Abbey National (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Abbey National plc was a UK-based bank and former building society, which latterly traded under the Abbey brand name. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of Grupo Santander of Spain in 2004, and was rebranded as Santander in January 2010, forming Santander UK along with the savings business of the former Bradford & Bingley. Before the takeover, it was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. The National Freehold Land Society, officially named the National Permanent Mutual Benefit Building Society to give it legal existence under the Building Societies Act 1836, was established by two Liberal Members of Parliament, Sir Joshua Walmsley and Richard Cobden, in 1849, joined a year later by John Bright.