99:
banks, in
December 1825. It is unclear if David Morris & Sons suffered during this crisis, but on 22 December 1825, a public meeting was held at the Guildhall, Carmarthen, where a vote of public confidence was passed in this bank and Waters, Jones & Co. A similar meeting was also held, on 26
68:
David Morris carried-on his banking business in Dark Gate, Carmarthen. As the business expanded, it moved to a larger house in King Street and finally to
Spilman Street, where the bank remained until it was taken over, in 1871.
65:
By 1788 David Morris was working as a banker on his own account. In 1791 he took over a
Carmarthen bank established by a person named David Parry and operated it under the name of Morris & Sons
212:
120:
banks, first opened a branch in
Carmarthen. On 2 October 1871, the banking business was transferred to the National Provincial Bank of England when the sons of David Morris retired.
306:
87:, on 25 September 1805, aged 59 years, and is buried at Saint Mary’s Church, Swansea. After his death the banking business was carried on by his sons. During the
316:
237:
286:
321:
76:, amalgamating the two banks to form a successful business carried on under the name David Morris & Sons and it was probably after the failure of
209:
311:
301:
238:
https://web.archive.org/web/20110715155852/http://heritagearchives.rbs.com/David_Morris_%26_Sons%2C_Carmarthen%2C_c.1790-1871
112:
David Morris & Sons survived the Panic of 1825 and continued to operate successfully, until 28 November 1864, when the
190:
128:
David Morris & Sons is a past constituent of The Royal Bank of
Scotland Group, who hold the archives for the bank.
241:
35:
80:, which was owned by Waters, Jones & Co., that David Morris & Sons changed its name to Carmarthen Bank.
113:
210:
http://carmarthenshirehistorian.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Historian/CwmCoombACarmarthenshireHouseAndItsFamilies
145:
73:
95:
suspended cash payments, as a result of frequent provincial bank failures. This led to a general run on
59:
189:
Early Banks in West Wales, by
Francis Green (in West Wales Historical Records, The Annual Magazine of
161:
257:
270:
216:
153:
149:
92:
77:
51:
27:
46:
David Morris was born around 1745-6 and was the son of David Morris of the Ferry Inn at
96:
295:
157:
88:
117:
47:
55:
193:, Volume VI, edited by Francis Green, Printed by W. Spurrell & Son, 1916)
101:
84:
31:
136:
There are no records of any surviving bank notes from this bank.
23:
62:
and others, who had opened a banking house in
Carmarthen.
34:in the 18th century. It now a constituent part of
72:It is likely that David Morris also acquired the
83:David Morris died suddenly while on a visit to
58:merchant and in 1787 he became the Agent for
8:
307:1871 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
116:of England, Ltd., the pioneer of the big
185:
183:
181:
179:
177:
175:
171:
266:
255:
229:
227:
225:
205:
203:
201:
199:
144:Other Carmarthenshire banks include:
7:
317:18th-century establishments in Wales
191:The Historical Society of West Wales
322:Companies based in Carmarthenshire
14:
1:
219:Retrieved 27 September 2009
140:Other Carmarthenshire banks
338:
312:History of Carmarthenshire
36:The Royal Bank of Scotland
26:which was established in
235:heritagearchives.rbs.com
114:National Provincial Bank
146:Carmarthen Furnace Bank
74:Carmarthen Furnace Bank
20:David Morris & Sons
302:Defunct banks of Wales
287:RBS Heritage Archives
60:Sir Herbert Mackworth
16:Defunct bank in Wales
215:2008-12-04 at the
124:Successor in title
100:December 1825, at
265:Missing or empty
329:
275:
274:
268:
263:
261:
253:
251:
249:
240:. Archived from
231:
220:
207:
194:
187:
162:Marten & Co.
337:
336:
332:
331:
330:
328:
327:
326:
292:
291:
283:
278:
264:
254:
247:
245:
244:on 15 July 2011
233:
232:
223:
217:Wayback Machine
208:
197:
188:
173:
169:
154:Llandovery Bank
150:Carmarthen Bank
142:
134:
126:
110:
93:Bank of England
78:Carmarthen Bank
52:Carmarthenshire
44:
28:Carmarthenshire
17:
12:
11:
5:
335:
333:
325:
324:
319:
314:
309:
304:
294:
293:
290:
289:
282:
281:External links
279:
277:
276:
221:
195:
170:
168:
165:
141:
138:
133:
130:
125:
122:
109:
106:
43:
40:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
334:
323:
320:
318:
315:
313:
310:
308:
305:
303:
300:
299:
297:
288:
285:
284:
280:
272:
259:
243:
239:
236:
230:
228:
226:
222:
218:
214:
211:
206:
204:
202:
200:
196:
192:
186:
184:
182:
180:
178:
176:
172:
166:
164:
163:
159:
158:Llanelly Bank
155:
151:
147:
139:
137:
131:
129:
123:
121:
119:
115:
107:
105:
103:
98:
94:
90:
89:Panic of 1825
86:
81:
79:
75:
70:
66:
63:
61:
57:
53:
49:
41:
39:
37:
33:
29:
25:
21:
267:|title=
248:27 September
246:. Retrieved
242:the original
234:
143:
135:
127:
111:
82:
71:
67:
64:
45:
19:
18:
118:joint stock
54:. He was a
48:Llansteffan
296:Categories
167:References
132:Bank notes
56:Carmarthen
102:Llandeilo
258:cite web
213:Archived
108:Takeover
97:British
85:Swansea
42:History
38:Group.
160:, and
22:was a
32:Wales
271:help
250:2009
91:the
24:bank
50:in
298::
262::
260:}}
256:{{
224:^
198:^
174:^
156:,
152:,
148:,
104:.
30:,
273:)
269:(
252:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.