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Where Was London's First Public Library?

And what did people borrow?

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Matt Brown
Oct 02, 2024
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Hands up who adores libraries? That’ll be everyone on Substack, then. Although private libraries have been around since ancient times, the good old publicly funded lending library is a relatively recent phenomenon. Today, I take a look at London’s very first public library, which opened just a five minute walk from the Houses of Parliament.

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