Cheaney Accessories

Joseph Cheaney established the company in 1886, and in 1896, along with his son Arthur, they moved to the site which the factory occupies today.

During the first 80 years of business, the factory made shoes exclusively for some of the finest retailers around the world, branded to their individual company requirements. 

Joseph Humfrey Cheaney, the founder’s grandson who worked for the company for 51 years, realised that the company’s future lay in building up its own Cheaney brand for its home and export markets. In 1964, determined to see the legacy built up by the family continue, the decision was taken to sell the business to Church’s English Shoes. The Cheaney brand then became available to retailers all over the world, backed by a comprehensive instock service from the Desborough factory.

In 1966 Cheaney won the Queen's Award to Industry and in 2016, the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade.

In 2009 Jonathan and William Church bought the company. Their family has been making fine shoes for five generations and they are fully committed to producing the finest footwear entirely made in England.

All the cutting and stitching of Cheaney shoes is performed in its factory in Northamptonshire - just as it has been since 1886 (other shoemakers will outsource this to the Far East).

Keep your shoes looking sharp with our range of accessories for your Cheaney shoes. We have polishes in a range of colours matching your Cheaney shoes, plus the accompanying polishing brushes. Make sure your shoes retain their shape with one of our beech shoe trees. If you're a frequent business traveller then you'll love the portable valet shoe care box, so your shoe never have to look anything other than their sharpest.