11-148 Bury 8 Silver Street

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When the Palatine Bank is absorbed by the Bank of Liverpool and Martins in 1919, it has one branch in Bury, at 8 Silver Street.

In Service: Pre 1919 until 1928

Image © Barclays 1927

At the same time the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank has three offices in and around the town. In 1928 when the modern-day Martins Bank is created, these four branches come together under the same roof for the first time. As with most amalgamations, there has to be a period of consolidation to ensure that the best Branches are retained and that those surplus to requirements are closed, and in the case of Bury, it is the Branch at 8 Silver Street that does not live beyond the end of 1928. In the twenty-first century it is hard to find even one branch bank in even a moderately large town, so the idea that at one time there could have been FIVE belonging to the same bank might seem rather fanciful. However, even as late as 2010 or thereabouts, many banks still had more than one branch, or perhaps one or two sub branches attached to a main branch, all within the environs of a particular large town.

Martins Bank’s legacy in the North West meant that there were still several branches and sub-branches of Barclays in and around places like Lancaster and Kendal. It is not likely that we will be able to find a photograph of 8 Silver Street Bury as a branch of Martins Bank, but we do uncover branch images all the time - if you can help with images of or information about this or any other of Martins Bank’s 1000+ branch buildings, please do get in touch with us at: martinsbankarchive@btinternet.com.