Pleasley - Verney Institute
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Pleasley - Verney Institute
Image: © Dave Bevis Taken: 20 May 2013
Frederick Verney and his wife Maude built a reading room in Pleasley on Newboundmill Lane. This was originally called the Pleasley Public Library and Parish Room, but was later to be known as the Verney Institute. It was built in 1906, in the Art & Crafts style. When Frederick died in 1914 his wife Maude donated the roof clock. For more information on the Verney (and Florence Nightingale) association with Pleasley, please see http://www.pleasleyparishcouncil.org.uk/page16.html .
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Image Location
Latitude
53.172006
Longitude
-1.249415