The Banknote Collection of the Late Edward Barnby

British Provincial, Cheshire, Macclesfield, Macclesfield Bank, One Pound, 25 April 1820, no. 620, for William, John & Thomas Brocklehurst & Co, signed by William Brocklehurst (Outing 1320A; Grant 1803). Very fine to good very fine, scarce £250-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British and Irish Banknotes formed by the Late Edward Barnby.

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The partnership of Critchley & Turner, which had opened a bank in Macclesfield in 1802, failed in 1816. The business was resumed by three members of the Brocklehurst family, the brothers William (1784-1859), John (1788-1870) and Thomas (1791-1870), together with one Robert Bagshaw, and relocated to the Brocklehurst premises on King Edward street. The Brocklehursts were local silk manufacturers and cotton merchants at Hurdsfield, and after the failure of their competitors, the town’s Daintry & Ryle bank in 1842, assumed a banking monopoly in Macclesfield. The bank was taken over by the Manchester & Liverpool District Banking Co Ltd in 1891 and eventually became part of National Westminster Bank. Its authorised circulation in 1844 was £16,760