Lilley & Skinner

Lilley & Skinner shop (near left), Guildford, 1945

Lilley & Skinner was a British mid-market shoe brand, and chain of high street shoe shops.

The company traces its origins to a shoe shop opened in London's Southwark in 1835 by Thomas Lilley, who by the mid 18th century had opened factories in Northamptonshire.[1] More shops were opened in the 1870s and the HQ moved to Paddington Green.[1]

In 1881, Thomas Lilley (grandson of the founder) went into partnership with W. Banks Skinner, and the name of the company became Lilley & Skinner.[1][2] By the end of the First World War, it was one of the UK's best known shoe brands.[1]

It became part of the British Shoe Corporation, a subsidiary of Sears plc, in 1962, but that was broken up in the 1990s, and it became part of Stead & Simpson.[1]

Lilley & Skinner shoes are in the V&A collection.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 David Newton (1 May 2013). Trademarked: A History of Well-Known Brands, from Airtex to Wright's Coal Tar. History Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-7524-9612-2. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Rushden Research Group: Lilley & Skinner 1916". Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Pair of shoes". Retrieved 28 March 2016.
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