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The
origins and growth of Barclays are similar in many ways to those of Martins
Bank. Whereas Martins tends to dominate the North of England, Barclays’
heartland is the South, the South East and East Anglia, with for example the
business acumen of the Norfolk Quakers and a large network of smaller local
banks being acquired or merging down the years, all contributing towards the
World Class Bank we see today. Barclays Group Archives is an amazing source
of information that is not simply about banking, but which can help
researchers to unlock the past and show us how we used to live. Whether you
want to find out more about Messrs Gillett and Company of Banbury and Oxford,
how the Lynn Bank was a major player in the local finances around the Wash
and the Fens, or how outposts in the north such as the Swaledale and
Wensleydale Banking Company came to be part of the Bank, Barclays Group
Archives has a wealth of images, artefacts and records going back hundreds of
years.
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