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Caption For Studland, Bankes Arms Hotel C1912

Partially rebuilt in 1910, the New Inn (centre right) was renamed the Bankes Arms Hotel, after the family that owned the parish.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place C1965

Below the second window of the building marked 'Restaurant' (the fifth building from the left) is the opening to Bank Yard, named after the Old Bank which occupied the building in 1792

Caption For Eardisland, The Village C1960

The garden in the foreground is that of a house aptly named Arrow Bank, a beautifully situated house now used for a bed and breakfast business.

Caption For London, Bank Of England C1900

This view looks from the Mansion House balcony to the Bank of England.

Caption For Wellington, South Street 1907

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

Caption For Nottingham, Victoria Street 1890

The Nottingham Joint Stock Bank, later the Midland Bank, who had premises further up the street, then bought the plot of land adjoining its old building and built an imposing new office.

Caption For Sleaford, West Banks C1955

Sleaford is built on the banks of the River Slea which splits into two branches no more than streams in size.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place C1965

Below the second window of the building marked 'Restaurant' (the fifth building from the left) is the opening to Bank Yard, named after the Old Bank which occupied the building in 1792

Caption For Worcester, The Cross C1960

The former London, City and Midland Bank has become plain Midland Bank, but familiar names such as Hepworths and H Samuel remain unchanged from earlier years, though sporting modern faciae.

Caption For Warrington, The Bowling Green, Bank Park C1955

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

Caption For Little Mitton, Hall 1894

Great Mitton is on the north bank of the river, and Little, or Lower Mitton on the south bank, with the River Ribble (which we can see here) in between.

Caption For Southport, Lord Street 1921

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

Caption For Maidstone, High Street C1955

The 'island' block with Bank Street on the right is clearly visible.

Caption For Ipswich, The Power Station C1955

A 20th-century means of pro- ducing power shares the banks of the Orwell with vessels which harness one of the oldest forms of power.

Caption For Raunds, Brook Street C1960

On the right of the picture is Barclays Bank, and next to it is the National Provincial Bank, now defunct.

Caption For Wimborne, High Street 1936

The bank on the corner has become the Midland Bank, while across The Square the familiar names of Boots the Chemists and Foyle's Library appear on shop signs.

Caption For Bedford, Waterfall On The Ouse 1897

In this view the photographer is looking north from the 'mainland' bank to the bridge, Boatslide Weir Bridge, which links Mill Meadows Island with Longholme.

Caption For West Kirby, Grange Road C1965

The fine building on the left was occupied by Martins Bank in the mid 1960s.

Caption For Bedford, The River Ouse C1955

The riverside willows on the north bank have only recently been pollarded in this view, in which an eight rows past.

Caption For Hereford, The Old House And High Town C1950

More recently it housed a branch of Lloyds Bank, who gave the building to the city in 1927.