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Lloyds Bank had succeeded the Northamptonshire Banking Company, which had opened in 1876 in temporary offices in the Market Place.

The solid stone structure of the Midland Bank building stands at the central junction, where the main A225 to Deptford is crossed by the A25 linking Maidstone and Westerham.

The grand classical building on the left, built in 1895 for the Lewes Old Bank, was bombed in 1943: it is now Barclays Bank.

Of the businesses that surrounded the square in 1922, only four remain in their original positions: Barclay's Bank, originally built for the East Cornwall Bank in 1885 with the town clock on its corner

Bishop's Waltham is still remembered for having the only privately owned bank in the country, before it was sold to Barclays in the early 1950s.

The Hepworths shop in photograph No 25657 was taken over by a local bank and given a splendidly bulbous and fruity Flemish-style ground floor soon after 1890.

The Capital and Counties Bank on the right of the photograph bears the date of 1834 which, however, refers to the founding of the bank rather than the date of the building which occurred

Taken from the bridge, this view looks along a busy Embankment to Embankment Gardens in the distance with its tree-lined river bank.

Lloyds Bank had succeeded the Northamptonshire Banking Company, which had opened in 1876 in temporary offices in the Market Place.

The London & Provincial Bank established itself c1883, relocating to a vacant school building on the corner of Stanwell Road c1886.

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.

In the 19th century, banks often built very imposing buildings to reflect their status in everyday life.

In the latter half of the 18th century the east bank of the River Usk had been developed, and a new structure was needed to link it with the west bank.

Beyond comes the pillared portico of the Midland Bank, followed by Lennards and the Pearl Assurance office (later Habitat).

Martin`s Bank (centre left), on the left of Yorkshire Street, has lost its turret and other roof top features during modernisation and the Midland Bank has been cleaned.

The bank was built in 1894 as the Wilts & Dorset Bank on the main road to Bournemouth at the Church Road cross- roads at the bottom of Castle Hill.

On the left is the imposing bulk of William Deacon's Bank; also along here was the Bank of Bolton, which was later taken over by Barclay's.

This is the road down to the shore (and Red Bank Farm).

This busy shopping street has buildings of human scale of the 1920s and 30s, with a prominent well-designed Midland Bank sign now replaced by the anonymous HSBC of the Eastern Banking Empire.

This general view of the river near Potter Heigham bridge clearly illustrates the flat and treeless banks of the river.

The town of Kendal was founded on the west bank of the River Kent, although the earliest settlement around the castle was on the east bank.

The Midland Bank is prominent on the left, facing the National Westminster and Barclays, which was a few steps from Lloyds' palatial building opposite the Royal Hotel.

The impressive edifice of the Midland Bank, number 12 Westgate, is second from the left.

The routes across the sands from Hest Bank and Arnside come here to Kents Bank.