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Barclays · founded1690

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What the statuses mean

Valid from
1690-01-01
Valid until
still holds
Published
no source on record carries a date
Recorded by AsOf
2026-11-12
Checked
2026-11-12 · its source page states the value and the date
Confidence
0.95

Sources

“The origins of the eagle lie in the shop premises on Lombard Street, where Barclays had been situated since its foundation in 1690.”— what the page says, read 2026-11-12

Cite this claim

Each form names the value, its as-of date (1690-01-01), the day you read it (2026-11-13), the claim's stable URL and id and its primary source. The URL never changes: a superseded claim stays at the same address.

Plain text
AsOf. "Barclays founded: 1690", as of 1690-01-01. Claim clm_7972B358D9A2, https://asof.is/claim/clm_7972B358D9A2, accessed 2026-11-13. Source: https://home.barclays/who-we-are/our-history/.
APA
AsOf. (1690). Barclays founded: 1690 (as of 1690-01-01) [Record clm_7972B358D9A2]. Retrieved November 13, 2026, from https://asof.is/claim/clm_7972B358D9A2 (source: https://home.barclays/who-we-are/our-history/)
BibTeX
@misc{asof_clm_7972B358D9A2,
  author = {AsOf},
  title = {Barclays founded: 1690},
  year = {1690},
  howpublished = {\url{https://asof.is/claim/clm_7972B358D9A2}},
  note = {Claim clm\_7972B358D9A2, as of 1690-01-01; source: https://home.barclays/who-we-are/our-history/},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}

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