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In Service: 18 May 1937 until 26 March 1938
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The local press takes a great interest in the arrival of
Martins Bank in Coventry, and publishes this article outlining a potted
history of Martins Bank from its days as The Bank of Liverpool, through the
amalgamations that will lead to the creation of the modern day Martins Bank
Limited…
{A new branch of Martins Bank will open in Coventry on
Tuesday next, May 18, in temporary premises at 12, Broadgate, under the
management of Mr. N. Renison. Formerly manager of Clubmoor Branch,
Liverpool. The Bank was established in
1831 as the Bank of Liverpool, and one of the first noteworthy features of
its development occurred in the year 1883, when it took over the
old-established business of Messrs. Arthur Heywood Sons and Co., of
Liverpool.
{Between that year and 1914 the policy of expansion
went steadily forward, and the Liverpool Commercial Banking Company, Messrs.
Wakefield. Crewdson and Co., the Craven Bank. Ltd... Carlisle and Cumberland
Banking Co. Ltd., and the North-Eastern Banking Co., Ltd., were absorbed by
it. An important amalgamation took place in 1918, when Martins Bank. Ltd.,
which dated from 1563 and was one of the oldest in the country, were acquired
by the Bank, which then assumed the title of the Bank of Liverpool and
Martins, Ltd. More absorptions were to follow. It is interesting to find
that, having become established in London and the South, Martins Bank has now
linked up its connections by opening branches in the Midlands at Birmingham,
Nottingham, Leicester, Hanley, Derby, Wolverhampton, Worcester, and Bristol}.
COVENTRY
HERALD 14/15 May 1937 Image
© Trinity Mirror created courtesy of THE BRITISH
LIBRARY BOARD. Image reproduced with kind permission of The
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