Deletion of Historical list of shops in UK Town centres

Comment: I was actually tempted to put this up for a #A3|speedy deletion under category A3, but since a discussion is under way we may as well finish it. It's just going to be a huge piece of |original research it seems to me. Undoubtedly interesting as this may be, Wikipedia isn't the place for it
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion (WP:CSD||WP:OR)