<Tr> <Th> Owner </Th> <Td> Bank of Ireland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> (1) </Td> </Tr> <P> Bristol & West (B&W) was a former building society in the United Kingdom, one of the first to be demutualised to become a commercial bank . It became a division of the Bank of Ireland in 1997 . Bristol & West had its headquarters in Bristol, England . The bank's main activity was mortgage lending for residential and commercial customers, although in 2009 its business was transferred to Bank of Ireland and it became a shell company and stopped accepting new customers . The Bristol & West name has since been replaced by the Bank of Ireland brand . </P> <P> The Building society was founded in 1850 as the Bristol, West of England and South Wales Permanent Building Society . It offered mortgages in the Bristol and the south west of England area and became a well known institution in the region . </P>

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