HAMPSHIRE BANKING COMPANY IN SURREY
The Hampshire Banking Company started in 1834. In 1877 it changed its name to
the Hampshire and North Wilts Banking Company.
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Cheque issued by Dorking branch of the Hampshire Banking Company. Somebody is still using an old cheque book as the name had changed the year before.
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This cheque is quite rare as the bank only had this name for a year, before becoming Capital & Counties.
In 1878 the bank became the Capital & Counties Bank and in 1880, Capital &
Counties Bank Ltd. As Capital & Counties, the bank took over the businesses of Haydon & Smallpiece of Guildford (1883), James Knight and Sons of Farnham
(1886), and Mellersh & Co. of Godalming (1893). The bank eventually had branches throughout Surrey.
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Cheque issued by
Guildford branch of Capital and Counties Bank. No acknowledgement made of heritage of Haydon's bank.
In 1918 Capital & Counties was taken over by Lloyds Bank.
Surrey branches (pre-1900): Ashtead, Bramley, Byfleet, Chiddingfold, Cranleigh,
Dorking, Epsom, Farnham, Godalming, Great Bookham, Guildford, Haslemere,
Hindhead, Horley, Leatherhead, Milford, Redhill, Reigate, Ripley, St Johns,
Shere, Westcott, Woking (all as Capital & Counties, Dorking also as Hampshire
Banking Company)