Devon and Cornwall Bank

[5][6] In 1798 Messrs. Walter Prideaux (i.e. Walter Prideaux (1769-1855) "Junior"[7]) and John Roope erected extensive machinery at the former Kingsbridge corn-mill, which they converted into a woollen manufactory, where for a number of years the serge or long-ell trade was carried on, to supply the East India Company with goods for India.

In 1805 Walter Prideaux (d.1832), the Plymouth banker, married Sarah-Ball Hingston, a daughter of his partner Joseph Hingston (1764-1835) (Senior), merchant,[9] of Dodbrooke (adjacent to Kingsbridge) in Devon, by his first wife Sarah Ball (d. 1790), a daughter of Joseph Ball of Bridgwater in Somerset.

Dividends from the bankruptcy were paid to creditors at the King's Arms Inn at Kingsbridge on 31 March 1830.

[19][20] The name of the Hingston & Prideaux Bank, which although it encountered financial difficulties appears to have escaped the fate of its competitor at Kingsbridge, was later changed to Devon & Cornwall Banking Company to reflect its expanded geographical sphere of operations.

The headquarters was in the City of Plymouth in Devon, and within one year of its establishment the first branch had been opened at St Austell in Cornwall.

Head office of the Devon and Cornwall Bank in Plymouth, photographed in 1900
Front cover of the 1899 Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Devon & Cornwall Bank
Devon and Cornwall Bank Building, South Molton , Devon, in 2017, continuing as a branch of Lloyd's Bank . Displaying on the frieze left to right: the arms of Courtenay , Earls of Devon ; of the Corporation of Plymouth ; of the Duchy of Cornwall ; sculpted text above: "Established 1832" above which in the pediment are shown the arms of the Borough of South Molton . Behind the modern signage of "Lloyds Bank" is visible the vestige of the former signage "Devon & Cornwall Bank"
Detail of pediment of Devon and Cornwall Bank Building, South Molton , showing in the tympanum the arms of the Borough of South Molton, below which is sculpted on the architrave : "Established 1832"
Detail of frieze of Devon and Cornwall Bank Building, South Molton , showing (top to bottom) arms of the Corporation of Plymouth ; of Courtenay , Earls of Devon ; of the Duchy of Cornwall