Gurney's bank
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Gurney's bank was founded by Barlett Gurney in 1777 in the city of Norwich, England.
The bank was founded in what is now known as Bank Plain (formally Redwell Street). The Quaker Gurneys were renowned for their honesty, reliability, and fair dealings — so people lent them their money for safe keeping. About 1777 Alderman Poole, a wine merchant, sold Bartlett Gurney premises near to the red well, and Gurney installed safes for bullion. A junior clerk slept on the trapdoor to the vaults to safeguard the valuables. The bank issued its own notes.
A bull mastiff (complete with brass collar) stood on guard inside the doors at the Bank Plain premises, and there was always a blunderbuss at the ready.
In 1896, Gurney's Bank merged in 1896 with Backhouse's Bank of Darlington and Barclays Bank of London to form what is now Barclays Bank.
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