Have finaly got round to posting my small collection of cheques LOL

GB
Belfast Banking Co, Ballymena branch
1893
Cheque (Credit note) £306.8.1
4 shilling duty stamp red
Multiple signitures front & back
Acceptable at G M Curries & Co London for the New Northen Spinning & Weaving Co
Rec Union Bank of London

The bank was established in 1808
In 1970, the Belfast Banking Company Limited amalgamated with the Northern Banking Company Limited to form what is now known as Northern Bank Limited

R F Patterson & C0
1897
Cheque (Credit note) £245. 8 6
3 shilling duty stamp red
Multiple signitures front & back
Acceptable at G M Curries & Co London for the New Northen Spinning & Weaving Co
Rec London & County Bank Co Ltd

Dont know anything about this one

S Smith & Co Bankers of Nottingham
1892
Cheque £16.5.0
1d duty stamp red
2 sigs to front
Rev blank

est. c.1650s, operate independently as Samuel Smith & Co until 1902. when it joined with the other Smith family banks in merging with Union Bank of London Ltd (est. 1839), to form Union of London & Smiths Bank Ltd.

Westminster Bank Ltd Hinckley
1926
Cheque £37.5.9
2d duty stamp blue
2 sigs to front
1 sig to rev
Rec Barclays Bank Ltd Hinckley
the Westminster Bank at the time incorperated a number of smaller banks, these are shown on the cheque
London Count
Parr's
Stuckeys
Crompton & Evens
Nottingham & Notts
Becketts

USA
Wickersham Banking Co Petaluma, California
1903
Cheque $6
2 sigs to front (1 guardian of a minor)
1 sig to back

There is a Infamous murder connected to this banking family :eek:

http://albionmonitor.com/9608a/sw-mystery.html

The family was also involved in the 'Petaluma and Healdsburg Railroad Company' but they coudn't raise enough capital to buy a Loco and the whole venture ended in mutual recriminations between the partners LOL

Have a look and let me know what you think

A bit more info on th e Belfast Banking Company Limited

The partnership known as the Belfast Bank commenced business in 1808 and achieved joint stock status in 1827. The partnership originally consisted of David Gordon, Narcissus Batt, John H Houston and Hugh Crawford. The Belfast Banking Company Limited had branches throughout Ireland, with its Head Office in Belfast. On 1 July 1970, it amalgamated with Northern Bank Limited (at that time, both banks were owned by Midland Bank), and the name of the Belfast Banking Company Limited disappeared. The Ballymena branch opened in 1834.

This info was very kindly forwarded to me by Mr R W McMurray of the Northern Bank's Legal Department< I have to say it was extreemly kind of him to go to the trouble of digging up this info for me.

This means that I can now reserchthe original founding members of the bank : D