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Martins Bank 1928+

Leading a double life?

Tubs Hill sub branch has actually been open since 1931, but only becomes known as Tubs Hill in 1968. For the intervening thirty-seven years, this building is actually Martins Bank Sevenoaks Branch!  It was always the intention that the Bank would find larger premises, and also ones that were much closer to the town centre than St Botolph’s Road. However, for one reason or another, the move to London Road does not take place until the merger with Barclays is almost complete.  Whilst Tubs Hill Sub Branch is not responsible for processing its own work on the premises, it is staffed and open for the full banking week including Saturday mornings. Additional branches have been opened in Kent ever since the creation of the Bank of Liverpool and Martins in 1918, and this is an important part of the country for Martins Bank. There are fifteen original “grasshopper” branches of Martin’s Private Bank, and amongst them, many of the original Kentish branches are, by the 1930s, being subsumed into the ever-growing sprawl of “Outer London”. That the Bank continues to open Branches in Kent right up to the Merger, shows that new areas of local wealth often bring good personal and business connections with them.

 

In Service: 1931 until 30 November 1992

(but see also additional history at foot of page)

1970 Tubs Hill Exterior BGA Ref 30-2589

All Branch Images © Barclays Ref 0030-2589

Whether the original choice for the location of a Martins Bank Branch is good for the long term, might be measured by how long that Branch has continued to survive under Barclays’ ownership.  When compared with the fate of some of the larger sub offices of the Bank, Tubs Hill actually fares quite well and remains open until the end of 1992.

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1970 Tubs Hill Exterior BGA Ref 838-125 (2)

1970 Tubs Hill Exterior BGA Ref 838-125

All Branch Images © Barclays Ref 0030-2589

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BARCLAYS BANK LIMITED

80 High Street

The Square Riverhead

DISTRICT BANK LIMITED

138 High Street

LLOYDS BANK LIMITED

83 High Street

111 St John’s Hill

9 the Square

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARTINS BANK LIMITED

12 London Road

MIDLAND BANK LIMITED

69 High Street

White Hart Parade Riverhead

NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK

70 High Street

1 White Hart Parade Riverhead

 

 

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WESTMINSTER BANK LIMITED

67 High Street

3 River Parade Riverhead

 

 

 

 

 

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11-69-70 Tubs Hill 

Sub to Sevenoaks

5 St Botolph's Road Tubs Hill Sevenoaks Kent

430 London

Mon to Fri 1000-1500

Saturday 0900-1130

None

Counter Service Only

Mr E Wilson Manager (Sevenoaks)

 

Sevenoaks London Road

1931

1960

1968

15 December 1969

30 November 1992

Originally opened by Martins Bank as Sevenoaks Branch

Address changed to 5 St Botolph’s Road

Branch becomes Tubs Hill Sub Branch

Barclays Bank Limited 20-76-56 Sevenoaks London Road

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