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There had been a house (probably half-timbered) at Bank Hall in the Middle Ages, but in about 1780 it was decided to improve the building, and the structure seen in the picture was the result.

An idyllic scene: flowers in the foreground, the lake and the boat house against a setting of trees and shrubs — but the chimney of Bank Hall Colliery is a reminder that we are in Burnley.

Bank Park was fashioned out of the private gardens of Bank Hall.

The design for this park cleverly concealed a mineral railway line, which crossed the park from Bank Hall Colliery (owned by the Thursbys) to join the mineral tramway, which served Rowley Colliery.

In the distance, on the right, is Bank Parade house, once the home of Sir James Mackenzie (1853-1925).

Warrington's Town Hall was originally Bank Hall, built between 1749-50 by the world-famous architect James Gibbs as a home for a local businessman, Thomas Patten.

In 1737 a Stafford mercer, John Stevenson, started a bank, one of the earliest outside London.

To the right is the grandiose Italianate bank of 1883 by the noted architect John Gibson, now the Natwest Bank; its fine banking hall has recently been very well restored.

The classical-style building on the left is the Midland Bank, claimed by many to be one of the town's finest buildings.

The classical-style building on the left is the Midland Bank, claimed by many to be one of the town’s finest build- ings.

Outside Chester stands Eaton Hall, seat of the Duke of Westminster.

Another view of the Old Hall Hotel at Hope, this time taken from the raised bank of the churchyard.

These are the premises of the bank run as Cunliffe Brooks & Co, one of Manchester's private banks.

The classical-style building on the left is the Midland Bank, claimed by many to be one of the town's finest build- ings.

Barclays Bank, which has by now replaced part of the terrace on the left, dates from 1924: it is a typical example of the pretentious architecture beloved of banks.

Grattons, on the right, was replaced in the 1920s by the Midland Bank seen in photograph No 88415, now of course the HSBC bank.

The Barclays Bank building was designed in an Elizabethan style by William Eden Nesfield in 1874 - at the time it was the Gibson and Son bank.

Today, Little Mitton Hall is an hotel.

Today, Little Mitton Hall is an hotel.

We are looking from the Town Hall down the grand vista of the largely 18th-century Market Place; it was known as the Shambles in the previous century, and designated for the sale of fresh meat

Previously called South Street, this was redeveloped in the late 18th century.

We are looking down towards the Market and the Town Hall, with the Lloyds Bank building beyond the Savoy Cafe (right) - Lloyds Bank moved to Whalley Road in 1962.

On the right, occupying part of the Victoria Hall are the premises of the London City and Midland Bank.

On the left is the Lancaster and District Bank, which became part of National Westminster Bank.