Bank House, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph shows the site of Old Bank House in Newcastle town centre. The house to the left became the National Provincial Bank in the early twentieth century and later became the National Westminster ...
Barclays Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Barclays Bank can be traced all the way back to two goldsmiths in 1690, and is one of the oldest banks in the United Kingdom. It gained its modern name in 1736. This photograph shows the bank whilst it ...
Halifax Building Society, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Halifax Building Society was established in 1853. At the time of writing (December 2024) this building is in use as the Cancer Research Charity Shop; the bank had moved a few doors away, nearer the ...
Hanley Economic Building Society, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Hanley Economic Building Society was founded in 1854. At the time of writing (December 2024) the site is in use as the Nail Creation nail bar.
High Street / Ironmarket Junction, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Taken in 1924 this photograph shows the cobbled junction between the High Street and the Ironmarket. Looking down the Ironmarket on the left hand side from the foreground: Lloyds Bank Limited stands on ...
Leek United and Midlands Building Society, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Leek United and Midlands Building Society was first established in 1863, and became Leek United Building Society in 1990. At the time of writing (December 2024) the building society is still in operation ...
Miniature portrait of Elizabeth Brougham born in Wybunbury Cheshire 1769
This is a miniature portrait of Elizabeth Brougham who married John Brougham, a tax officer at St Giles Church Newcastle-under-Lyme. She was born Elizabeth Hall in Wynbury, Cheshire on the 14th May 1769 ...
Miniature portrait of John Brougham, senior born in Burslem 1757
This is a miniature profile of a man thought to be John Brougham, a tax officer.
He was born in 1757 and died sometime around the late 1820s or early 1830s.
Much of this information comes from the ...
One Guinea Bank Note, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A Newcastle-under-Lyme bank note for one guinea (£1 and 1 shilling). Banks used to be able to issue their own bank notes until the Bank Charter Act of 1844 which gave exclusive note issuing rights to ...
Rear view High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is the rear view a part of the High Street. At the time the building housed Abbey National Building Society and Boots chemists. The Abbey National Building Society was absorbed into the Spanish ...
The Old Bank House, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph taken in 1935 shows the exterior of the Old Bank House on the High Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme. In the photograph the building houses The National Provincial Bank of England Ltd. Prior ...