Bank of L and M Bradford Market Street

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Originally a branch of the Craven Bank, Bradford Market Street Branch appears in the 1912 Post Office Directory of Bradford as a branch of the Bank of Liverpool. This indicates its provenance as the merger of the Craven Bank and the Bank of Liverpool, which takes place in 1906. A full address and a telephone number are also listed.

The only published records of the existence of Bradford Market Street in Martins Bank’s records are in the Annual Report and Accounts for 1922. Newspaper advertisements similar to this one are published in the local newspapers, to let customers know that the business of Market Street Branch is to be fully transferred to 4 Tyrrel Street, before full closure on 1 February 1929.

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In Service: Prior to 1906 until 1 February 1929

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Market Street is closed early in 1929, shortly after the creation of the modern day Martins Bank. The Annual Report and Accounts of the Bank of Liverpool and Martins for 1922 (right) names the branch simple as “Bradford”, but reference to the Craven District indicates this is actually the branch at 26 Market Street. A later annual report also provides the following short piece of information about the fate of Market Street branch:

{Owing to the continued increase in the Bank’s business in Bradford, the Office at Market Street had become inadequate and the business was accordingly transferred to Tyrrel Street Office, which has been considerably enlarged.}