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===List of Bank of England branches=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! Branch ! Opened ! Closed ! Notes ! Photo |- | Birmingham | 1827 | 1997 | Opened in Union Street (in the former banking house of Gibbins, Smith & Goode); moved in 1838 to the former Bank of Birmingham building on [[Bennetts Hill]], and then into the former Staffordshire Joint Stock Bank premises at 1 Temple Row in 1890. In 1970 it moved into a new building (pictured) at No. 55. | [[File:Former Bank of England, Birmingham.jpg|100px]] |- | [[Former Bank of England, Bristol|Bristol]] | 1827 | 1997 | Opened on Bridge Street. Moved into purpose-built premises on [[Broad Street, Bristol|Broad Street]] (by [[C. R. Cockerell]]) in 1847; and thence to a new building on the [[High Street, Bristol|High Street]] in 1963. | [[File:Former Branch Bank of England, Broad Street, Bristol (geograph 3755097).jpg|100px]] |- | Exeter | 1827 | 1834 | Opened in a house at 18 Southernhay Place; closed seven years later due to trading losses (the business was transferred to Plymouth). | [[File:Southernhay West, Exeter - geograph.org.uk - 3218281.jpg|100px]] |- | Gloucester | 1826 | 1849 | Opened in a former provincial bank premises (Turner, Turner & Morris) in [[Northgate Street]]; when it closed due to trading losses the business was taken over by the Bristol branch. | |- | Hull | 1829 | 1939 | Opened in Salthouse Lane (pictured); moved into a new building (by [[Philip Hardwick]]) in [[Whitefriargate]] in 1856. Closed after the premises were judged to be in poor repair and inconveniently located. | [[File:Alfred Schofield House & Railings.jpg|100px]] |- | Leeds | 1827 | 1997 | Opened in rented property in [[Boar Lane]]; relocated to [[Albion Street, Leeds|Albion Street]] in 1835. The premises in [[Park Row, Leeds|Park Row]] (pictured), designed by [[Philip Hardwick]], were opened in 1847; the branch moved into a new building in King Street in 1971. | [[File:Former Bank of England - South Parade - geograph.org.uk - 548351.jpg|100px]] |- | Leicester | 1844 | 1872 | Opened in 10 Gallowtree Gate (former premises of defunct banking house Clarke, Mitchell & Co.); when it closed due to trading losses the business was merged into that of the Birmingham branch. | |- | [[Bank of England Building, Liverpool|Liverpool]] | 1827 | 1986 | Opened in Hanover Street; moved in 1849 into purpose-built premises by [[C. R. Cockerell]]. | [[File:Former Branch Bank of England, Castle Street, Liverpool (geograph 2847104).jpg|100px]] |- | London <br> [[The Old Bank of England|'Law Courts' branch]] | 1881 | 1975 | Opened to facilitate links with the adjacent [[Royal Courts of Justice|law courts]] and the [[Public Trustee]] office. | [[File:Southwest View of the Old Bank of England (01).jpg|100px]] |- | London <br> [[7 Burlington Gardens|'Western' branch]] | 1855 | 1930 | Operated largely as a commercial bank; when the bank was disengaging from such activity, the building (and much of the business) was sold to the [[Royal Bank of Scotland]]. | [[File:7 Burlington Gardens, Mayfair, May 2022.jpg|100px]] |- | [[Former Bank of England, Manchester|Manchester]] | 1826 | 1997 | Opened in [[King Street, Manchester|King Street]]. Moved into new premises designed by [[C. R. Cockerell]] on an adjacent site in 1847; then to a new building in [[Portland Street, Manchester|Portland Street]] in 1971. | [[File:Branch Bank of England, King Street, Manchester (6539887755).jpg|100px]] |- | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 1828 | 1997 | Opened in two converted houses on Clavering Place (later demolished for railway improvements). Moved to a new building in [[Grey Street, Newcastle|Grey Street]] (the bank's first purpose-built branch) in 1838, where it remained until a new building was opened on Pilgrim Street in 1971. | [[File:33-51 Grey Street, Newcastle - geograph.org.uk - 4604109.jpg|100px]] |- | Norwich | 1829 | 1852 | Closed due to trading losses. | [[File:Norwich - Old Bank Of England Court (Left Hand Side) - 20221009162413.jpg|100px]] |- | Plymouth | 1834 | 1949 | Opened to facilitate supply of money to the [[Royal Navy Dockyard]]s. (The branch building, in George Street, was bomb-damaged in the Second World War and subsequently closed).<ref name="BoEBranches" /> | |- | Portsmouth | 1834 | 1914 | Opened in the High Street to facilitate supply of money to the Naval Dockyards. Closed eighty years later due to declining business (cash by this time being more easily procured from London). | |- | Southampton | 1940 | 1986 | Opened on the High Street (in premises designed by A. V. Heal) to facilitate the shipping of gold and currency, as well as to serve the south of England.<ref name="BoEBranches" /> | [[File:Yahoo nightclub - geograph.org.uk - 1720220.jpg|100px]] |- | Swansea | 1826 | 1859 | Housed in the 'Old Bank' premises of Gibbins & Eaton in Temple Street, this was the only branch to have opened outside England. It closed due to trading losses and business was transferred to the Bristol branch. | |}
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