In 1765 John Taylor and Sampson Lloyd set up a private banking business in Birmingham.
In 1810, the Reverend Henry Duncan of Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, set up a bank to help his poorest parishioners save for times of hardship. This was the first Trustee Savings Bank.
The two banks merged in 1992.
For some more Lloyds history and pictures of one of the gems in The Strand see Caroline's Miscellany.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Lloyds TSB Group
This is a small, simple monument, placed at pavement level, not raised on a p...
Wholesalers of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices, located at 202 Blackfriars Road (2021). The Daily Mail has an interesting 2004 article about tea tasting at the Wilson, Smithett tea brokers office, S...
Usually referred to as the NatWest Bank. It was formed from the merger of the National Provincial and Westminster Banks. Since 2000 it has been part of the Royal Bank of Scotland group.
Self-proclaimed "oldest pub in Marylebone". Some information can be found at Stonch's Beer Blog.
Morley opened this building. With the pupil-less eyes this looks like a death mask in contrast to the sighted Raikes' keystone on the eas...
The body of Alice Elizabeth Jarman, 40, of Notting Dale was found in a ditch in Hyde Park, near the Buck Hill bastion, on 19 February 1915. A bayonet was found in a gully but was examined with neg...
Sculptor. CBE, RA. Born at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Marylebone Road, London. Enlisted with The Artists' Rifles in World War I. Died Princess Beatrice Hospital, Kensington. (Not to be confused wi...
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