Barker shoes have been an English tradition for over a hundred years. Only the most carefully selected leathers are used and the uppers are shaped on the last by hand.
Many other traditional shoemaking methods are still employed including slow natural drying and polishing. This is why Barker English shoes have a unique quality that no machine can ever match.
Barker have been making shoes in the Northamptonshire village of Earls Barton since 1880.
In a changing world, it's good to know you can still find perfection if you look for it.

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" The company known today as Johnston & Murphy was founded in 1850 by William J. Dudley, an immigrant English shoemaker who established his shoe factory in Newark, New Jersey. Dudley teamed with James Johnston in 1880 and continued to manufacture high-quality shoes. When Dudley died in 1882, William H. Murphy became Johnston’s new partner and the company became Johnston & Murphy. In 1957, Johnston & Murphy moved to its present location in Nashville, Tennessee.
Johnston & Murphy footwear is available in premier department and specialty stores in retail capitals throughout the world, including Stockholm, Tokyo and Hong Kong. " more

" In 1986, without any prior experience in making or selling shoes, Eric Botton created Bexley in the southwestern French city of Lyon. Since then he has built a company with a unique concept: Goodyear-welted shoes, shop decorated in solid oak with sitting area, two clubs and a communication style with a definitive British touch.
Oddly enough - perhaps because the name Bexley has a familiar ring to it - patrons old and new have thought that the store in Lyon belongs to an international giant. But in fact the little shop is where the company started and grew. " more