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Post Office Savings Bank

Great Britain · Economy / Savings. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1861Date range
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Chronological records

1861

William Ewart Gladstone16 September 1861

London · Economy / Savings

The Post Office Savings Bank opens, extending secure savings facilities to ordinary households.

Names involved

William Ewart Gladstone

Provenance

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