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The London Joint City and Midland Bank (established 1836), now the HSBC bank, occupies the site of No 1 the Market Place - the original site dates from 1260.

The Lancaster Banking Company on the right was a forerunner of the District Bank, which became part of the National Westminster.

Ivy-clad Ilam Rock rises dramatically from the banks of the River Dove.

At No 11 next door to the Capital & Counties Bank (which later became the National Provincial Bank), is the hardware store of Miss Edith Annie Miller.

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

Bindon Abbey was the location of an important Cistercian monastery and dates back to 1172.

This photograph of Roebuck Ferry House is a reminder of the days when an un-accommodating landowner refused access to the Berkshire bank of the Thames.

This is a general view of Kendal from the south, with the Lakeland hills in the background.The town of Kendal was founded on the west bank of the River Kent, although the earliest settlement around

The village was confined to the south bank of the river; the development of the north bank did not take place until the building of the Victoria Bridge.

The village was confined to the south bank of the river; the development of the north bank did not take place until the building of the Victoria Bridge.

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

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

previous generation of building, had no green spaces at all, and the solitary tree that towered over the tenements of Sandyford is believed to have begun as a tiny seedling which a boy brought back

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.

That function for the modern Theatre Royal (built roughly on the site of the GWR offices) is fulfilled by The Bank, which in this picture (behind the columns) is still a bank.

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

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

Bindon Abbey was the location of an important Cistercian monastery and dates back to 1172.