{"id":77,"date":"2016-09-17T19:27:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T18:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2016-09-17T19:29:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T18:29:40","slug":"the-banks-of-13-broad-street","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/the-place\/launceston-businesses\/the-banks-of-13-broad-street\/","title":{"rendered":"The Banks of 13 Broad Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was in 1832 that Gill and Company, who had banked in Tavistock since 1791, opened a branch in the charge of Richard Dingley under the name of \u2018The Tavistock Bank\u2019. In 1889 Gill, Morshead and Company, successors to Gill and Company, were absorbed by Fox, Fowler and Company of Wellington, Somerset.<br \/>\nFour years after the opening of Gill and Company\u2019s branch, the Devon and Cornwall Banking Company commenced business at the site of 13 Broad Street, and shortly after the purchase of the freehold by the Bank in 1887 the existing granite-faced building, incorporating the Bank House, was erected. Lloyds Bank Limited took over this business when it absorbed the Devon and Cornwall Banking Company in 1906.<br \/>\nMeanwhile the Fox, Fowler and Company\u2019s branch continued to flourish in premises lower down Broad Street until 1921 when they too were absorbed. As a result of this merger there were for several years two branches of Lloyds Bank in the same street; Fox\u2019s branch, as it was then called, being managed by Mr. A. Y. Oag (Below left) and the other by Mr. T. A. Arden. On Mr. Arden\u2019s retirement Mr. Oag took charge of both branches until they were merged under his management at 13, Broad Street on January 1st, 1929.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_78\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78\" style=\"width: 182px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-78\" src=\"http:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mr-A-Y-Oag-182x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mr. A. Y. Oag\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mr-A-Y-Oag-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mr-A-Y-Oag-768x1267.jpg 768w, https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mr-A-Y-Oag-621x1024.jpg 621w, https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mr-A-Y-Oag.jpg 1902w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-78\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr. A. Y. Oag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Visits: 116<\/p><!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-77\" data-postid=\"77\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-77 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was in 1832 that Gill and Company, who had banked in Tavistock since 1791, opened a branch in the charge of Richard Dingley under the name of \u2018The Tavistock Bank\u2019. In 1889 Gill, Morshead and Company, successors to Gill and Company, were absorbed by Fox, Fowler and Company of Wellington, Somerset. Four years after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":81,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-77","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77\/revisions\/80"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}