retail industry retail genre department store founded 1895 founder alfred and arnold roy headquarters wroxham england area served norfolk and suffolk owner the roy family website www.roys.co.uk plaque of fred roy roys of wroxham is a family owned group of general stores based in hoveton norfolk in an area often referred to as wroxham . the store after winning a competition in the early 1930s uses the motto the world s largest village store in all its advertising and literature 1 contents 1 history 2 branches 3 references 4 external links history edit the food hall at hoveton wroxham roys was founded in 1895 when brothers alfred and arnold roy opened their general store in the village of coltishall . in 1899 a second store was opened in hoveton . following the deaths of the founders in the 1950s the business passed to alfred s children with fred roy being appointed chairman and managing director . after his death in 1994 his brother peter succeeded him as chairman of the board . he served as chairman until his death in 2004 but not before his sons edward and paul had joined the board of directors . 1 branches edit hoveton beccles norwich adjacent to anglia square shopping centre bowthorpe norwich north walsham dereham thetford sudbury references edit a b roys of wroxham history retrieved 25 january 2011 external links edit roys of wroxham coordinates 52 42 46 n 1 24 36 e 52.7127 n 1.41 e 52.7127 ; 1.41 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title roys of wroxham & oldid 741424558 categories companies based in norfolkdepartment stores of the united kingdom1895 establishments in the united kingdomcompanies established in 1895retail companies established in 1895hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 27 september 2016 at 12 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view