The Jarrold Group

The Jarrold Group is a Norwich–based company, founded as Jarrold & Sons Ltd, in 1770, by John Jarrold, at Woodbridge, Suffolk,"A name that we know and love in Norwich", Norwich Evening News, Tuesday, 18 May, p. 12. before relocating to Norfolk in 1823.Heritage & History | Jarrold & Sons Ltd, jarrold.com. Retrieved 3 August 2025. The Jarrold Group still involves members of the Jarrold family.

Family Of Huguenot ancestry, the Jerauld family arrived in Essex from France in the late 17th century.Letters of denization and acts of naturalization for aliens in England and Ireland (1911), edited by William Shaw LittD Samuel Jarrold served as Mayor of Colchester for 1723/24 and during the 18th century the Jarrolds expanded their mercantile ventures throughout East Anglia, becoming established in Norwich.

The family maintains its record of civic service until the present day: (Herbert) John Jarrold CBEwww.thegazette.co.uk was elected Lord Mayor of Norwich for 1971/72, Peter Jarrold DL (father of Julian, the film director) as Sheriff of Norwich for 1999/2000, and since 2018 Caroline Jarrold DLwww.thegazette.co.uk serves as a Deputy Lieutenant for Norfolk.www.norfolk-lieutenancy.org.uk The Jarrold family also participates in the civic life of the City of London as liverymen of the Haberdashers' and Stationers' Companies.

Business Primarily a retail business, Jarrolds department store in Norwich city centre, was designed by George John Skipper between 1903 and 1905. Sir Nikolaus Pevsner describes the Jarrolds store as "baroque" in style. Jarrolds have several shops in Norwich, as well as in Wymondham and Cromer.

Non-retail divisions of the Jarrold Group of Companies include Jarrold Properties, Jarrold Training, and St James Facility Management.

In 2004 Jarrold and Sons announced its intention to sell off a 70% stake of its "Norwich-based magazine printer Jarrold Printing" whose portfolio at that time included "NatMags Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harpers & Queen and Country Living" and which was also producing "IPC, Emap and the Financial Times".John Davies, Jarrolds to sell print arm, PrintWeek, 16 January 2004 . Retrieved 3 August 2025. Jarold and Sons' "other business interests in retail, publishing, training and property" were to continue as before.

Jarrolds sponsored the construction of a new stand at Norwich City F.C.'s Carrow Road football ground; known as The Jarrold Stand, the original sponsorship deal ceased in 2016.www.canaries.co.uk

Publishing activities John Jarrold Jr. diversified the firm into publishing as early as 1823 and in 1877 it published the first edition of the children's classic, Anna Sewell's Black Beauty.Jarrold's History - 1800s, jarrold.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2019.

Beginning in the 1920 the firm published Discovery: The Magazine of Scientific Progress for several decades.Discovery : the magazine of scientific progress, worldcat.org. Retrieved 25 June 2019.Discovery, worldcat.org. Retrieved 25 June 2019.

In 1936 the firm entered the world of paperback book series when it published the Jarrolds' Jackdaw LibraryJarrolds' Jackdaw Library (Jarrolds (Publishers) London Ltd.) - Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 23 July 2019. and followed up in 1939 by launching its Jackdaw Crime Series.Jarrold and the Jackdaws, paperbackrevolution.wordpress.com Retrieved 25 June 2019.

Book series The following series were published by Jarrold Publishers (Jarrold & Sons Ltd, Norwich) or one of its imprints, such as Jarrold Colour Publications:

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