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The Bank of Liverpool opens a sub-Branch in the
remote Yorkshire village of Dent in 1898, starting a banking service that
will last for seventy-four years. At this time the parent Branch at SEDBERGH is
run from one of the buildings of the famous Sedbergh School.
Free parking in the Yorkshire Dales!
Perhaps free parking is enough of a rarity in these
parts, for an organisation such as the Royal Automobile Club to actually
point it out to motorists! (See image below right). We love Martins Bank’s sub-Branch at Dent
for being yet another of those fantastically quaint little buildings from
which a banking service is offered.
The history of this small outlet goes back to the days of the Bank of
Liverpool, whose signage can be seen here along with the opening hours painted
on the window. This part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park is particularly
beautiful, and the staff at Sedbergh are extremely lucky not only to be
working somewhere like this, but also to be be able to drive off once a week
through the Yorkshire Dales National Park to provide the people of Dent with
a bank for three and a half hours! Although this all does seem to belong to a
VERY different age indeed, Martins Bank’s sub-Branch at Dent does actually
survive until the end of September 1972. |
In Service: 1898 until September
1972
Images © Barclays Ref
0033/0180 |
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