page_title: Gloucester Old Bank
hierarchical_section_title: Gloucester Old Bank
caption_attribution_description: English: An 1828 oil painting of Gloucester Old Bank by J.R. Orton after a print by George Rowe. The figure is almost certainly intended to by Jemmy Wood, the bank's owner.
context_page_description: The Gloucester Old Bank was a British bank that operated between 1716 and 1838. It was founded in 1716 by James Wood. The bank was said to have been the oldest private bank in Britain, having survived the financial consequences of the Napoleonic Wars when many other banks went out of business. The claim was wrong as both C. Hoare & Co and Child & Co. were founded earlier, it was, however, one of the oldest banks in Britain in the nineteenth century.
  At some point in the nineteenth century the bank became the Gloucester City Old Bank. In 1838 it was taken over by the County of Gloucestershire Banking Company which eventually became part of Lloyds Bank.
context_section_description: The Gloucester Old Bank was a British bank that operated between 1716 and 1838.  It was founded in 1716 by James Wood. The bank was said to have been the oldest private bank in Britain, having survived the financial consequences of the Napoleonic Wars when many other banks went out of business. The claim was wrong as both C. Hoare & Co and Child & Co. were founded earlier, it was, however, one of the oldest banks in Britain in the nineteenth century.
  At some point in the nineteenth century the bank became the Gloucester City Old Bank.  In 1838 it was taken over by the County of Gloucestershire Banking Company which eventually became part of Lloyds Bank.
caption: An 1828 painting of the bank by J.R. Orton after a print by George Rowe of Cheltenham. The figure in the doorway is almost certainly intended to be Jemmy Wood. In the collection of Gloucester City Museum & Art Gallery.
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