Passbooks - House Purchase Department Examples of passbooks used to record transactions made on mortgage accounts

This example of a passbook was issued to mortgagors in 1968, and shows that four amounts (£550; £680; £550; £1,220) were advanced in stage payments on a total advance of £3,000. Under the heading 'IMPORTANT', ten notes (spread over two pages) provide information relating to mortgages provided by the Bank. Similar information is provided in seven 'INSTRUCTIONS' in the example of a passbook issued in 1971 The final example shows the inside front cover of a House Purchase passbook issued for a particular purpose - it relates to the bulk transfer of 466 mortgages from Solihull Urban District Council in 1937