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It was renamed the London and County Banking Company in
1839. Limited liability was acquired in 1866 and by 1875 it had over 150 branches,
making it the largest British bank.
In August 1909 the Bank merged with the London and
Westminster Bank, which had been established in 1834. As a consequence, it was
re-titled the London, County and Westminster Bank, the London and Westminster, which only
had 37 branches, then being wound up.
A further merger, with Parr's Bank Ltd, in 1918 brought
another change of title, this time to the London County Westminster and Parr's Bank Ltd.
In 1923, when a branch first appeared in Plymouth, at 21 Bedford Street, this rather cumbersome title
was shortened to the Westminster Bank Ltd.
When the Bank of England
closed its branch at Bank of England Place in Plymouth in 1949, the Westminster took over
their premises but they had to terminate their tenancy on June 24th 1957.
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