11-90-70 Gargrave

The early records of the Craven Bank show they have an account holder in the village of Gargrave as long ago as 1792. By 1906, when the Craven is merged with the Bank of Liverpool, it has fourteen full and twenty six sub branches – including one at Gargrave – to add to the ever expanding Bank of Liverpool portfolio.

In our image, the Bank shares part of the Gargrave Village Institute in order to bring a local banking service to private residents and business people. In the 1960s Martins’ Gargrave sub-Branch opens for three and a half hours each week, and complements the service at Skipton’s other sub branches. Gargrave survives the merger and makes it into the 1990s as a sub branch of Barclays. You can find out all about the Village of Gargrave as it is today by visiting the excellent www.gargrave.org.uk .