Private company
Highburton Co-operative Society
Former consumer co-operative in Highburton, West Yorkshire, England
Highburton Industrial and Provident Society Limited, or Highburton Co-op, was a small consumer co-operative based in the West Yorkshire village of Highburton, five miles southeast of Huddersfield. The Society was founded in 1857, buying the building from the church, and operating a single store on Towngate in the village. The Society claimed to being the world's oldest operating independent single retail co-operative outlet.2 It ceased to exist in 2009.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Highburton Industrial and Provident Society Limited, or Highburton Co-op, was a small consumer co-operative based in the West Yorkshire village of Highburton, five miles southeast of Huddersfield. The Society was founded in 1857, buying the building from the church, and operating a single store on Towngate in the village. The Society claimed to being the world's oldest operating independent single retail co-operative outlet. In 2006, the Society held talks with the nearby Wooldale Co-op with a view to merging the two Societies' operations but these talks ended without a merger going ahead.2
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- WikipediaHighburton Co-operative Society
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- WikidataQ5757858
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- 3Wikimedia CommonsHighburton Co-operative Society photo by Steve Fareham, CC BY-SA 2.0