A small collection of photographs of the old Lichfield branch on Market Street, used with the permission of Barclays Group Archives.

Have you ever wondered why the Corn Exchange has the words Savings Bank emblazoned on the one end of the building?  Well it’s all to do with the Lichfield Saving Bank. The bank was established in 1818 and originally operated in...

The London and Midland Bank opened a branch in Market Street in 1892 and remained there for eighty years before it moved to new premises at the corner of Market Street and Dam Street in 1972.

Barclays first opened in the city in 1952 on Market Street at number 15.  The bank remained there for twenty one years before relocating to Breadmarket Street.  The front of the building has changed a little since the sixties.The...

In 2009 the society merged with The Co-operative Banking Group. In January 2013, the Co-operative announced that the Britannia name would be phased out by the end of 2013, and they would began rebranding branches under its own...

In 1995, the Cheltenham and Gloucester Building Society accepted a purchase offer from Lloyds Bank. For the deal to go ahead though, the Society had to demutualise. Its members voted overwhelmingly in favour of the change. The resulting...

Nestled inbetween Hallmark and Thomas Cook the bank only lasted a few years in Lichfield taking up 43-45 Bore Street. After the closure of the bank the internal layout subdivided to form two retail units.