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QUESTION Which is Britain's oldest public library?
THE first public library in the United Kingdom was established in Norwich in 1608 by the town's elders and was provided mainly for use by the clergy.See the full content of this document
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Birth of a Novel Idea ; Answers to Correspondents
The books were kept in rooms belonging to the house of Jerrom Goodwyn and were mainly theological in nature.
The library built up a collection of more than 1,700 books, which were incorporated into the Norwich Public Library when it was founded in 1857.The oldest library as we know them today was Chetham's Library in Ma...See the full content of this document
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