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The Jarrold Group. The Jarrold Group is a Norwich –based company, founded as Jarrold & Sons Ltd, in 1770, by John Jarrold, at Woodbridge, Suffolk, [1] before relocating to Norfolk in 1823. The Jarrold Group still involves members of the Jarrold family. [2]
The store had four floors. [3] In 1926 Buntings were advertising as "The Store for All", and had an orchestral trio playing between 12pm and 6pm. [4] By 1927, Buntings was under the control of fellow Norwich department store, Chamberlins, with both Charles and John Bunting sitting on the boards of both companies. [5] [6]
Changes at the Norwich store failed to arrest the decline in the company's fortunes, however, with operating losses since 1978 culminating in the sale of the company in 1982. The John Lewis Partnership bought the business for a fee said to be £1 million. The store continued to trade as Bonds until 2001 when the John Lewis name was adopted.
Initially Jarrolds, another department store in the city allowed Curl Brothers to use their first floor before they transferred to a smaller property on Westlegate handed over by Norwich Union for use by burnt out businesses. The old site lay empty, a giant hole in the middle of Norwich. It was used as both a water tank and as a car park.
Chantry Place. / 52.62495; 1.28892. Chantry Place, formerly Intu Chapelfield and before that Chapelfield, is a shopping centre in Norwich city centre, on a site previously occupied by the Caleys (later Rowntree Mackintosh and Nestlé) chocolate factory. As Chapelfield, the centre opened in 2005. It adopted Intu branding in 2013 following the ...
The King Arthur Baking Company, formerly the King Arthur Flour Company, is an American supplier of flour, ingredients, baking mixes, cookbooks, and baked goods. It also runs two baking schools, one at its Norwich, Vermont bakery and the other in Burlington, Washington. The company was founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1790 and is now based ...
Opened in 1815 by Henry Chamberlain. Was located on corner of Dove Street and Guildhall Hall, and the site became a Tesco Metro. The business controlled fellow Norwich department store Buntings. The business was purchased by Debenhams in 1949, with Chamberlins being given to Marshall & Snelgrove. Also operated a large manufacturing business. 1815
Norwich Market (also known as Norwich Provision Market) is an outdoor market consisting of around 200 stalls in central Norwich, England. Founded in the latter part of the 11th century to supply Norman merchants and settlers moving to the area following the Norman conquest of England , it replaced an earlier market a short distance away.