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Coventry

Leek & Moorlands Building Society

Period1856–1965
FateMerged
GroupCoventry

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

1938acquisitionLongton Mutual Permanent Benefit Building Society1953acquisitionRailway Permanent Benefit Building Society1956acquisitionNorth Staffordshire Permanent Economic Benefit Building Society1957acquisitionStone New Freehold Benefit Building Society1957acquisitionNewcastle-under-Lyme Benefit Building Society1958acquisitionNewcastle & District Building Society1959acquisitionSouthdown Permanent Building Society1959acquisitionSilsden Building Society1960acquisitionNALGO Building Society1961acquisitionStockport Atlas Building Society1961acquisitionRadcliffe Building Society1961acquisitionCongleton Equitable Benefit Building Society1961acquisitionStockport & East Cheshire Building Society1964acquisitionKidderminster Mutual Benefit Building Society1964acquisitionAylesbury Permanent Benefit Building Society1964acquisitionLion Building Society1965acquisitionPenistone Building Society

Became part of

1965mergerLeek & Westbourne Building Society

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