Well, technically, I suppose, it's not just "one bank", as one of the two was merged, with other banks, into the other.
But still ... they are both on the same building, so there's that.
Wandering about the busy streets of London, photographing about every piece of heraldry I could see, I came to Fleet Street, and a building with the following two armorial signs hanging from its facade.
This is the quasi-heraldic logo of Goslings Bank. If I were to offer to blazon this sign, it would turn out to be something like: Or three red squirrels sejant erect one and two, the lower two addorsed, each cracking a nut proper.
That is, squirrels doing what squirrels do:
Fitting symbols for a bank, I think, implying both thrift and saving up for the future.
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Fitting symbols for a bank, I think, implying both thrift and saving up for the future.
Goslings Bank was a historical English private bank, located since at least 1743 at No. 19 Fleet Street, London, and identified to customers by a hanging signboard depicting three squirrels.
The bank originated in the business of Henry Pinckney, a goldsmith-banker who began trading in about 1650 at the sign of the Three Squirrels. The business passed through various hands until it came under the sole ownership of Thomas Ward, following the death of his partner in 1742. Benjamin Sharpe was a clerk at the Bank and was taken into partnership in 1794 and the name of the firm was changed to the Goslings and Sharpe. In 1896, Goslings and Sharpe became one of the twenty constituent banks that merged to form Barclay and Company.
The Goslings name is perpetuated by Barclays Bank as part of the group's history, and in several practical ways. The three squirrels sign is still maintained outside the Fleet Street branch at 19 Fleet Street, and the Goslings name is still printed on cheques issued at that branch, as it has been since the 1896 merger.
So, Goslings Bank having been merged into Barclays Bank, here we have the older version of the Barclays Bank logo, Argent an eagle displayed sable charged with three crowns argent.
The bank originated in the business of Henry Pinckney, a goldsmith-banker who began trading in about 1650 at the sign of the Three Squirrels. The business passed through various hands until it came under the sole ownership of Thomas Ward, following the death of his partner in 1742. Benjamin Sharpe was a clerk at the Bank and was taken into partnership in 1794 and the name of the firm was changed to the Goslings and Sharpe. In 1896, Goslings and Sharpe became one of the twenty constituent banks that merged to form Barclay and Company.
The Goslings name is perpetuated by Barclays Bank as part of the group's history, and in several practical ways. The three squirrels sign is still maintained outside the Fleet Street branch at 19 Fleet Street, and the Goslings name is still printed on cheques issued at that branch, as it has been since the 1896 merger.
So, Goslings Bank having been merged into Barclays Bank, here we have the older version of the Barclays Bank logo, Argent an eagle displayed sable charged with three crowns argent.
We have seen the newer Barclays logo in our travels to York, which is basically An eagle displayed azure, sometimes on a black field, as in this photo.
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Anyway, it's nice to see that the history of the building and its resident bank(s) is still preserved out here on the streets of London, England.
Just sayin'.
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