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Birmingham Midshires was formed on 30 June 1986 by the merger of the Birmingham and Bridgwater and the Midshires Building Societies. These societies could trace their roots back to 1849 and were themselves formed by the mergers of the following societies: Liverpool Building Society, Wolverhampton
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Birmingham Midshires became part of the Halifax in April 1999, it had savings balances of £5.9 billion and mortgage assets of £9.2 billion. BM savings balances later doubled to £12 billion; mortgage assets more than trebled to over £32 billion.
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Birmingham Midshires savings accounts have been closed, and its website states it is closed to new and existing customers for savings and to new customers for mortgages.
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