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The bank reached its apotheosis under Jemmy, whose practice was to offer no interest on deposits of less than one year. At that time, the whole bank was believed to have consisted of just Jemmy and two clerks. Counterfeit coins were nailed to the counter as a warning to customers not to try to pass
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that remained until the nineteenth century, and consisted of a counter within a larger draper's shop. The old building once occupied by the bank was subsequently replaced with a
Victorian Gothic building and more recently with a new building. It is now occupied by a McDonald's restaurant.
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which was owned by John Merrol
Stephens. Many provincial British towns had their own banks in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries but their notes were usually only good in their home town.
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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
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Life and
Anecdotes of Jemmy Wood, the eccentric banker, merchant and draper, of Gloucester. Also an account of the remarkable trial with reference to his will.
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The bank was just one of several small banks in
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An 1828 painting of the bank by J.R. Orton after a print by
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Banknote for Gloucester from 19th century for sale.
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718:Independent
175:Lloyds Bank
126:Lloyds Bank
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1172:Greyfriars
883:Spa Ground
354:Gloucester
209:References
203:Jemmy Wood
189:, and the
132:Apotheosis
86:Jemmy Wood
22:51°51′57″N
1265:The Forum
1078:Guildhall
927:Libraries
635:Secondary
628:Education
534:Hospitals
527:Hospitals
368:Christian
361:Religious
177:in 1897.
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276:Archived
230:Archived
197:See also
152:Premises
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681:Grammar
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165:Demise
109:. and
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258:ISBN
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