Moretonhampstead: The Bowring Library
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Moretonhampstead: The Bowring Library
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 10 May 2007
This library, which is in Fore Street, was given to the town by Sir Thomas Bowring, whose business was in shipping but whose family fortune was founded on the woollen trade. The library was completed in 1902 to a design by Sylvanus Trevail. It continues to be in use as the local library today.
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50.660284
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