snr retired a new partnership was formed between his son, William Debenham Jnr, and Clement Freebody. [2] This business became Debenhams, one of the largest retailers in the United Kingdom. [2] William Debenham Snr died in 1863 at Kensal Rise in London. [1]
Sir Ernest Ridley Debenham, 1st Baronet (26 May 1865 – 25 December 1952), was an English businessman. [1] He was responsible for the considerable expansion of the family's retail and wholesale drapery firm between 1892 and 1927.
The new shop flourished. In 1837, Clark retired from the business and Debenham assumed two of his most trusted staff, William Pooley and John Smith, as partners, trading in both London and Cheltenham as Debenham, Pooley & Smith. By 1840, the management of the Cheltenham branch appears to have been given to Clement Freebody, Debenham's brother ...
The original Kennards store in Croydon was knocked down and replaced by a new Debenham store. The closure of this store was announced in 2020, bringing to the end of a period of more than a century and a half of trading from the site as either Kennards or its direct successor [6] while Debenhams are still located in the old Staines store. [7]
The historic department store chain will close its remaining 28 stores across the UK for good on Saturday.
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