Edwin Jones was a large department store in Southampton, England founded in 1860 in East Street, Southampton with further stores established in Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, and Clinton Arcade, Weymouth.
Edwin Jones and his sister, along with a 12-year-old apprentice opened a small single fronted shop in 1860, before expanding to larger premises in the same street shortly after, later expanding this store by buying the neighboring Blue Boar pub.
Prior to this expansion, Edwin Jones had become the mayor of Southampton in 1873 and 1875, retiring as a councilor in 1890.
At this point he was appointed the Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire, a post he held until his death six years later.
[9] In 2020, all Debenhams stores were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic and the chain went into administration, although continued to trade online.