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The society has three branches located on Fox Lane and High Street, Chorley and Towngate, [[Leyland, Lancashire|Leyland]]. |
The society has three branches located on Fox Lane and High Street, Chorley and Towngate, [[Leyland, Lancashire|Leyland]]. |
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==History== |
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Chorley and District Building Society is the oldest building Society in Lancashire. It became established on the 7th March 1859 and was originally called The Chorley Permanent Benefit Building Society. It was created to help mill workers buy their homes. In those early days the Society only met once a month, when the subscriptions were collected. The Society became incorporated under the Building Society's Act on the 6th August 1874. The original name was then changed to The Chorley (£60 Shares) Permanent Benefit Building Society on the 17th February 1897. |
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Revision as of 11:04, 24 June 2013
| Company type | Building Society (Mutual) |
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| Industry | Banking and Financial Services |
| Founded | 1859 |
| Headquarters | Chorley, England, UK |
| Products | Savings, Mortgages, Investments, Loans, Insurance |
£390,000 GBP (February 2008),  14.4% on 2007 | |
| Total assets | £194 million GBP (February 2008), 10.2% on 2007 |
| Website | www.chorleybs.co.uk |
The Chorley & District Building Society is a UK building society based in Chorley, Lancashire, England. It is the 39th largest in the United Kingdom based on total assets of £194 million as at January 2013.[1] It is a member of the Building Societies Association.
The society has three branches located on Fox Lane and High Street, Chorley and Towngate, Leyland.
History
Chorley and District Building Society is the oldest building Society in Lancashire. It became established on the 7th March 1859 and was originally called The Chorley Permanent Benefit Building Society. It was created to help mill workers buy their homes. In those early days the Society only met once a month, when the subscriptions were collected. The Society became incorporated under the Building Society's Act on the 6th August 1874. The original name was then changed to The Chorley (£60 Shares) Permanent Benefit Building Society on the 17th February 1897.
References
- ^ [ Mutual Vision Technologies 2013 "Building Society Guide - A Statistical Analysis of the Building Society Movement" Impact Print, Hereford]
External links
- Chorley & District Building Society
- Building Societies Association
- KPMG Building Societies Database 2008
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