Bank of Ulverston, then Kendal Bank, then Bank of Liverpool, then Martins Bank, Barclays Bank - Greenodd, Cumbria
N 54° 14.017 W 003° 03.230
30U E 496491 N 6009516
This building was always a bank until it closed shortly after merging with the Barclays group, who closed it in 1970s. Now a series of flats to buy and to rent.
Waymark Code: WMXJV7
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/21/2018
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Crake Valley House started as a branch of the Ulverston Bank at the port of Greenodd. Both Greenodd and Ulverston were ports with bonded warehouses, but the Furness railway eventually stopped their shipping activities.
The Ulverston Bank merged with the Kendal Bank in 1863. Before the Martins merger, the Liverpool Bank had ownership. And by 1898, Martins Bank had ownership. But during World War 2 staff shortages meant the branch stayed closed. After WW2 this branch only opened on Friday mornings.
After the merger with Barclays Bank this branch closed in 1970s.
Although the source page is unlikely to disappear, here is a copy of text.
Many of Martins Bank’s sub-Branches date back to the time of some of the earliest mergers in the Bank’s history. The Ulverston Bank of Messrs Petty and Postlethwaite is established in the 1700s and is closely linked with shipping. At this time Ulverston is a coastal shipping port, and it also acts as a feeder port for overseas trade from Liverpool. The Ulverston Bank concentrates on this form of trade to build its business. In 1863 Petty and Postlethwaite’s Ulverston Bank merges with the Kendal Bank, the combined business providing branches throughout the Lake District and the Furness Peninsula.
By the time that a (Martins) branch is opened at Greenodd in 1898, a further change of ownership has taken place, and the name above the door is the Bank of Liverpool. During the Second World War, Greenodd is mothballed, along with many other tiny sub branches, as there are not enough staff to man them. In 1969, Greenodd opens for two just hours each Friday, and it is closed shortly after the merger with Barclays. A number of offices are simply too small to be viable under the new owner, and many are closed either just before, or just after the date appointed for Martins and Barclays to join together.
The moulding above the door is more commonly found in Lancashire, which this village used to be in. There is no current external evidence that Crake Valley House used to be a bank.
Is the disrupted rendering above the door evidence of the swinging sign?
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