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Boswell & Co

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Boswell & Co
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Boswell & Co
Phone:
+44 1865 241244

Hours:
Sunday11am - 5pm
Monday9:30am - 6pm
Tuesday9:30am - 6pm
Wednesday9:30am - 6pm
Thursday9:30am - 6:30pm
Friday9:30am - 6pm
Saturday9am - 6pm


Boswells of Oxford is the largest independent family-run department store in Oxford, England.The store has been trading since 1738, and is the second oldest family owned department store in the world. It was initially founded by Francis Boswell and located at 50 Cornmarket Street. Boswells started up in business manufacturing and selling luggage and trunks, and it is widely believed their wares were taken on Captain Cook's trip to explore the Southern Hemisphere. The business remained in the Boswell family until 1890 when there was no one left for direct succession. The ownership passed to Arthur Pearson, the then owner of the Oxford Drug Company. Boswells and the Oxford Drug Company are still owned by the Pearson family and unusually for a Department Store still contains a Pharmacy. In 1928, it expanded its premises with the main entrance moving to Broad Street, opposite Balliol College and close to the spot where the Oxford Martyrs were burnt at the stake. The store is somewhat traditional in style and is a well-known local shopping landmark, particularly for Toys, Kitchenware and Luggage continuing the tradition from 1738. It still has a smaller side entrance at the north end of Cornmarket Street, which was originally the Oxford Drug Company building. Its address is now 1-4 Broad Street. The company does not use an apostrophe in its name, although others sometimes mistakenly do so. In 2014 the store launched a fully e-commerce website to replace a purely marketing website and currently sells products from all its departments online. In 2015 it expanded upstairs to create a new tearoom and customer toilets, and added a take away cafe in 2018. Store Departments: Basement - Cookshop and Kitchen Electricals, Hardware, Household Essentials, Lighting, Small Electricals, Tableware Ground Floor - Cosmetics, Accessories, Umbrellas and Bags, Gifts, Luggage, Pharmacy, Tourism, Broad Street Cafe First Floor - 1738 Tearoom, Toys and Games Second Floor - Bedding and Bathrooms, Customer Toilets, Haberdashery, Parcel Collection point,
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