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Martins
Bank moves into Coventry as soon as it can, by finding temporary premises
that will establish the Bank in the City until a prime site can be made
ready. On 18 May 1937 the Bank opens the doors of 12 Broadgate, in buildings also
used by the National Provincial Bank. The Bank’s stay here is short, and
after only ten months at Broadgate the former premises of Messrs Atkins and Turton’s Coffee House at 2 High
Street are transformed and ready for business of a banking nature. |
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The local press takes a great
interest in the arrival of Martins Bank in Coventry, and publishes this article
outlining a potted history of Martins Bank from its days as The Bank of
Liverpool, through the amalgamations that will lead to the creation of the
modern day Martins Bank Limited… {A new branch of Martins Bank will open
in Coventry on Tuesday next, May 18, in temporary premises at 12, Broadgate,
under the management of Mr. N. Renison. Formerly manager of Clubmoor Branch,
Liverpool. The Bank was established in
1831 as the Bank of Liverpool, and one of the first noteworthy features of
its development occurred in the year 1883, when it took over the
old-established business of Messrs. Arthur Heywood Sons and Co., of
Liverpool. {Between that year and 1914 the policy
of expansion went steadily forward, and the Liverpool Commercial Banking
Company, Messrs. Wakefield. Crewdson and Co., the Craven Bank. Ltd...
Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Co. Ltd., and the North-Eastern Banking Co.,
Ltd., were absorbed by it. An important amalgamation took place in 1918, when
Martins Bank. Ltd., which dated from 1563 and was one of the oldest in the
country, were acquired by the Bank, which then assumed the title of the Bank
of Liverpool and Martins, Ltd. More absorptions were to follow. It is
interesting to find that, having become established in London and the South,
Martins Bank has now linked up its connections by opening branches in the
Midlands at Birmingham, Nottingham, Leicester, Hanley, Derby, Wolverhampton,
Worcester, and Bristol}. COVENTRY HERALD 14/15 May 1937 Image © Trinity Mirror created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. Image reproduced with
kind permission of The
British Newspaper Archive |
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Title: Type: Address: Index
Number and District: Hours: Telephone: Services: Manager: |
11-208
Coventry Temporary
Full Branch 12
Broadgate Coventry Warwickshire 593
Midland Mon
to Fri 0930-1500 Saturday
0900-1200 Coventry 151 Counter
Service Mr
Norman Renison Manager |
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18 May 1937 26 March 1938 |
opened by
Martins Bank Limited Closed and
moved to 2 High Street Coventry |
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