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Leek & Moorlands Building Society

Period 1856–1965
Fate Merged
Part of Coventry Building Society

Lineage

Leek & Moorlands Longton Mutual acquired 1938 Railway Permanent acquired 1953 North Staffordshire acquired 1956 Stone New Freehold acquired 1957 Newcastle-under-Lyme Benefit acquired 1957 Newcastle & District acquired 1958 Southdown acquired 1959 Silsden acquired 1959 NALGO acquired 1960 Stockport Atlas acquired 1961 RB Radcliffe acquired 1961 Congleton acquired 1961 Stockport & East Cheshire acquired 1961 Kidderminster Mutual Benefit acquired 1964 Aylesbury Permanent acquired 1964 Lion acquired 1964 Penistone acquired 1965

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History

Leek & Moorlands Building Society was founded in 1856. It underwent significant expansion through mergers, including with Westbourne Park Building Society in 1965 to form Leek & Westbourne, and with Eastern Counties Building Society in 1974 to form Leek, Westbourne & Eastern Counties Building Society. In the same year, it accepted a transfer of engagements from Oldbury Britannia Building Society and was subsequently renamed Britannia Building Society in 1975.

The society continued to grow through an extensive programme of consolidation, completing more than 50 mergers and acquisitions, particularly during the 1960s through to the 1990s. Britannia Building Society was acquired by The Co-operative Bank in 2009, which was itself later acquired by Coventry Building Society in 2025.

Absorbed from

1938acquiredLongton Mutual Permanent Benefit Building Society1953acquiredRailway Permanent Benefit Building Society1956acquiredNorth Staffordshire Permanent Economic Benefit Building Society1957acquiredStone New Freehold Benefit Building Society1957acquiredNewcastle-under-Lyme Benefit Building Society1958acquiredNewcastle & District Building Society1959acquiredSouthdown Permanent Building Society1959acquiredSilsden Building Society1960acquiredNALGO Building Society1961acquiredStockport Atlas Building Society1961acquiredRadcliffe Building Society1961acquiredCongleton Equitable Benefit Building Society1961acquiredStockport & East Cheshire Building Society1964acquiredKidderminster Mutual Benefit Building Society1964acquiredAylesbury Permanent Benefit Building Society1964acquiredLion Building Society1965acquiredPenistone Building Society

Became part of

1965mergedLeek & Westbourne Building Society

Sources

Last updated: 04/05/2026