Event    From 14/6/1906 

First public library in St Pancras

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
First public library in St Pancras

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Highgate Branch Library - inside

Borough of St Pancras - Highgate Branch Library This library was opened by Hi...

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Highgate Branch Library - outside

St Pancras Borough Council This stone was laid on Thursday the 14th. June 19...

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Chauncy Hare Townshend

Chauncy Hare Townshend

Collector, dilettante, ordained clergyman, mesmerist, and hypochondriac (list from Wikipedia). Born Godalming into a wealthy family. Famous for his 1821 meeting with the poet John Clare (whom he i...

Person, Museums / Libraries, Philanthropy

1 memorial
British Library

British Library

16 years between the laying of the foundation stone in 1982 and the opening in 1998.  The Independent explains the delay: "The reason it has taken so long to build ... has relatively little to do w...

Building, Museums / Libraries

3 memorials
King Edward the Seventh's Galleries

King Edward the Seventh's Galleries

An extension to the British Museum by the architect Sir John James Burnett.

Building, Museums / Libraries

1 memorial
British Empire Exhibition

British Empire Exhibition

The exhibition was held in Wembley Park. It was a showcase of aspects of many of the British colonies at the time. It had 18 million visitors in 1924, but failed to break even. The main stadium was...

Event, Museums / Libraries

1 memorial