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John Mein's Circulating Library, Boston [13] New England Library, collected by Thomas Prince [14] [15] [16] William Pelham's circulating library; Town Library, in the Town-House, King St. [17] [18] Boylston, Massachusetts. Social Library, Boylston Center (est.1792) [1] Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Library in the East Precinct of Bridgewater [19]
The Washburn Square–Leicester Common Historic District encompasses the historic civic heart of Leicester, Massachusetts.It includes Washburn Square, as the town common is called; the buildings along its perimeter; and the properties along Main Street extending east along Main Street to its junction with Henshaw Street.
What is now Leicester was originally settled by the Nipmuc people and was known by them as Towtaid.On January 27, 1686, [2] the territory of eight square miles was purchased for 15 pounds by a company of nine proprietors engaged in land speculation: Joshua Lamb of Roxbury, Nathaniel Page of Bedford, Andrew Gardner of Roxbury, Benjamin Gamblin of Roxbury, Benjamin Tucker of Roxbury, John ...
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The city centre was the High Cross, at the junction of the current High Street and Highcross Street (in mediaeval times, High Street ran between the north and south gates along the line of the current Highcross Street, while the current High Street was called Swinesmarket). Leicester Cathedral [2] and the Guildhall occupy this old area of town.
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By Gwladys Fouche and Tom Little. OSLO (Reuters) -A tram derailed and crashed into a store in central Oslo on Tuesday, injuring the driver and at least three other people, Norwegian police said.
Archbishop Robert Leighton, 1611-84 Leighton Library, Dunblane. Internal shot of the bookcases and display units. The Leighton Library, or Bibliotheca Leightoniana, in The Cross, Dunblane, is the oldest purpose-built library in Scotland and also has a well-documented history as one of the earliest public-subscription libraries in Scotland. [1]