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Before the amalgamation in 1914 of the Bank of
Liverpool with Martin’s Private Bank, the influence of the Grasshopper was
felt through the presence of the Head Office at 68 Lombard Street London, and
the branch offices of the bank scattered mainly across the far South-East of
England – Kent, and a few outposts in Sussex.
There is little evidence of any kind of large-scale expansion before
the mergers that took place between 1914 and 1928 to create the modern-day
Martins Bank, with its national network of branches and departments. However,
(and for reasons which are not clear to us), Martin’s Bank opens a new branch
at Euston Road, London in 1909. |
In Service: 1909 until 25
December 1911
Image © Barclays Ref 0009-0948
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Thanks once again to the existence of the
Architectural review, Barclays holds this photograph of the branch which was
published in its July 1909 issue. Barclays also holds letters which show that
the Bank requested that its lease on the building be terminated as at
Christmas Day 1911. The reasons for
this are not clear at the moment – the Coronavirus Pandemic has impacted on
the speed with which Barclays Group Archives is able to deal with queries and
investigate papers and other artifacts. As soon as we have further imformation,
it will be added to this page.
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