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Transition Centre here
transparency here
lack of here
transportation here
Transvaal, loan, 1903 here
Treasure Journeys here
Treasury, the here, here, here, here, here, here
Bank/Treasury relationship here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
consultation paper, 2010 here
credit squeeze, 1955 here
Economic Section here
and the ERM here
and inflation targeting here, here
Northern Rock crisis here
Radcliffe Report recommendations here
Treasury bills here, here
Treasury Committee here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Treasury letter, the here, here
Treasury stock here
The Trial and Condemnation of the Land Bank at Exeter Change for murdering the Bank of England at Grocers’ Hall here
Tripartite Agreement here
Tripartite Standing Committee here
tripartite system here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Tritton, Herbert here
‘The Triumph of Central Banking?’ (Volcker) here
Trott, Jim here
Trotter, Henry here
Trotter Committee here, here
Tube Investments here
Tucker, Paul here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Tuckey, Andrew here
Tuke, Anthony here
Tunbridge Wells here
‘Turmoil in Financial Markets: What Can Central Banks Do?’ memorandum (King) here
Turner, Lord (Adair) here
Turner & Newall here
typing machines here
Tyrie, Andrew here, here
UBS here
Uglow, Jenny here
UK banks, ownership and control debate here
UK Electricity Council here
Umunna, Chuka here
unclaimed dividends, Pitt’s raid on here
unemployment here, here, here, here, here, here
uniforms here
Union Bank of London here
United Dominions Trust here
United States of America
Bretton Woods dependence on here
crisis, 1836-1837 here
the Depression here
dollars gold convertibility suspended here
financial crisis, 1857 here
financial crisis, 1907 here
financial power here
financial reconstruction plan here
gold reserve here
gold shipments here
Interest Equalisation Tax here
Iranian hostage crisis, 1981 here
National Monetary Commission here
securitised mortgages here
sub-prime mortgage market here
used note sorting machines here
US/Iran hostage deal, 1981 here
Utrecht, Treaty of here
Valedictory Party for Exchange Control here
Vanity Fair here
Vansittart, Nicholas here, here
V-E Day here
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Vestey Group here
Vickers-Armstrong here
Vickery, Abraham here, here, here
Victor Morgan, E. here, here
Victoria, Queen here, here
Victorian monetary settlement here
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Villiers, Arthur here
Vinton, Fred here
Vogel, Sir Julius here
Volcker, Paul here, here, here, here, here
Waag, Moses here
Wadhwani, Sushil here, here
wages here, here, here, here, here
Waghorn’s Coffee House here
Waite, John here
Wales here
Walker, David here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Walker, Peter here
Wall, Sir John here
Wall Street Crash, 1929 here, here, here
Walpole, Horace here
Walpole, Sir Robert here, here
Walters, Sir Alan here
Walters, Sir Peter here
Wanless, Derek here
Wansbrough, George here
War Loans
First World War here, here, here
interest here
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War Stock Office here
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Warner, Jeremy here, here
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Wheeler, Charles here
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Wigan Iron and Coal Co here
Wighton, David here, here
Wilberforce, William here
Wild, Sidney here
Wilde, Oscar, The Importance of Being Earnest here
Wildes & Co here
Wilkes, John here
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William III, King here, here, here
statue here
Willke, Dr Hermann here
Willkie, Wendell here
Wilson, A. J. here
Wilson, Harold here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Wilson Committee here
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Winters, Bill here
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Withers, Hartley here
Wolf, Martin here, here
women here, here, here, here, here, here, here
centenary here
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first here, here
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resistance to working for here
roles here
Wood, Sir Charles here, here, here, here, here
Wood, Elmer here, here
Wood, Gilbert here
Wood, Sir Kingsley here
Woolf, Virginia here
World Bank here, here
World
Economic Conference, 1933 here
Wormell, Jeremy here
Yassukovich, Stanislas here
Yorkshire Penny Bank here
Young, Lord here
Ziegler, Dieter here, here, here, here
Zimbabwe here
Plates Section
Extract from the original book of subscriptions, June–July 1694
The Bank’s second home, December 1694–June 1734: Grocers’ Hall, Poultry
Dominant early figures: Sir John Houblon, the first governor; Gilbert Heathcote (next), the only man to be governor twice
The original west wing, built 1783–6 by Robert Taylor after the demolition of the church of St Christopher le Stocks
The Pay Hall, 1808: engraving by Auguste Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson
Two men who demanded high standards: Samuel Bosanquet, portrait by Charles Turner after George Romney; Abraham Newland (next), portrait by Henry Spicer, c. 1800
James Gillray’s other 1797 take on the Bank’s subjection to William Pitt the Younger
Soane’s Bank: Rotunda
Accountants (later £5 Note) Office
Curtain-walled Threadneedle Street front
Bank Stock Office
Over 90 years on the Court between them: Samuel Thornton, study by Anton Hickel, c. 1795; John Horsley Palmer (next), drawing by James Swinton, 1851
Two upstanding governors: William Cotton, 1850s; William Lidderdale (next), c. 1890
G. E. Hicks, Dividend Day at the Bank of England, 1859
Front Courtyard, 1894, with entrances to Pay Hall and Stock Offices
Consols Office, 1894
The Bank en fête for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, 1897; the wording above the Portico reads, ‘She Wrought Her People Lasting Good’
A touch of Mary Poppins, albeit by the Royal Exchange, not St Paul’s: the Threadneedle Street south front, from across the steps of the Royal Exchange, prior to inter-war demolition
Watching the gold: the Court, 1903, with the governor (Samuel Morley) fourth from left
Staff singing the National Anthem, 4 August 1916, the second anniversary of the start of the Great War
King George V and Queen Mary leave the Bank after their visit, December 1917; the governor, Lord Cunliffe, holds his top hat
Soane’s Bank demolished, 1920s: Bank Stock Office
Many years later recreated in the Museum; Rotunda
Including its lunettes; caryatids, made in 1795, being taken away from the Consols Transfer Office, though eventually restored to the Museum
Printing dividend warrants at St Luke’s, 1920s
Committee of Treasury, painted by A. K. Lawrence, 1928; the governor, Montagu Norman, third from right
Taking the Paris air, May 1930: Norman in the centre, with the Bank’s lawyer, Sir William Leese of Freshfields, on the right
Baker’s Bank: Portico
Front Hall
Court Room
Garden Court
Bomb damage to Bank station, January 1941
On the seventh floor, c. 1942: Messengers’ Quarters Kitchen
Waiting for nationalisation: Lord Catto, 1944
Bank Note Office, 1942: prickers and stampers
Bank Note Office, 1961–2: paid notes for destruction
Bullion Office, 1960s: gold vault
Dividend Preparation Office, New Change, 1962: the Bank’s first computer
A future governor, Leslie O’Brien, holding aloft a presentation book of signatures to the retiring governor, Lord (‘Kim’) Cobbold, June 1961
Lord Cromer, 1961, with Pitt the Younger continuing to keep an eye on the Old Lady
Personification of the Discount Office: Hilton Clarke, 1967
Printing works at Debden, c. 1960
Governors during turbulent years: Gordon Richardson, July 1973; Robin Leigh-Pemberton (next), c. 1990
South front, 1990s
The first two post-independence governors: Eddie George, 1990s; Mervyn King (next), April 2013. (The painting above George is Johann Zoffany’s portrait of Abraham Vickery.)
Picture Credits
Extract from the original book of subscriptions, June–July 1694 (The Bank of England Archive (M1/1))
Grocers’ Hall, Poultry (Bank of England Museum (0003). © The Governor and Company of the Bank of England)
Sir John Houblon (Bank of England Museum (0248ii). © The Governor and Company of the Bank of England)
Gilbert Heathcote (Bank of England Museum (0244). © The Governor and Company of the Bank of England)
The original west wing (Bank of England Museum (902). © The Governor and Company of the Bank of England)
The Pay Hall, 1808 (Bank of England Museum (0820). © The Governor and Company of the Bank of England)
Samuel Bosanquet (Bank of England Museum (0236). © The Governor and Company of the Bank of England)
Abraham Newland (Bank of England Museum (0498 (i)). © The Governor and Company of the Bank of England)
Midas, transmuting all, into paper, James Gillray, 1797 (The Bank of England Museum (0276). © The Governor and Company of the Bank of England)
Soane’s Bank: Rotunda (Bank of England Museum (0172). © The Governor and Company of the Bank of England)
Soane’s Bank: Accountants (later £5 Note) Office (The Bank of England Museum (1993/234). © The Governor and Company of the Bank of England)
Soane’s Bank: Threadneedle Street front (The Bank of England Museum (0087). © The Governor and Company of the Bank of England)
Soane’s Bank: Bank Stock Office (The Bank of England Archive 15A13/1/1/4/4)
Samuel Thornton (Bank of England Museum (0843). © The Governor and Company of the Bank of England)
John Horsley Palmer (Bank of England Museum (0257). © The Governor and Company of the Bank of England)
William Cotton (The Bank of England Archive (15A13/13/2/8))
William Lidderdale (The Bank of England Archive (15A13/13/2/1))
G. E. Hicks, Dividend Day at the Bank of England, 1859 (The Bank of England Museum (0187). © The Governor and Company of the Bank of England)
Front Courtyard, 1894 (The Bank of England Archive (15A13/1/7))
Consols Office, 1894 (The Bank of England Archive (15A13/1/7))
The Bank en fête for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, 1897 (The Bank of England Archive (NON ST 68))
Threadneedle Street south front, from across the steps of the Royal Exchange (The Bank of England Archive (15A13/1/2/11))
The Court of Directors, 1903 (The Bank of England Archive 15A13/13/3/1))
Staff singing the National Anthem, 4 August 1916 (The Bank of England Archive (HOCO/963))
King George V and Queen Mary leave the Bank after their visit, December 1917 (The Bank of England Archive (NON ST 49))
Bank Stock Office, 1920s (The Bank of England Archive (15A13/1/3/18))
Rotunda, 1920s (The Bank of England Archive (15A13/1/3/43))
Caryatids, made in 1795, being taken away from the Consols Transfer Office (The Bank of England Archive (15A13/1/3/63))
Printing dividend warrants at St Luke’s, 1920s (The Bank of England Archive (15A13/6/1/11))
Committee of Treasury, painted by A.K. Lawrence, 1928 (The Bank of England Museum (1090). © The Governor and Company of the Bank of England)
Taking the Paris air, May 1930 (The Bank of England Archive (15A13/1/3/18))
Baker’s Bank: Portico (The Bank of England Archive (15A13/1/2/6))
Baker’s Bank: Front Hall (The Bank of England Archive (15A13/1/1/58/6))
Baker’s Bank: Court Room (The Bank of England Archive (STAFF 15A13/1/1/67/48))
Baker’s Bank: Garden Court (The Bank of England Archive (15A13_1_1_68_41))
Bomb damage to Bank station, January 1941 (The Bank of England Archive (15A13/1/4/39). © London News Agency (LN14213B))
Messengers’ Quarters Kitchen, c. 1942 (The Bank of England Archive (15A13/1/4/44))
Lord Catto, 1944 (The Bank of England Archive (STA
FF C3))
Bank Note Office, 1942: prickers and stampers (The Bank of England Archive (15A13/1/1/27/4))
Bank Note Office, 1962: paid notes for destruction (The Bank of England Archive (15A13/1/1/27/4))
Bullion Office, 1960s: gold vault (The Bank of England Archive (15A13/1/1/8/31))
Dividend Preparation Office, New Change, 1962: the Bank’s first computer (The Bank of England Archive (NC 8))
Leslie O’Brien and Lord (‘Kim’) Cobbold, June 1961 (The Bank of England Archive (E8/164))
Lord Cromer, 1961 (The Bank of England Archive (STAFF C30))
Hilton Clarke, 1967 (The Bank of England Archive (STAFF C10))
Printing works at Debden, c. 1960 (The Bank of England Archive (BkC001))
Gordon Richardson, July 1973 (Hulton Archive/Getty Images. © Central Press/Stringer)
Robin Leigh-Pemberton, c. 1990 (The Bank of England Archive (STAFF L11))
South front, 1990s (The Bank of England Archive (15A13/1/2/57))
Eddie George, 1990s (Getty Images. © Gemma Levine/Contributor)
Mervyn King, April 2013 (Getty Images. © Bloomberg/Contributor)
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