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Manchester Central Library is the headquarters of the city's library and information service in Manchester, England. Facing St Peter's Square , it was designed by E. Vincent Harris and constructed between 1930 and 1934.
Chetham's Library in Manchester, England, is the oldest free public reference library in the English-speaking world. [1] Chetham's Hospital, which contains both the library and Chetham's School of Music, was established in 1653 under the will of Humphrey Chetham (1580–1653), for the education of "the sons of honest, industrious and painful parents", [1] and a library for the use of scholars.
The John Rylands Research Institute and Library is a late-Victorian neo-Gothic building on Deansgate in Manchester, England.It is part of the University of Manchester. [4] The library, which opened to the public in 1900, was founded by Enriqueta Augustina Rylands in memory of her husband, John Rylands. [5]
North City Library, Manchester, UK Didsbury Library. There are 24 public libraries in Manchester, England, including the famous Central Library in St Peter’s Square.. The oldest community library still in use is Levenshulme Library in South Manchester, built in 1903.
The library was established as a result of a meeting of Manchester businessmen in 1802 which resolved to found an "institute uniting the advantages of a newsroom and a library". A visit by four of the men to the Athenaeum in Liverpool inspired them to achieve a similar institution in Manchester. Money was raised through 400 subscriptions from ...
Nov. 10—MANCHESTER — Now that it's been approved in a landslide referendum vote, the $39 million library construction project still has many hoops to jump through. AT A GLANCE WHAT: Voters ...
The Manchester Free Library opened on 5 September 1852 in Manchester, England. [1] It was the first public library in England to be set up under the provisions of the Public Libraries Act 1850, [a] which allowed local authorities to impose a local tax of one penny to pay for the service. [2]
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