ABOUT THIS WEBSITE
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2013
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2014
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2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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2020
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2021
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2022
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2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
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| January |
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2,814
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2,823
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3,016
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4,861
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4,405
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4,194
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3,560
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3,285
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3,307
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3,853
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4,287
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5,582
|
5,388
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| February |
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2,498
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2,270
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2,793
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4,538
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4,200
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3,681
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4,942
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3,324
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3,173
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3,376
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5,431
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5,266
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4,678
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| March |
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2,668
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2,354
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2,825
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5,047
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4,306
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4,335
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4,819
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3,641
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2,712
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4,168
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6,621
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6,035
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5,658
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| April |
2,353
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2,079
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2,275
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3,172
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5,718
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3,786
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4,688
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3,086
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3,602
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2,985
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3,999
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6,257
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6,752
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6,062
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| May |
2,365
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2,687
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2,212
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3,537
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4,310
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3,403
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5,377
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2,874
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5,341
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2,800
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4,135
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6,372
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4,935
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5,628
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| June |
2,206
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2,658
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2,590
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4,400
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4,459
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3,312
|
4,685
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2,972
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4,643
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3,589
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4,682
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5,121
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3,241
|
4,403
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| July |
2,774
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2,519
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2,738
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3,857
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3,613
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4,454
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4,969
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3,634
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5,144
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3,359
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4,171
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6,658
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4,688
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| August |
2,206
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2,864
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2,635
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3,192
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3,979
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4,765
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5,267
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5,806
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5,067
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3,460
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3,972
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6,030
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4,740
|
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| September |
3,290
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2,896
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2,584
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3,030
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4,878
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4,307
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4,656
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7,588
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3,898
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3,569
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4,369
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5,503
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5,306
|
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| October |
2,538
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2,832
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2,335
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3,493
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3,787
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5,039
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4,737
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7,962
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3,914
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3,894
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5,446
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5,675
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4,402
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| November |
2,582
|
2,530
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2,542
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4,413
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4,016
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5,051
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5,018
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6,476
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4,233
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3,589
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5,738
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5,248
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2,773
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| December |
3,090
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2,703
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2,810
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5,787
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3,562
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4,119
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2,863
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4,685
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4,217
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4,907
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3,966
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4,688
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4,591
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| Average |
2,600
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2,646
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2,514
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3,626
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4,397
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4,262
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4,539
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4,867
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4,192
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3,445
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4,323
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5,658
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4,859
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5,303
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The main purpose of this website is to record the history of a unique Birmingham achievement:
- the Birmingham
Municipal Bank, that existed from September 1st 1919 to March 31 1976. Also included in this history are:
-
the Birmingham Corporation Savings Bank, the predecessor of the Birmingham Municipal Bank, whose formation played an integral
part in this history. That bank commenced business on September 29th 1916 and ceased to take deposits on October 31st 1919;
and
- the Birmingham Municipal Trustee Savings Bank (which existed from April 1st 1976 to November 20th 1979), which
was the successor to the Birmingham Municipal Bank.
The following abbreviations are used in the website:
BMB = Birmingham Municipal
Bank
BMTSB = Birmingham Municipal Trustee Savings Bank
TSB = Trustee Savings Bank(s)
BCSB = Birmingham Corporation Savings Bank
A
major source of information regarding the years 1916 to 1927 is a book by the Bank's first General Manager, J P Hilton. This book
is entitled Britain's First Municipal Savings Bank, and several references are made to it throughout the website.
Historically,
some of Birmingham's suburbs included an apostophe in their name (eg: King's Heath). That practice was generally abandoned in more
recent years, although some signposts still exist that include the apostrophe. This website has adopted the convention of excluding
the apostrophe from the names of such branches.
The majority of the Bank's existence occured prior to the introduction of Decimal Currency in 1971. Reporting of values on the
website is mostly in whole Pounds (£). The value of amounts reported in shillings (s) and/or pence (d) can be converted to 'new'
pence (p) by reference to the website's article on Decimalisation.
This Website was created by David Parkes
The Website is still under compilation as more information becomes available.
The Website is still under compilation as more information becomes available.
Please report any errors or omissions on this website to David Parkes at: davidparkes1941@gmail.com
Any suggestions for improvements
or additions would also be welcome, as would any articles, photographs, or memories relating to employment with the BMB.
The main sources for information on this website are:
(1) Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for the Birmingham Municipal
Bank for the years 1920 to 1976
(2) Annual Report and Accounts for the Birmingham Municipal Trustee Savings Bank for the
years 1976 to 1979
(3) Britain's First Municipal Savings Bank - The Romance of a Great Achievement
Book by J P Hilton. Published by The Blackfriars Press Limited, 1927
(4) Various editions of the staff magazines: NEWS LETTER and
CONTACT; and the magazine of the Retired Staff
(5) Staff Association's Special Edition of CONTACT magazine (25th Anniversary)
(6)
Various editions of BANKNOTES - the TSB staff magazine
(7) Various editions of the Savings Banks Institute Journal
(8)
Souvenir book re the Official Opening of Broad Street Head Offices
(9) Committee minutes of the Birmingham Corporation Savings
Bank & the Birmingham Municipal Bank
(10) Archives section of the Library of Birmingham
(11) University of Birmingham
- Cadbury Research Library
(12) Lloyds Banking Group Archives
(13) Various documents preserved by former staff of the Birmingham
Municipal Bank
(14) Dudley Archives and Local History Services
(15) The Building Societies Association
(16) A History
of Savings Banks by H Oliver Horne (1947)
(17) One Hundred & Fifty Years of Trustee Savings Banks by A R B Haldane (1960)
(18)
Model Rules for Trustee Savings Banks by C L Lawton (1966)
(19) Annual Reports for the Birmingham Savings Bank: 1827
to 1863
WEBSITE VISITS EACH MONTH
A 'Visit' is recorded when a person or a computer (a user) hits on a page of the website.
If a
user then hits on other pages of the website in the same session, such hits do not count as a visit.
The same user returning
to the website in another session records another visit.
This measure replaces the record of Unique Visitors which was suspended
for a period during 2014. Data for 2015 onwards is now available and is reported below.
Thanks are due to the following, who have assisted with the compilation of this website:
| Maurice Eley | Norman Worwood | Keith Haslam |
| Arthur Radburn | Richard Mann | Ray & Margaret Stanley |
| Michael Davenport | Hilda Hathaway | Dorothy & Albert Williams |
| David Glenn | Val Salisbury | John Ordish |
| Sheila Turner | Gill & Mike Price | Keith Boden |
| Tony Green | Bob Fernie | Peter Aston |
| Maureen Davies | Eric Bignell | John Walker |
| Steve White | Lesley Coley | David Jackson |
| David Smith | Alf & Sheila Young | Ron & Lynda Cridge |
| Malcolm Smith | Norman Monk | Ian Galloway |
| Graham Sargent | Steve Barber | Rita Harris |
| Michael Bourke | David Archer | Janet Frost |
| Neil Endall | Rob Wilden | Malcolm Glenn |
| Sue Brookes | Kenneth Morrison | Eddie Yates |
| British Pathe | British Film Institute | OpenStreetMap |
| John Marshall | Les Williams | Christine & David Skett |
| Chris Bowcott | Eileen Goode | Jeanette Parkes |
| Mary Jones | Lynne Wright | Tom Murphy |
| Graham Capener | Mark Wilson | Elly Clark |
| Mike Birch & Ned Trifle | Alton Douglas & Brewin Books | Lois Waters |
| Carol Beamish | Peter & Maureen Limbrick | Nadia Macis |
| John Winterbottom | Frances Pritchett | Gilbert Sherborne |
| Amy Lunn | Michelle Shanahan | Simon Rex |
| Muriel Caddy | Nick Bright | Keith Burrows |
| Ann Partlett | Brenda Harvey | Steve Pink |
| Jim Bates | Phil Herriott | Nick Fernihough |
| Richard Brice | Graham Bowden | Roger Parker |
| Tanya Burrage | Barry Hicks | David Burke |
| Steve Richards | Fiona Innes | Kenny Prentice |
| Sally Cherry | Chris Houghton | Lynne Worwood |
| Joan Bourke | John & Lesley Hemming | Joy Brindley |
| Sylvia Wall | James Phillips | APEC Architects Ltd |
| Mondalez International Cadbury Archive | Jane McArdle |
1,539
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014
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2015
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2016
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
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2020
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2021
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2022
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2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
| |
| January |
0
|
70
|
115
|
204
|
306
|
178
|
204
|
273
|
372
|
398
|
317
|
382
|
1,204
|
328
|
515
|
426
|
529
|
741
|
2,018
|
| February |
2
|
86
|
122
|
301
|
290
|
193
|
284
|
265
|
312
|
389
|
646
|
364
|
1,550
|
330
|
619
|
426
|
560
|
1,380
|
1,539
|
| March |
9
|
88
|
140
|
264
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304
|
366
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n/a
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288
|
320
|
402
|
370
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370
|
550
|
375
|
585
|
460
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850
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945
|
2,005
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| April |
35
|
51
|
114
|
190
|
290
|
237
|
n/a
|
308
|
303
|
384
|
353
|
371
|
391
|
384
|
589
|
463
|
1,082
|
793
|
2,230
|
| May |
34
|
65
|
117
|
206
|
244
|
211
|
n/a
|
365
|
318
|
320
|
283
|
351
|
379
|
425
|
528
|
429
|
1,155
|
770
|
2,244
|
| June |
79
|
88
|
144
|
233
|
279
|
219
|
n/a
|
438
|
216
|
290
|
274
|
305
|
338
|
436
|
611
|
722
|
747
|
669
|
4,322
|
| July |
48
|
94
|
168
|
278
|
266
|
203
|
n/a
|
257
|
230
|
301
|
256
|
332
|
309
|
514
|
504
|
471
|
874
|
1,931
|
|
| August |
57
|
60
|
147
|
298
|
325
|
218
|
n/a
|
317
|
234
|
404
|
304
|
351
|
340
|
459
|
524
|
541
|
1,130
|
1,941
|
|
| September |
72
|
94
|
153
|
282
|
358
|
227
|
n/a
|
367
|
284
|
338
|
281
|
355
|
323
|
421
|
611
|
446
|
1,156
|
1,567
|
|
| October |
191
|
101
|
166
|
322
|
409
|
202
|
n/a
|
303
|
267
|
323
|
380
|
340
|
289
|
520
|
536
|
529
|
918
|
1,045
|
|
| November |
121
|
91
|
201
|
225
|
328
|
203
|
260
|
280
|
288
|
444
|
393
|
693
|
321
|
497
|
392
|
545
|
910
|
1,159
|
|
| December |
99
|
71
|
189
|
303
|
218
|
262
|
334
|
266
|
321
|
303
|
332
|
725
|
359
|
463
|
611
|
530
|
867
|
1,188
|
|
| Average |
68
|
81
|
148
|
259
|
301
|
227
|
271
|
311
|
289
|
358
|
349
|
412
|
529
|
429
|
552
|
499
|
898
|
1,177
|
2,393
|
UNIQUE VISITORS EACH MONTH
A 'Unique Visitor' is a person or computer (a user) that has made at least one hit on at least
one page of the website during a calendar month.
If a user makes several visits during one calendar month, that user is
counted only once.
Until February 2014, this measure was used as a means of monitoring the use of the Website. However, from
that date, the raw data was suspended by the Website's hosting system, and the alternative set of data reported above replaced
it.
The data for 'Unique Visitors Each Month' was reinstated from November 2014 and is reproduced here, together with
the same statistic since the website was created.
Historical data regarding PAGE VISITS is reported separately.