Marshall and Snelgrove
of Oxford Street, London.
1837 Business established [1]
1843 Opened its first shop in Yorkshire which became the Marshalls Ltd chain of stores
1850 Partnership change. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, James Marshall, John Stinton, and John Snelgrove, as Warehousemen and Silk Mercers, at Nos. 11 and 15, Verestreet, and No. 19, Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square, in the county of Middlesex, under the style or firm of Marshall, Stinton, and Snelgrove, has been dissolved by mutual consent; and the same business will in future be carried on by the said James Marshall and John Snelgrove, in copartnership, on the above-mentioned premises, on their own account only, under the style or firm of Marshall and Snelgrove. All debts owing -to and by the said late copartnership concern will respectively be received and paid by the said James Marshall and John Snelgrove, at the abovementioned premises...'[2]
1885 Partnership change. '...the Partnership lately subsisting between the undersigned, John Snelgrove, James Charles Marshall, and Arthur John Marshall, carrying on business as Silk Mercers, in Vere-street, Oxford-street, Henrietta-street, and Marylebone-lane, in the county of Middlesex, and at Leeds, and also at, Scarborough, both in the county of York, and also at No. 28, Place de Louvain, Brussels, in the Kingdom of Belgium, under the style or firm of Marshall and Snelgrove, has this day been dissolved, by mutual consent, so far as regards the said John Snelgrove, who retires as from the 20th February last; and that the said business will be carried on as heretofore by the' said James Charles Marshall and Arthur John Marshall, under the said style or firm of Marshall and Snelgrove...'[3]
1894 Partnership change. '...the Partnership lately subsisting between the undersigned, James Charles Marshall, James Dippie, and Arthur John Marshall, carrying on business as Silk Mercers, at Scarborough, in the county of York, under the style or firm of Marshall and Snelgrove, has been dissolved, by mutual consent, so far as regards the said James Dippie, as from the 20th February, 1891, and that the said business will be carried on as heretofore by the said James Charles Marshall and Arthur John Marshall, under the said style or firm of Marshall and Snelgrove...'[4]
1898 Incorporated
1914 Silk Mercers, Lacemen, Furriers, Drapers, &c., Vere Street, Oxford Street, Henrietta Street, and Marylebone Lane, London, W. Established 1837. Speciality: The largest stock of Silks in tho world. Branches: Bond Street, Basinghall Street, and Park Row, Leeds; St. Nicholas Stroet, Scarborough; James Street, Harrogate. Connection: United Kingdom, Foreign, Colonial.
1919 Merged with Debenhams