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Caption For Burgess Hill, Station Road C1950

A branch of Barclays Bank lies further down the street on the corner.

Caption For Tregaron, View From The Church Tower C1965

On the right is a half-timbered building that houses a bank.

Caption For Lincoln, Stonebow 1901

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.

Caption For Salisbury, Blue Boar Row C1950

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

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1955

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

Caption For Sevenoaks, High Street C1965

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.

Caption For Eastbourne, Terminus Road 1925

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

Caption For Launceston, Square And War Memorial C1922

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

Caption For Bishop's Waltham, High Street C1955

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.

Caption For Lincoln, Stonebow 1901

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.

Caption For Fleet, Fleet Road Bank 1907

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

Caption For Bedford, River Ouse C1955

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

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1955

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

Caption For Penarth, The Roundabout C1940

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

Caption For Abergele, Market Street C1965

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.

Caption For Salisbury, Fish Row C1950

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

Caption For Newport, Transporter Bridge 1906

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.

Caption For Watford, High Street C1959

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

Caption For Rochdale, Town Centre C1965

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.

Caption For Poole, Parkstone, Bank Corner 1904

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.