Burnley Building Society

The Burnley Building Society, incorporated in 1850, was, by 1911, not only 'by far the largest in the County of Lancashire... but the sixth in magnitude in the kingdom'.[1]

Burnley Building Society

Type	Building Society (Mutual)
Industry	Banking and Financial Services
Successor	National & Provincial
Founded	1850
Headquarters	Burnley, Lancashire, England
Products	Savings, Mortgages, Investments, Loans, Insurance

History

In 1968 it merged with the Borough Land and Building Society, another Burnley Society which, in 1911, was described as 'by far the largest Building Society registered under the Industrial and Friendly Societies Acts'.[1]

Burnley Building Society and Provincial Building Society merged in 1984 to become National & Provincial Building Society.[2]

The National and Provincial had existed since 1982 following its change of name from the Provincial Building Society after the transfer of engagements of the Burnley Building Society earlier that year.

On 4 August 1996 Abbey National took over the National and Provincial Building Society and shortly afterwards began to make arrangements for the disposal of the records of that Society and its predecessors which were stored at its offices in Parker Lane, Burnley.[1]

Advertising

In the late 1970s the Burnley Building Society produced a promotional 7" single titled "The Best Things Begin With B". It was performed by George Chandler and lyrics were written by Salman Rushdie.[3]

References

1. "Burnley Building Society". The National Archives. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
2. "Past Building Societies". BuildingSociety.com. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
3. Glaister, Dan (22 January 1999). "After the Satanic Verses, the romantic lyrics". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 May 2020.

Attribution:

•  This article incorporates text published under the British Open Government Licence: Burnley Building Society in the National Archive (1997)