Plaque

Westminster Bank

Erection date: 1936

Inscription

{Around the Westminster Bank shield:}
1836 1936
This stone was placed here to commemorate the centenary of Westminster Bank.

All the sources we have checked give 1834 as the year of origin.

Site: Westminster Bank (1 memorial)

EC2, Lothbury, 41

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Westminster Bank

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