Browns Department Stores is a British

department store A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic app ...

chain with stores in

York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

Helmsley Helmsley is a market town and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town is located at the point where Ryedale leaves the moorland and joins the flat Vale of ...

Beverley Beverley is a market and minster town and a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, of which it is the county town. The town centre is located south-east of York's centre and north-west of City of Hull. The town is known fo ...

and

Gainsborough Gainsborough or Gainsboro may refer to: Places * Gainsborough, Ipswich, Suffolk, England ** Gainsborough Ward, Ipswich * Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, a town in England ** Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency) * Gainsborough, New South Wales, ...

. Browns have been trading for more than 100 years, and has been family run since its founding in 1890. The York store is the largest and oldest of the four and is located in Davygate, while the Helmsley store is located in Market Place. A third store in

opened on 25 March 2010 and a fourth store opened in Gainsborough in Lincolnshire on 15 August 2012.

In popular culture

Browns of Helmsley appeared as "Browns of Ashfordly" in a 2008 episode of the UK Television series '' Heartbeat''.

References

External links

Browns website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Browns Of York Department stores of the United Kingdom