The Halifax Joint Stock Banking Company
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| Halifax Joint Stock Banking Company |
The Halifax Joint Stock Banking Company was founded by a
meeting at the White Lion, Halifax on 31st August 1829.
It opened for business in November 1829.
There were 178 partners, and shares were restricted to people living
in the Halifax parish, and with no individual holding more than 50
shares.
All shareholders were required to keep their accounts with the bank.
The first chairman was William Rothwell, and the first Manager was
John Caw.
This was the 3rd joint stock bank in Yorkshire, and the 12th in the
country.
In 1836, the bank merged with Rawson's Bank.
The partners in 1853 are shown
below
On 27th January 1864, a piece of silver plate – each valued at
£200 – was presented to each of the following 5 directors of
the Company in acknowledgement of their services on the board.
The recipients were
It became a limited liability company in 1880.
In 1881, the bank acquired the Midland Banking Company of
Huddersfield.
In 1910, it took over the Halifax & Huddersfield Union Banking
Company.
The Halifax Evening Courier Monday, 13th June 1910 reported
Provisional agreement of the amalgamation of the Halifax Joint
Stock Bank and the Halifax & Huddersfield Union Bank.
The Union Bank will be wound up voluntarily, the business,
assets and property being transferred to Join Stock Bank,
On 17th June 1911, the name was changed to West Yorkshire Bank
Limited with a capital of £1 million.
Between 1886 & 1903, branches were opened at
The following list of partners in the Halifax Joint Stock
Banking Company was published in The Leeds Mercury of 19th
February 1853
- Joshua Appleyard of Halifax
- Ellen Aked of Ellen Royd, Midgley [spinster]
- John Abbott of Halifax
- John Appleyard of Shaw Booth [gent]
- William Appleyard of Wainstalls [worsted manufacturer]
- Richard Aked of Wainstalls [worsted manufacturer]
- Richard Grice Aked of Bradford [gent]
- Thomas Adam of Halifax [solicitor]
- John Ambler of Peel House [worsted manufacturer]
- Elizabeth Aspinall of Halifax [widow]
and
John Brooke of Brighouse [corn miller]
- as Executors of John Aspinall of Southowram
- Thomas Atkinson of Booth Town [silk spinner]
- Rev Thomas Bates of Halifax [clerk]
- Mary Bates of Halifax [spinster]
- Thomas Bland of Halifax [gent]
- George Beaumont of Halifax
- Richard Shackleton Butterfield of Keighley [worsted manufacturer]
- John Butterfield of Keighley [worsted manufacturer]
- William Butterfield of Keighley [worsted manufacturer]
- William Balm of Halifax [house agent]
- Benjamin Broadbent of Bingley [maltster]
- Thomas Burnup of Lark Hill, Cleckheaton [gent]
and
Samuel Walker of Leeds [woollen manufacturer]
- as Trustees of Mary Speight Walker of Priestley Green
- Joseph Broadbent of Halifax [paper agent]
- John Craven of Halifax [gent]
- George Crossby of Halifax [bookkeeper]
- Henry Clayton of Reading [gent]
- William Craven of Halifax [solicitor]
- Samuel Crowther of Halifax [gent]
- Thomas Crosley of Bradford [gent]
- Joseph Dawson of Halifax [hairdresser]
- William Denton of Halifax [woollen draper]
- Henry Edwards of London [solicitor]
- William Emmet of Halifax
- William Emmet of Halifax
- as Executor of Ann Emmet of Halifax
- Dickinson Edleston of Halifax [dyer]
and
Robert Edleston of Halifax [dyer]
and
Thomas Irving of Wheatley [dyer]
and
Thomas Atkinson of Booth Town [silk spinner]
- Executors of Thomas Holmes of Halifax [dyer]
- Robert Edleston of West Royd, Sowerby Bridge [dyer]
- Thomas Holmes Edleston of Halifax [merchant]
- William Edleston of Sowerby Bridge [dyer]
- George Nelson Emmet of London [solicitor]
- Robert Eastburn of Halifax [stover and dyer]
- James Farrar of Halifax [machine maker]
- James Fawcett of Greenfield [worsted merchant]
- Isaac Firth of Halifax [worsted manufacturer]
- Fanny Farrar of Elland [widow]
- James Foster of Halifax [clog and patten pamer]
- Charles Gleadall of Halifax [solicitor]
- Richard Reynolds Gregory of Halifax [gent]
- James William Gregory of Halifax [grocer]
- Thomas Greenwood of Halifax [timber merchant]
- John Gibson of Halifax [gent]
- Mary Gath of Boothtown [widow]
and
John Holt of Halifax [innkeeper]
- as Executors of
William Gath of Boothtown [farmer]
- William Haigh of Halifax
- George Haigh of The Mount [merchant]
- John Haigh of Savile Hall [merchant]
- William Haigh of The Shay
- Henry Hodgson Haigh of Bradford [woolstapler]
- Sarah Hirst of Low House, Clayton [widow]
- William Hatton of Halifax [woollen manufacturer]
- William Hatton of Hamburgh [merchant]
- James Heginbottom
of Jumples [cotton spinner]
- John Holdsworth of Shaw Lodge [worsted spinner]
- Joseph Hemingway of Halifax [agent]
- Ward Dyson Hitchen of Halifax [solicitor]
- Daniel Hope of Longholm [gent]
- Mary Haigh of Stubbin [widow]
and
John Whitehead of Lumb Mill [cotton spinner]
and
John Haigh of Stubbin [joiner]
and
Joah Haigh of Stubbin [joiner]
- as Executors of Abram Haigh of Stubbin
- Smith Hall of Exley Bank House [merchant]
- William Heap of Halifax [gent]
- Rev John Hope of St Ann's Southowram [clerk]
- Matthew Highley of Halifax [sheriff's officer]
- James Holt of Lee Bridge [dyer]
- Thomas Holt (dec'd) of Lee bridge [gent]
- John Holt of Halifax [innkeeper]
- George Horsfall (dec'd) of Halifax [gent]
- Thomas Hallewell of Skircoat Green [woollen manufacturer]
- Samuel Johnson of Halifax [woolstapler]
- William Jennings of Halifax [chemist and druggist]
- Jane Jennings of Southowram [widow]
- John Jackson of Halifax [gent]
- Thomas Kershaw of Halifax [corn miller]
- John Kilner of Greetland [farmer]
- John Kenworthy of Halifax [pork butcher]
- Francis Alex Leyland of Halifax [card maker]
- Samuel Leppington of Brookfoot [woollen manufacturer]
- Thomas Lupton (dec'd) of Halifax [cooper]
- Benjamin Mellor of Stainland [woollen manufacturer]
- Samuel Mellor of Halifax [woollen merchant]
- Chs. Milne of Cliffe Hill [wine merchant]
- Thomas Milne of Warley House [wine merchant]
- Samuel Milne of Gordon Bank [gent]
- Hartley Murgatroyd of Greave [corn miller]
- John Murgatroyd of Greave [corn miller]
- Frans Edwin Macaulay of Halifax [solicitor]
- John Mackerill of Halifax [card maker]
- Thomas Mitchell of Halifax [card maker]
- Samuel Naylor of Brookfoot [stone merchant]
- Francis Houseley Nicholson of Halifax [linen draper]
- Francis Houseley Nicholson of Halifax [linen draper]
and
Thomas Watson Nicholson of Halifax [innkeeper]
- as Executors of Hannah Nicholson of Halifax
- Robert Parker of Halifax [solicitor]
- Thomas Parkinson of Halifax [sharebroker]
- Thomas Parkington of The Heath [gent]
- Charles Pitchforth of Boothroyd [stone merchant]
- Abraham Crowther Pitchforth of Shaw Laith [coal owner]
- David Porter of Halifax [woolstapler]
- Alice Pool of Halifax [widow]
- William Raunsley of halifax [gent]
- Josh. Richardson of Southowram [stone merchant]
- Anne Rothwell of Halifax [widow]
- William Rothwell of Halifax [gent]
- John Rothwell of Halifax [gent]
- Daniel Ramsden of Halifax [gent]
- Jonas Robertshaw of Ovenden [gent]
- Edward Ripley of Bowling Lodge, Bradford [dyer]
- David Ramsden of St Hilliers (sic), Jersey [gent]
- Fras. Ramsden of St Hilliers (sic), Jersey [gent]
- Sally Riley of Ovenden [spinster]
- Frances Roper of Halifax [ironmonger]
- Elizabeth Ramsbottom of Halifax [widow]
- John Styning of Halifax [grocer]
- James Sutcliffe of Newlands [woolstapler]
- Caleb Stanfield of Halifax [gent]
- Rev Henry John Smith of Birkenshaw [clerk]
- Robert Swaine of Harrogate [gent]
- John Staveley of Halifax [gent]
- James Stansfield of Halifax [gent]
- Henry Schorfield of Halifax [card maker]
- Joshua Stott of Halifax [shoe maker]
- Joshua Sutcliffe of Halifax [gent]
- Daniel Smith of Broad Carr [cloth dresser]
- Josh. Thorp of Halifax [woolstapler]
- Edward Townend of Cullingworth [worsted spinner]
- Robert Townend of Manchester [worsted spinner]
- Thomas Taylor of Ovenden [gent]
- Rev James Thompson of Oxford [rector]
- Frederick Thompson of Hull [barrister]
- James Travis of Halifax [gent]
- John Thwaite of Halifax [butcher]
- James Titterington of High Lees, Midgley [worsted manufacturer]
- Nathaniel Tillotson of Halifax [flour dealer]
- George Whiteley of Halifax [card maker]
- Samuel Wood of Hollins Mill [worsted manufacturer]
- Josiah Wigglesworth of Hoyle Green [woolstapler]
- William Wilkinson of Brow Bridge [woollen manufacturer]
- Sarah Ann Walton of Halifax [spinster]
- William Wood of Halifax [woolstapler]
- John Whiteley of Stones Mill [cotton spinner]
- William Waddington of Halifax [card maker]
- William Young of Leeds [cabinet maker]
- Samuel Harper Walker (dec'd) of Stainland
See
George Beaumont,
Beckwith's,
Herbert Fielden,
John Fisher,
John Holdsworth,
Joint Stock Bank Court, Halifax,
John Edward Longbottom,
Michael Stocks,
John Henry Swallow and
The Commercial Bank of England
©
Malcolm Bull
2023
Revised 16:14 / 14th December 2023 / 19509
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