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Caption For Melksham, High Street C1950

Lloyds Bank (left), built in Bath stone by Rendells & Son of Devizes in Tudor style in 1922, was designed by the bank's building inspector at Salisbury.

Caption For Whitchurch, Royal Oak 1899

Whitchurch lies opposite Pangbourne, which is situated on the Berkshire bank.

Caption For Bedford, The Weir 1921

Frith's photographer has moved beyond Boatslide Weir Bridge to the bank to look at the weir itself.

Caption For East Grinstead, High Street 1921

The imposing bulk of Nos 1-3 Middle Row, with its lower floor adapted as the new premises of the London Joint City and Midland Bank.

Caption For Reading, King Alfred Training Brig 1910

The sea cadets parade proudly at their headquarters east of Kings Meadow on the south bank of the Thames.

Caption For Reading, On The Thames 1913

Reading developed further south on higher land along the banks of the River Kennet, well away from the then marshy meads bordering the River Thames.

Caption For London, St Paul's 1890

From the south bank the photographer looks across to Queenhithe dock.

Caption For Badbury Rings, 1899

The trees in the park have all been chamfered up to a certain height to prevent them being grazed by the Bankes family's famous herd of Red Devon cattle.

Caption For Chesham, High Street 1897

The tall building on the right was refronted about 1920 and Henry Chilton was replaced by the 1930s Midland Bank, stone faced and Moderne, now the HSBc bank.

Caption For Skegness, The Park 1904

Here we see the buckthorn-covered dunes in the Park or Jungle; we are looking towards Roman Bank, with bits of the main footpath visible through the trees.

Caption For Wellingborough, Market Street C1955

The Lloyds Bank building on the right has been renovated, though the exterior is similar.

Caption For Wendover, From The North East 1901

The foreground field is now housing, Honey Banks and Hampden Road, with Bank Farm in the dip below.

Caption For Anstey, The Nook C1965

The National Provincial Bank, as banks do, took advantage of this 'additional wealth', followed later by Doug Taylor's garage and the inevitable council roundabout.

Caption For Honiton, High Street C1965

The solid brick building two doors down, then the National Provincial Bank, is now Natwest.

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road C1955

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.

Caption For Hailsham, The Common Pond C1965

A popular location, it is somewhat surrounded by uninspiring housing estates and housing, such as the 1950s Bell Banks bungalows opposite, but it and Bell Banks Road are living links with

Caption For Malmesbury, The Market Cross C1955

Before this it was the premises for Brooke, a baker in the mid 19th century, and then a smaller Malmesbury bank which was taken over by North Wiltshire Banking Co.

Caption For Snodland, High Street C1965

The narrow High Street, with its branch of the National Provincial Bank (later to become the National Westminster Bank) on the right, and the local Post Office, shoe-shop, and newsagents on the left, was

Caption For Holme, St Giles' Church 1909

During floods in 1600, the Trent changed its course and Holme, formerly on the west bank, became an east bank village.

Caption For Abergavenny, Frogmore Street C1955

Barclays Bank, next door, still operates in what has been banking premises for over 120 years.