industry department store founded 1882 headquarters northallerton uk website www.barkers northallerton.co.uk barkers is a family business operating a department store and a furniture store in northallerton . contents 1 history 2 the department store 3 the furniture store 4 references 5 external links history edit in 1882 william barker aged 14 started an apprentice at a small drapers shop called oxendales in northallerton . as his career progressed the store became known as oxendale and barker and eventually barkers . the department store edit the department store is located on the long high street and includes an arcade called barker s arcade of smaller shops through the building . the store offers a variety of merchandise including some of the world s leading brands of fashion lingerie menswear footwear handbags & accessories beauty cosmetics cards luggage gifts and homewares from kitchen utensils to bed linen . at the front of the barkers arcade they have a caf and located within the store there is a 200 seat restaurant . the furniture store edit this 40 000 sq ft store built in 1994 is on the edge of northallerton located just off the a167 and lies near retailers such as sainsbury s b & m and halfords . the store also has a caf . products are cabinet furniture beds bed linen flooring lighting soft furnishings pictures and mirrors . every year barkers hold their own barkers christmas night . usually around the end of november the high street is closed off to vehicles and santa claus ride down the road on a sleigh for people to watch . parents are able to pay for their child to have a present given to them from santa . references edit external links edit official website furniture store website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title barkers of northallerton & oldid 732530517 categories organizations established in 1882companies based in north yorkshiredepartment stores of the united kingdomnorthallerton 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 1 august 2016 at 15 50 . 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