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Bristol Central Library is a historic building on the south side of College Green, Bristol, England. It contains the main collections of Bristol's public library . Built in 1906 by Charles Holden , its design was influential in the development of Edwardian Free Style architecture . [ 1 ]
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The city eventually ejected the Society, making the library free to the public from 1856. In 1876 after a refurbishment it was renamed as the Central Library. [4] In 1899 Vincent Stuckey Lean left a bequest of £50,000 for a new library building. As a result, in 1906 the library was moved to the newly built Bristol Central Library on College Green.
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The Minot–Sleeper Library is the public library of Bristol, New Hampshire. It is located at 35 Pleasant Street, in an 1885 brick building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The library was the first in the state's Lakes Region to have a purpose-built building. [2]
The core opening hours are Tuesday - Friday, 9:30am-4pm. In addition, on the first two Saturdays of the month, Bristol Archives is open 10am-4pm. [6] Bristol Archives holds material related to the port of Bristol from the 13th century onwards. [7] Further records are held by the Institution of Civil Engineers. [8]
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The culmination of centuries of advances in the printing press, moveable type, paper, ink, publishing, and distribution, combined with an ever-growing information-oriented middle class, increased commercial activity and consumption, new radical ideas, massive population growth and higher literacy rates forged the public library into the form that it is today.