Shops
Subjects
Follow these links if you would like to find information about Bedfordshire shops.
General
- Where to buy at Bedford: an illustrated local review, 1891 (Extract)
- Shop adverts from 'Dunstable, its history and surroundings', by Worthington G. Smith, 1904'
- Shop Adverts from 'Leighton Buzzard Past and Present', by H Jackson, 1905
- Shopping yesterday and today Bedfordshire Times Octocentenary Supplement 1966
Timelines
Individual Shops
- A Anderson & Son (Dunstable)
- Adkin and Sons (Bedford)
- A D Sinfield (Dunstable)
- A F Hobbs (Dunstable)
- A J Perkins (Dunstable)
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Arcadia Sweetshop (Bedford)
- Atkins and Smith (Bedford)
- Aveline and Phillips (Leighton Buzzard)
- A. W. Cowley (Leighton Buzzard)
- Belfast Linen Warehouse (Bedford)
- Blake & Edgars (Bedford)
- Blotts (Bedford)
- Braggins (Bedford)
- Burch and Co (Dunstable)
- Canvin (Bedford)
- Careless (Bedford)
- C Boskett and Son (Dunstable)
- C E Bigg (Dunstable)
- C. F. Timaeus (Bedford)
- Charles Pitkin and Son (Dunstable)
- C K Boskett (Dunstable)
- C Vater (Dunstable)
- Charles Lockhart and Son (Dunstable)
- H. W. Clifton & Sons (Bedford)
- The Confectionary Bazaar (Dunstable)
- Thomas Coombs (Bedford)
- Co-op (Leighton Buzzard)
- The Co-operative (Bedford)
- Cooper's Seed Merchants (Bedford)
- Dales' Gold Medal Dubbin (Dunstable)
- Arthur Day (Bedford)
- Dillamore (Leighton Buzzard)
- Dudeney and Johnston (Bedford)
- Dunstable Borough Gazette and Luton Journal (Dunstable)
- Durrell's Drug Stores (Leighton Buzzard
- Edward Eames (Dunstable)
- Edward Fortnum (Leighton Buzzard)
- Edward Franklin (Dunstable)
- F Monk (Dunstable)
- F Walker (Dunstable)
- G E Costin (Dunstable)
- George F. Green (Leighton Buzzard)
- George Payne (Leighton Buzzard)
- G J Tennant (Dunstable)
- Goldings Ironmongers (Bedford)
- Harrison and Simmonds (Bedford)
- Henry Jackson (Leighton Buzzard)
- Henry Limbrey (Dunstable)
- Herbert A Strange (Dunstable)
- Hockliffe (Bedford)
- H Samuel (Leighton Buzzard)
- International Stores (Bedford)
- James Field (Dunstable)
- James Maxwell (Bedford)
- James Sharp (Dunstable)
- James Willson (Leighton Buzzard)
- J Boskett (Dunstable)
- J Chambers and Son (Dunstable)
- J. H. Green (Leighton Buzzard Library)
- J H Proverbs (Dunstable)
- J J Hawkins (Dunstable)
- J Mead, Jun., and Fensome (Dunstable)
- John Bull & Co. (Bedford)
- John Homan Thorpe (Dunstable)
- John White and Co. (Leighton Buzzard)
- Joseph Andrews (Dunstable)
- Joseph Flemons (Dunstable)
- J. W. Tearle (Leighton Buzzard)
- Kilbey and Sons (Dunstable)
- Laxton's (Bedford)
- Le Petit Louvre (Dunstable)
- Lingers Butchers (Bedford)
- Longhurst and Skinner (Bedford)
- Messrs C. And T. Lester (Bedford)
- Messrs. E.P. Rose and Sons (Bedford)
- Messrs G. Miller and Sons (Bedford)
- Messrs. R. Hill and Co. (Bedford)
- Messrs. R. Rose and Co. (Bedford)
- Messrs. Townsend and Anderson (Bedford)
- Messrs. Underwood and Banks (Bedford)
- Miles Taylor (Dunstable)
- Mr A.C. Hollis (Bedford)
- Mr Edward White (Bedford)
- Mr F. Gamman (Bedford)
- Mr James Maxwell (Bedford)
- Mr Walter Graves (Bedford)
- The Old Cake House (Leighton Buzzard)
- Palgraves (Bedford)
- R Forrest (Dunstable)
- Ridgeway and Pledger (Leighton Buzzard)
- Rixson Bros (Dunstable)
- R. Purrett Showrooms (Leighton Buzzard)
- R T Cook's (Dunstable)
- S C and R Lester (Dunstable)
- S Farmer and Co (Dunstable)
- T.H. Bishop (Leighton Buzzard)
- T. J. Luck (Leighton Buzzard)
- W Brightman (Dunstable)
- W Brooks (Dunstable)
- W H Emerton (Dunstable)
- W H Hunt (Dunstable)
- W H Hutchins (Dunstable)
- William Durrant (Dunstable)
- William Lockhart (Dunstable)
- W Love (Dunstable)
- W M Clark (Dunstable)
- W Neale (Dunstable)
- Wood & Co (Leighton Buzzard)
- W Summerfield (Dunstable)
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