Bank of England note issues
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The Bank of England, which is now the central bank of the United Kingdom, British Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories, has issued banknotes since 1694. In 1921 the Bank of England gained a legal monopoly on the issue of banknotes in England and Wales, a process that started with the Bank Charter Act of 1844 when the ability of other banks to issue notes was restricted.
£5 note issued by the Fox, Fowler and Company bank in Wellington, Somerset
Obverse side of the 10/– Treasury note.
Series A £1 note, issued from London in 1805
Series A Bank of England £5 note, issued in 1952
Banknotes of the pound sterling
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The pound sterling is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and Tristan da Cunha.
An example of a provincial English banknote: a £1 note issued in 1814 by the Gloucester Old Bank
The Debden Security Printing Ltd printing facility, owned by De La Rue, which prints Bank of England banknotes.
Sir Winston Churchill
J. M. W. Turner