Thornton's Bookshop
TypeRetail bookshop
IndustryBook seller
Founded1835
FounderJoseph Thornton (1808–1891)
Defunct2002
Headquarters11 Broad Street,
Oxford
,
England

Thornton's Bookshop (locally known as Thornton's) was the oldest university bookshop in Oxford, England.[1][2] It was founded in 1835 by Joseph Thornton (1808–1891) in Magdalen Street.[3]

From 1870, the bookshop was located at 11 Broad Street (opposite Balliol College), continued as a family business by five generations of the Thornton family[4] and from 1983 by the Meeuws family, but closed at the end of 2002.[3] The shop premises on Broad Street were frequently used for television adaptations like Brideshead Revisited, and the last Inspector Morse episode, The Remorseful Day.[5]

The premises are now occupied by "The outlet shop".

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Thorton's Bookshop". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. p. 435. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
  2. ↑ "Oxford's oldest bookshop to close down". Oxford Mail. UK. 30 November 2001.
  3. 1 2 "No. 11: House of Secrets (Harry Potter)". Broad Street, Oxford. Oxford History. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "The remarkable story of the Thornton family". Oxford Mail. UK. 2 February 2011.
  5. ↑ "Armed robbery at 'Morse' bookshop". BBC News. UK: BBC. 4 November 2002. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

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