Our History

Our stores have a lot of history - in fact, we’re over 200 years in the making! Our stores began in the Lincolnshire town of Boston in 1804, when John Oldrid and Richard Hyde purchased a small retail unit.

We’ve grown enormously since then and now have successful stores in Grantham and Boston, including an extensive garden centre. You can find out more about our heritage below.

See below for more key dates in our timeline! 

2020

A Global Pandemic temporarily shut our stores for the first time since 1804

2017

Downtown Grantham Designer Outlet is proposed

2016

Oldrids Scunthorpe opens

2013

Downtown Lincoln & Oldrids Gainsborough are opened

2012

Downtown Grantham is refurbished

2009

Oldrids' transactional website is launched

2004

 Oldrids celebrates is 200th birthday

2003

Pescod Hall moves

1998

Downtown Grantham is enlarged

1989

Downtown Grantham is opened

1985

Downtown Boston is refurbished

1981

Downtown Boston is built

1975

Oldrids Boston is rebuilt

1969

Oldrids Boston is demolished

1960

Oldrids New Street opens selling furniture

1920

Oldrids continues to expand - now selling carpets

1918

Oldrids purchase additional shops including Pescod Hall

1915

The Isaac family take over Oldrids

1915

Oldrids is put up for sale again

1906

Mr. Sydney Smith takes over the running of Oldrids

1905 

Oldrids is put up for sale

1804 

Oldrids is created by Mr. John Oldrid