page_title: Fenwick Colchester
hierarchical_section_title: Fenwick Colchester
caption_attribution_description: English: Fenwick Colchester located in Colchester High Street.
context_page_description: Fenwick Colchester is a large high street department store situated in Colchester, Essex, England, formerly known as Williams & Griffin.
  Independent for much of its history, it was formed from the merger of H.E. Williams & Co Ltd and another Colchester family business, H.L. Griffin & Co Ltd, in April 1963. In 2007, Williams & Griffin won "Best Independent Department Store of the Year", sponsored by Drapers. The award was picked up by Colchester's MP, Bob Russell, who proposed an early day motion on the topic, but in March 2008 was sold to the Fenwick chain of department stores. Current departments include beauty, fashion, toys, gifts, housewares and furniture, as well as top-floor restaurant Carluccio's.
context_section_description: Fenwick Colchester is a large high street department store situated in Colchester, Essex, England, formerly known as Williams & Griffin (1963–2016).
  Independent for much of its history, it was formed from the merger of H.E. Williams & Co Ltd (an ironmonger and agricultural machinery business) and another Colchester family business, H.L. Griffin & Co Ltd (a furnishings store), in April 1963. In 2007, Williams & Griffin won "Best Independent Department Store of the Year", sponsored by Drapers. The award was picked up by Colchester's MP, Bob Russell, who proposed an early day motion on the topic, but in March 2008 was sold to the Fenwick chain of department stores. Current departments include beauty, fashion, toys, gifts, housewares and furniture, as well as top-floor restaurant Carluccio's.
caption: The main site in Colchester High Street, pictured in September 2016
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