| Thornton's Bookshop | |
| Type: | Retail bookshop |
| Foundation: | 1835 |
| Founder: | Joseph Thornton (1808–1891) |
| Defunct: | 2002 |
| Location City: | Oxford |
| Location Country: | England |
| Location: | 11 Broad Street |
| Industry: | Book seller |
Thornton's Bookshop (locally known as Thornton's) was the oldest university bookshop in Oxford, England.[1] [2] It was founded in 1835 by Joseph Thornton (1808–1891) in Magdalen Street.[3]
From 1870, the bookshop was located at 11 Broad Street (opposite Balliol College), continued as a family business by five generations of the Thornton family[4] and from 1983 by the Meeuws family, but closed at the end of 2002. The shop premises on Broad Street were frequently used for television adaptations like Brideshead Revisited, and the last Inspector Morse episode, The Remorseful Day.[5]
The premises are now occupied by "The outlet shop".