Building Society Mergers and Conversions Since 1980

 

A

 

 

 

 

Abbey National BS

transfer of engagements to

Abbey National PLC

 July 1989

 

Accrington Savings BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheshire BS

1982

 

Advance BS

transfer of engagements to

Darlington BS

1982

 

Aid to Thrift BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheshunt BS

 July 1988

 

Alfreton BS

transfer of engagements to

Britannia BS

1981

 

Alliance & Leicester BS

transfer of engagements to

Alliance & Leicester PLC

 April 1997

 

Alliance BS

merged with Leicester BS

to form Alliance & Leicester BS

1985

 

Anchor BS

transfer of engagements to

Sunderland & Shields BS

1981

 

Anglia BS

change of name to

Nationwide Anglia BS

 Sept 1987

 

Anglia BS

includes engagements of former

London & South of England BS

 April 1983

 

Argyle BS

transfer of engagements to

Peterborough BS

1985

 

Ashton Stamford BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheshire BS

1981

 

Axminster Seaton & District BS

registration cancelled

 

1984

 

 

 

 

 

 

B

 

 

 

 

Banffshire BS

transfer of engagements to

Scottish BS

1984

 

Banner BS

transfer of engagements to

Midshires BS

1982

 

Barnsley BS

transfer of engagements to

Yorkshire BS

 Dec 2008

 

Bedford BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheltenham & Gloucester BS

 April 1990

 

Bedford Crown BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheltenham & Gloucester BS    

 July 1991

 

Bexhill-on-Sea BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

 Nov 1993

 

Bideford BS

transfer of engagements to

West of England BS

 Oct 1986

 

Birmingham & Bridgwater BS

amalgamated with Midshires BS

to form Birmingham Midshires BS

 June 1986

 

Birmingham BS

merged with Bridgwater BS to form

Birmingham & Bridgwater BS

1982

 

Birmingham Midshires BS

transfer of engagements to

Halifax PLC

 April 1999

 

 

Blackheath BS                  

transfer of engagements to

Britannia BS              

 June 1986

 

Blackpool BS

registration cancelled

 

1980

 

Blyth & Morpeth BS

transfer of engagements to

Northern Rock BS

1982

 

Bolton BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheltenham & Gloucester BS

 Oct 1988

 

Boston & Skirbeck BS

transfer of engagements to

Leicester BS

1984

 

Bradford & Bingley BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley PLC

 Dec 2000

 

Bristol & West BS

transfer of engagements to

Bank of Ireland PLC

 July 1997

 

Bristol Economic BS

transfer of engagements to

Stroud BS

1985

 

Britannia BS

transfer of engagements to

The Co-Operative Financial Services

 Aug 2009

 

British BS

transfer of engagements to

Sun BS

1985

 

Burnley BS

transfer of engagements to

Provincial BS

1982

 

Bury St Edmunds BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheltenham & Gloucester BS

 Jan 1989

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

 

 

 

 

Cardiff BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheltenham & Gloucester BS

 Oct 1987

 

Catholic BS

transfer of engagements to

Chelsea BS

 Dec 2008

 

Chatham BS

transfer of engagements to

Principality BS

1985

 

Chatham Reliance BS

transfer of engagements to

Herne Bay BS  

 April 1986

 

Chelsea BS

transfer of engagements to

Yorkshire BS

 April 2010

 

Cheltenham & Gloucester BS

transfer of engagements to

Lloyds Bank PLC

 Aug 1995

 

Chesham BS

transfer of engagements to

Skipton BS

 June 2010

 

Cheshire BS

transfer of engagements to

Nationwide BS

 Dec 2008

 

Cheshunt BS

transfer of engagements to

Bristol & West BS

 Dec1991

 

Chilterns BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

 Oct 1987

 

Citizens Regency BS

transfer of engagements to

Sussex Mutual BS

1985

 

City & District Permanent BS

transfer of engagements to

Metrogas BS

1982

 

City & Metro. BS

transfer of engagements to

Stroud & Swindon BS

 April 1996

 

City of Derry BS

transfer of engagements to

Nationwide Anglia BS

 Sept 1987

 

City of London BS

transfer of engagements to

Chelsea BS

 July 1988

 

Civil Service BS

transfer of engagements to

Birmingham Midshires BS

 April 1987

 

Clapham Permanent BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

1984

 

Clay Cross BS

transfer of engagements to

Derbyshire BS

 Dec 2003

 

Colchester BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheltenham & Gloucester BS

 June 1987

 

Colne BS

transfer of engagements to

Britannia BS

1983

 

Connaught Permanent BS

registration cancelled

 

1983

 

Corinthian BS

registration cancelled

 

1985

 

Cotswold BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheltenham & Gloucester BS

1984

 

Country BS

transfer of engagements to

Anglia BS

1984

 

Coventry BS

new name of

Coventry Economic BS

 July 1983

 

Coventry Provident BS

transfer of engagements to

Coventry Economic BS

 July 1983

 

 

 

 

 

 

D

 

 

 

 

Dee BS

registration cancelled

 

1984

 

Denton BS

transfer of engagements to

Britannia BS

1982

 

Derbyshire BS

transfer of engagements to

Nationwide BS

 Dec 2008

 

Dorking BS

transfer of engagements to

Eastbourne Mutual BS

1982

 

Dover & Folkestone BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

1984

 

Driffield BS

transfer of engagements to

Britannia BS

1982

 

***Dunfermline BS

transfer of engagements to

Nationwide BS

 Mar 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

E

 

 

 

 

Ealing & Acton BS

transfer of engagements to

Midshires BS

1984

 

East Surrey BS                     

change of name to

Surrey BS                                        

 July 1986

 

Eastbourne Mutual BS

transfer of engagements to

Sussex County BS

 Oct 1990

 

Ecology BS

added to register

 

1980

 

Economic BS

transfer of engagements to

Sun BS

1985

 

Edinburgh & Paisley BS

transfer of engagements to

Dunfermline BS

1981

 

Enterprise BS

transfer of engagements to

Sun BS

1985

 

Essex Equitable BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheltenham & Gloucester BS

 Feb 1988

 

 

 

 

 

 

F

 

 

 

 

First Salisbury BS

registration cancelled

 

1980

 

Foresters BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford and Bingley BS

1985

 

Frome Selwood Permanent BS

transfer of engagements to

Stroud & Swindon BS

 July 1990

 

 

 

 

 

 

G

 

 

 

 

Gainsborough BS

transfer of engagements to

Yorkshire BS

 Dec 2001

 

Gateway BS

transfer of engagements to

Woolwich Equitable BS

 May 1988

 

Glamorgan BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

1984

 

Grainger BS

change of name to

Newcastle BS

 July 1980

 

Grangemouth BS

transfer of engagements to

Woolwich Equitable BS

1983

 

Greenwich BS

transfer of engagements to

Portman BS

 July 1997

 

Guardian BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheltenham & Gloucester BS

 April 1990

 

 

 

 

 

 

H

 

 

 

 

Hadrian BS

transfer of engagements to

Sunderland & Shields BS

1983

 

Halifax BS

transfer of engagements to

Halifax PLC

 June 1997

 

Hamilton Savings Investment and Building Society

dissolved

 

1984

Hampshire BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

 June 1991

 

Harrow BS

transfer of engagements to

Birmingham Midshires BS

 April 1987

 

Hartlepool & District BS

transfer of engagements to

Northern Rock BS

1985

 

Haslemere BS

transfer of engagements to

National & Provincial BS

1985

 

Haywards Heath & District BS

change of name to

Haywards Heath BS

 Mar 1989

 

Heart of England BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheltenham & Gloucester BS  

 Oct 1993

 

Hearts of Oak & Enfield

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

1982

 

Hemel Hempstead BS

transfer of engagements to

Birmingham Midshires BS

 April 1987

 

Hendon BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

 Mar 1991

 

Herne Bay BS

amalgamated with Chatham Reliance

to form Kent Reliance BS

 April 1986

 

Herts & Essex BS            

transfer of engagements to

Saffron Walden & Essex BS 

 April 1989

 

Hibernian BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

1985

 

Hinckley BS

change of name to

Hinckley & Rugby BS

 Feb 1983

 

Holmesdale Benefit BS

change of name to

Holmesdale BS

 Sept 1988

 

Horsham BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

1983

 

Housing and General BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

1983

 

Huddersfield & Bradford BS

change of name to

Yorkshire BS

 Dec 1981

 

Huntly BS

transfer of engagements to

Scottish BS

1985

 

Hyde BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

1981

 

 

 

 

 

 

I

 

 

 

 

Ilkeston Permanent BS

transfer of engagements to

Derbyshire BS

 Nov 2001

 

Immigrant BS

added to register

 

1983

 

Immigrants BS

removed from register

 

 May 1987

 

Independent BS

removed from register

 

1982

 

 

 

 

 

 

K

 

 

 

 

Kent & Canterbury Permanent Benefit BS

transfer of engagements to

Chatham Reliance BS

1984

 

Kent Reliance BS    

transfer of engagements to

One Savings Bank Plc, part of the Kent Reliance Provident Society Group

 Feb 2011

 

Kettering Permanent Benefit BS

transfer of engagements to

Market Harborough BS

1981

 

Kidderminster Equitable BS

transfer of engagements to

Heart of England BS

 Mar 1988

 

Kilmarnock BS

transfer of engagements to

Northern Rock BS

1982

 

King Edward BS

transfer of engagements to

Birmingham Midshires BS

 Sept 1986

 

Kingston BS

transfer of engagements to

London & South of England BS

1981

 

Kirklees BS

removed from Register

 

1985

 

Kirklees BS

registration cancelled

 

1985

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

 

 

 

Lambeth BS

transfer of engagements to

Portman BS

 Sept 2006

 

Lancashire BS

transfer of engagements to

Northern Rock BS

1980

 

Lancastrian BS

transfer of engagements to

Northern Rock BS

 July 1992

 

Leamington Spa BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

 July 1991

 

Leeds & Holbeck BS

change of name to

Leeds BS

 Sept 2005

 

Leeds Permanent BS

transfer of engagements to

Halifax BS

 Aug 1995

 

Leek United & Midlands BS

change of name to

Leek BS

 July 1990

 

Leigh Permanent BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheshire BS

1982

 

Liverpool BS

transfer of engagements to

Midshires BS

1982

 

Lombard BS

dissolved

 

1981

 

London Commercial BS

transfer of engagements to

Nottingham BS

1983

 

London Goldhawk BS

transfer of engagements to

South of England BS

1980

 

London Grosvenor BS

transfer of engagements to

Woolwich BS

1984

 

London Permanent BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheltenham & Gloucester BS

 Aug 1987

 

Londonderry Provident BS

change of name to

City of Derry BS

 Jan 2001

 

Longridge BS

registration cancelled

 

1980

 

Loughborough Permanent BS

change of name to

Loughborough BS

 May 1987

 

Louth Mablethorpe & Sutton BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

 Nov 1990

 

 

 

 

 

 

M

 

 

 

 

Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows

transfer of engagements to

Northern Rock BS

1985

 

Marble Arch BS

transfer of engagements to

Chelsea BS

1984

 

Margam BS

transfer of engagements to

Midshires BS

1981

 

Mercantile BS

transfer of engagements to

Leeds BS

 Aug 2006

 

Merseyside BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

1985

 

Metrogas BS              

transfer of engagements to

Midshires BS  

 June 1986

 

Mid-Sussex BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheltenham & Gloucester BS

 Aug 1992

 

Mitcham and Metropolitan BS

transfer of engagements to

Sussex County BS

 April 1986

 

Mornington BS

transfer of engagements to

Britannia BS

 Oct 1991

 

Musselburgh BS

transfer of engagements to

Northern Rock BS

1983

 

 

 

 

 

 

N

 

 

 

 

National & Provincial BS

transfer of engagements to

Abbey National PLC 

 Aug 1996

 

Nationwide Anglia BS

change of name to

Nationwide BS

 Dec 1991

 

Nationwide BS

transfer of engagements to

Anglia BS

 Sept 1987

 

New Cross BS

transfer of engagements to

Woolwich BS

1984

 

Newcastle upon Tyne BS

transfer of engagements to

Grainger BS

1980

 

North East Globe BS

transfer of engagements to

Universal BS 

 June 1986

 

North Kent BS

transfer of engagements to

Woolwich BS

1985

 

North of England BS

transfer of engagements to

Sunderland and Shields BS

 June 1986

 

North of England BS

transfer of engagements to

Northern Rock BS

 Oct 1994

 

North Wilts Equitable BS

merged with Ridgeway BS to form

North Wilts & Ridgeway BS

1983

 

North Wilts Ridgeway BS

transfer of engagements to

West of England BS

 Mar 1988

 

Northern Rock BS

transfer of engagements to

Northern Rock PLC

 Oct 1997

 

Norwich BS

merged with Peterborough BS

 to form Norwich and Peterborough BS

 Oct 1986

 

Nottingham Imperial BS

transfer of engagements to

Newcastle BS

 Feb 2000

 

Nottingham Oddfellows BS

change of name to

Nottingham Imperial BS

1985

 

 

 

 

 

 

O

 

 

 

 

Oak Leaf BS

transfer of engagements to

Anglia BS

1980

 

Official & General BS

transfer of engagements to

London Grosvenor BS

1981

 

Old England BS

transfer of engagements to

Sun BS

1985

 

Oldham Permanent BS

dissolved

 

1981

 

Otley BS

transfer of engagements to

Skipton BS

1982

 

Over Darwen BS

transfer of engagements to

Britannia BS

1982

 

 

 

 

 

 

P

 

 

 

 

Paddington BS

transfer of engagements to

West of England BS

 Nov 1987

 

Padiham BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

1983

 

Peckham BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheltenham & Gloucester BS

 June 1990

 

Peckham Permanent BS

transfer of engagements to

Paddington BS

1981

 

Permanent Scottish BS

transfer of engagements to

Scottish BS

1984

 

Pioneer BS

transfer of engagements to

Northern Rock BS

1981

 

Pontardulais BS

transfer of engagements to

Midshires BS

1981

 

Portman BS

transfer of engagements to

Nationwide BS

 Aug 2007

 

Portman BS

merged with Wessex BS

to form Portman Wessex BS  

 July 1989

 

Portman Wessex BS

transfer of engagements to

Regency & West of England BS

 Oct 1990

 

Portsmouth BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheltenham & Gloucester BS

 June 1991

 

Premier Permanent BS

transfer of engagements to

City & Metropolitan BS

1980

 

Property Owners BS

transfer of engagements to

Woolwich Equitable BS

 Dec 1986

 

Q

 

 

 

 

Queen Victoria Street BS

transfer of engagements to

Metrogas BS

1982

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

 

Regency & West of England BS

change of name to

Portman BS

 Oct 1990

 

Regency BS

transfer of engagements to

West of England BS                   

 May 1989

 

Rowley Regis BS

transfer of engagements to

Heart of England BS

 Mar 1988

 

Rugby Provident BS

transfer of engagements to

Hinckley BS

1983

 

Rye Benefit BS

transfer of engagements to

Eastbourne Mutual BS

1981

 

 

 

 

 

 

S

 

 

 

 

Saddleworth BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

1982

 

Saffron Walden & Essex BS

change of name to

Saffron Walden Herts & Essex BS    

 April 1989

 

Saffron Walden Herts & Essex BS

change of name to

Saffron BS

 Sept 2006

 

Sandbach BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheshire BS

1981

 

Scarborough BS

transfer of engagements to

Skipton BS

 Mar 2009

 

Severn BS

transfer of engagements to

Midshires BS

1983

 

Sheffield BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

 June 1990

 

Shields & Washington BS

transfer of engagements to

Northern Rock BS

1982

 

Shields Commercial BS

transfer of engagements to

Sunderland & Shields BS

1983

 

Simplified BS

registration cancelled

 

1983

 

South Durham BS

transfer of engagements to

Sunderland & Shields BS

1985

 

South of England

change of name to

London & South of  England BS

1980

 

South Shields Sun Permanent BS

transfer of engagements to

Northern Rock BS

1985

 

Southdown BS

transfer of engagements to

Leeds Permanent BS

 April 1992

 

Spread Eagle BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

1980

 

St Martins le Grand Permanent Benefit BS

transfer of engagements to

Ramsbury BS

1980

 

St Pancras BS

transfer of engagements to

Portman BS

 Dec 1993

 

Staffordshire BS

transfer of engagements to

Portman BS

 Dec 2003

 

Stamford BS

transfer of engagements to

Peterborough BS

1980

 

Standard BS

transfer of engagements to

Mercantile BS

 Sept 1999

 

Stanley BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford and Bingley BS 

 Feb 1986

 

Stockport & County Permanent BS

transfer of engagements to

Northern Rock BS

1981

 

Stockport Mersey BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

1983

 

Stoke on Trent BS

transfer of engagements to

Britannia BS

1980

 

Strathclyde BS

transfer of engagements to

Scottish BS

1982

 

Stroud & Swindon BS

transfer of engagements to

Coventry BS

 Sept 2010

 

Stroud & Swindon BS

new name of

Stroud BS

 Jan 1987

 

Summers BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheshire BS

1980

 

Sunderland and Shields BS

change of name to

North of England BS

 June 1986

 

Surrey BS

transfer of engagements to

Northern Rock BS

 July 1993

 

Sussex County BS

change of name to

Southdown BS

 Oct 1990

 

Swansea Park Permanent BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

1982

 

Swindon Permanent BS

transfer of engagements to

Stroud BS

 Jan 1987

 

Sydenham BS

transfer of engagements to

Mid Sussex BS

1982

 

 

 

 

 

 

T

 

 

 

 

Target BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

1982

 

The Haywards Heath BS

transfer of engagements to

Yorkshire BS

 Dec 1992

 

Thrift BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheshunt BS

 April 1987

 

Torbay & Devon BS

registration cancelled

 

1983

 

Town & Country BS

transfer of engagements to

Woolwich BS

 May 1992

 

Tyldesley BS

amalgamated with Middleton BS

to form Lancastrian BS

 July 1986

 

Tyne BS

transfer of engagements to

North of England BS

1980

 

Tynemouth BS

transfer of engagements to

Universal BS

 Oct 1994

 

Tynemouth Victoria BS

transfer of engagements to

Mercantile BS

1983

 

 

 

 

 

 

U

 

 

 

 

United Kingdom BS

transfer of engagements to

Northern Rock BS

 Jan 1987

 

United Provinces BS

transfer of engagements to

Bradford & Bingley BS

1983

 

Universal BS

transfer of engagements to

Newcastle BS

 Dec 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

V

 

 

 

 

Victoria Permanent BS

registration cancelled

 

1983

 

 

 

 

 

 

W

 

 

 

 

Walker & Byker Industrial Permanent BS

transfer of engagements to

Northern Rock BS

1980

 

Waltham Abbey BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheltenham & Gloucester BS

1985

 

Walthamstow BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheltenham & Gloucester BS

 Oct 1990

 

Welbeck BS

registration cancelled

 

1981

 

Wellington (Somerset) & District BS

transfer of engagements to

Britannia BS

1982

 

Welsh Economic BS

transfer of engagements to

Britannia BS

1983

 

Wembley BS

registration cancelled

 

1980

 

West Cumbria BS

transfer of engagements to

Cumberland BS

 Sept 1996

 

West of England BS

change of name to

Regency & West of England BS

 May 1989

 

West Yorkshire BS

transfer of engagements to

Huddersfield & Bradford BS

1981

 

Western Counties BS

transfer of engagements to

Ramsbury BS

1985

 

Westminster BS

transfer of engagements to

Country BS

1981

 

Wigan BS

transfer of engagements to

Cheshire

1982

 

Wishaw Investment BS

transfer of engagements to

Northern Rock BS

 Feb 1987

 

Woolwich BS

transfer of engagements to

Woolwich PLC

 July 1997

 

Woolwich Equitable BS

change of name to

Woolwich BS

 May 1990

 

Worksop BS

dissolved

 

1985

 

 

 

 

 

 

***All of Dunfermline’s savings accounts, branches, head office and the majority of its residential mortgage book (other than social housing loans and related deposits) were transferred to Nationwide Building Society on 30 March 09. The social housing portfolio was transferred to a limited liability company wholly owned by the Bank of England, called DBS Bridge Bank Ltd. On 1 July 2009 Nationwide acquired the social housing loans and related deposits from the DBS Bridge Bank Ltd.  The remainder of the business, including acquired mortgages and the commercial loan business has been placed into a Building Society Special Administration Process.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you wish to track the route that your old building society took to end up with the building society or bank that it is with now please use this link http://www.bsa.org.uk/docs/consumerpdfs/yearbooknamechangepart1.pdf This takes you to a comprehensive list of mergers, transfers of engagements and changes of names since 1937. The dates of changes are also provided.

 

 

 

 

 


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