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The Mercantile Building Society was a UK building society, formed [1] in North Shields, an area of North Tyneside, in Tyne and Wear. It merged with the Leeds Building Society in 2006. [2]

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References

  1. http://www.mortgagesorter.co.uk/Mercantile.html
  2. Building Society Mergers and Conversions since 1980 Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Building Societies Association website (Retrieved 5 April 2007)