The Stoke Newington public library was built in 1891 on the site of Job Edwards's early 18th-century house #n16
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The residence of the Lord of the Manor of Stoke Newington stood in the 16th century where now the Town Hall and library are.
RT @museumchurch: The opening of the Stokey Library Great War Memorial on Church Street in 1923 #N16
A house in Church Row - A row of houses between the old church and library. The Town Hall was built on Church Row.
The back of Church Row - A row of houses between the old church and library. The Town Hall was built on Church Row.
Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1864 (Click, scroll and click again for hi-res view) london1864.com/stanford22.htm
Stoke Newington library on Church Street opened in 1892. It was extended in 1904 and 1937. A memorial hall was added in 1923.
Stoke Newington Reference Library in use as a food office during World War 2
Ahead of 2014 - Sisters Place, a row of houses opposite Church Street library was built in 1714.
@tellydubby Happened on 26.10.1970 See: spunk.org/library/groups… … Not sure now it was in fact the Stoke Newington 8 members of the group
RT @ClissoldLabour: Do you use Stoke Newington Library? Come along to the users group meeting on Tuesday to have your say http://t.co/ESMCi…
Stoke Newington public library on Church St opened in 1892, two years after The Public Libraries Act was adopted in 1890. (Enlarged: 1904)
The freehold to the site of the Church St Public Library (opened in 1892) was bought from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for £1000.
Table showing the number and classification of the books in Stoke Newington Public Library when it opened in 1892.
1894 - Stoke Newington Public Library: Occupations of Borrowers
1891-92: Stoke Newington Public Library's first financial statement
[PDF] Stoke Newington Annual report of the Public Libraries Committee 1891-1911 ia801000.us.archive.org/31/items/annua…
@GE0RGYGIRL It's interesting to see the class divide in relation to occupation of library book borrowers. What do you think?
In 1890 Stoke Newington became the first parish in London to adopt the Public Libraries Act en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Li…
Unknown mid-Victorian lady from Stoke Newington (National Library of Australia )
Edwards Lane (West Side) off Church St, Stoke Newington. Houses demolished probably when the library was extended.
c. 1890 - Cover of picturesque views of Stoke Newington (16 pages). Published by Vale’s libraries.
c. 1890 - Cazenove Road, Stoke Newington. Published in Picturesque Views of Stoke Newington by Vale’s libraries
1953 - The new Queen driving down Albion Road in Stoke Newington (Source: Science & Society Picture Library)
WW1 memorial on Church St by the library opened 14.06.1923. Cost over £4,000 that was raised by the public. 852 men died.
Originally Church Street ended just before where the library is today. Church Row, Park Crescent and Paradise Row were separate sections.
SN Church St and the public library (Built: 1891, opened: 1892). Original Rose&Crown visible far left. Rebuilt: 1933.
Church Row. A row of old houses between the old church and library. Originally had its own numbering (1-9 E. to. W).
1911 - Concert in the library hall, Church St, Stoke Newington. Ladies are kindly requested to remove their Hats.
WW1 memorial on Church St, Stoke Newington by the library opened 14.06.1923. Cost £4K+ that was raised by the public #worldwar1centenary
1876-77 directory shows houses on Church St opposite future library and Town Hall were listed as 1-11 Sister's Place
William Patten’s Latin motto 'Look Back, Look Forwards’ RT @starshello: snazzy stoke newington public library stamp pic.x.com/S7thBKQfZ2
RT @cgarnsworthy: @HistoryOfStokey Anyone help me age this? 1st time books were delivered to infirm. Still runs from Stokey Library http://…
@ArchivesHackney According to my notes the library opened in 1892 and extended in 1904 and 1937. Memorial hall added in 1923.
RT @ArchivesHackney: Investigating timeline for #stokeNewington library & it's war memorial extension looking at original plans http://t.co…
1990 - Photo survey of SN Church St by Derek Baker. Shops opposite the library and Town Hall.
Stoke Newington library opened in 1892 and extended in 1904 and 1937. x.com/ArchivesHackne…
1894 - Stoke Newington Public Library: Occupations of Borrowers x.com/HistoryOfStoke…
1953 - ‘Use Your Library’ Stoke Newington children’s library float during Queen Elizabeth II coronation celebrations
1901 - Stoke Newington Church St library, ladies table, reading room. Drawing by Helena Horwitz
1904 - Stoke Newington Church St and the public library (opened: 1892). Note the Rose & Crown’s original location.
The Church St WW1 memorial hall was added to the library in 1923. Opened by field marshall Sir William Robertson
1899 - Edward’s Lane, west side looking north, Stoke Newington. Houses await demolition for library extension.
Original name stone from the side wall of No. 1 ‘Edwards Buildings’ dated 1718. Saved and built into library in 1904.
A rare view of Stoke Newington library before the WW1 memorial was built in 1923. The site used to be a shop.
The Church St WW1 memorial hall was added to the library in 1923. #Remembrance
6.3.1906 - Central Society For Women's Suffrage - A Public Meeting at the Library Hall, Church St, Stoke Newington
RT @cgarnsworthy: @HistoryOfStokey found behind some cupboards in Stoke Newington Library
1892 - Stoke Newington library on Church Street was about the 15th free library to open in London (via @historitage)
His name is on the WW1 Memorial in the Library so interesting to see reference to Church St (@ArchivesHackney) x.com/Cassini_jon/st…
1894 - Stoke Newington Public Library on Church Street: Occupations of Borrowers. It opened in 1892.
Church St looking west. Public Library (right) built 1892. Rose & Crown can be seen opposite its current location.
RT @hackneylibs: On this day in 1906 there was a #Suffragette meeting in the Stoke Newington Library Hall #n16
The Church St library (built 1892) and WW1 memorial (built 1923). Note original Rose&Crown opposite current location
1923 - Church Street war memorial hall added to existing library
Note the shop next to the library where the WW1 memorial hall was built in 1923 x.com/oniy1fenerbahc…
Extension to Stoke Newington free library on Edwards Lane. Opened June 11th 1904. The library opened in 1892.
169-179 Stoke Newington Church Street, opposite the library. Anyone wants to guess which one is it? x.com/culturaltales/…
@culturaltales That’s 169-179 Stoke Newington Church Street opposite the library. A shame caption is not more specific :)
Note shop next to library where WW1 memorial hall built in 1923 and Rose&Crown opposite current site. Rebuilt 1931.
1900-1934 Stoke Newington Coat of Arms. Visible above entrance to Church St public library
July 1889 - A suggestion to construct a swimming bath and library in Clissold Park savingclissoldpark.com/1889/04/06/cli…
The Church Street Public Library opened in 1892 on a site bought for £1000. It was extended in 1904 and 1937
"In a meeting of the SN Vestry on 17.1.1890 W. Eve declared he was in favour of a free library which would help bring all classes together."
A jug with Stoke Newington Council's first coat of arms (1900-1934). It's visible above entrances to the library.
The Stoke Newington Public Library opened in 1892 on a site bought for £1000. It was extended in 1904 and 1937.
1905 - The Public Library on Church St (opened 1892). The WW1 Memorial Hall opened in 1923 on the site of a building seen in this photo.
In 1904 a gift from Andrew Carnegie allowed a very significant extension by Sydney George Goss of the Church Street library (built 1892)
[105 page PDF] - Heritage assessment of Stoke Newington’s civic buildings (Town Hall, library, assembly hall etc.) consultation.hackney.gov.uk/planning-regul…
1937 - 10 photos of the newly built Stoke Newington 'Civic Centre’ (Architect: John Reginald Truelove 1887-1942) architecture.com/image-library/…
@shaunphillips any idea where does that rank London-wide in terms of public libraries? read once it was one of the first in the capital
@shaunphillips Stoke Newington was traditionally progressive so I’m keen to know if the opening the public library indeed reflected that
@Huriye The plan in the 30s was to establish a municipal hub with the library, electric substation and new council offices and assembly hall
@StokeyLitFest according to this caption Poe lived in one of the houses opposite the library.
1924 - Edward’s Lane/Church St. A year after the WW1 memorial hall was built and before library was extended and Lordship South Estate built
1906 - Central Society for Women's Suffrage North Hackney Division. A public meeting at the library hall, Church St, Stoke Newington
History mashup: Edward’s Lane off Church St in 1899 before the electricity substation, library extension and WW1 Memorial Hall were built.
@hackneylibs Next year is the 125th anniversary of the opening of the Church Street public library. Any plans?
Next year marks the 125th anniversary of the opening of the public library on Church Street. If you have any ideas let @hackneylibs know x.com/hackneylibs/st…
1894 - Occupations of Borrowers: Stoke Newington Public Library. It opened in 1892. (@hackneylibs - would look great as part of exhibition?)
@StokeyLitFest @Huriye The library opened in 1892 on a site bought for £1000. It was extended in 1904 and again in 1937.
@ElvisofStokey That’s what made it great. Having a public library was a bit of novelty. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Li…
SN adopted the Libraries Acts in 1890, when the library commissioners agreed to make temporary use of the assembly rooms in Defoe Road
In 1892 the library commissioners opened a library in Church Street, Stoke Newington built with contributions from J. Passmore Edwards
Andrew Carnegie paid for an extension of the Church Street library in 1904, and the building was extended again in 1937 when Town hall built
@leilakassir Thanks. Do you have any more info relating to this history of the Church Street library?
@hackneylibs :) Happy to provide high-quality version if you would be interested in printing copies to have in the library.
1901 - Stoke Newington Church St public library, ladies table, reading room. A drawing by Helena Horwitz
1953 - ‘Use Your Library’ Stoke Newington children’s library float during Queen Elizabeth II coronation celebrations
@westburtonlad Yep. By the 30s it was decided to create a municipal hub on Church St next to the library and the substation.
Church Street/Edward’s Lane pre-1923 before the World War 1 Memorial Hall was built next to the library.
14.06.1923 - The opening of the Church Street World War 1 Memorial Hall. @soxgnasher The library opened in 1892. x.com/soxgnasher/sta…
A plaque in the Church St Public Library from 1949 for local school boy Edgar Allan Poe, who attended Manor House School close by.
"This Extension of the Library was opened by the Mayor Councillor C. Maude Eve J. P. on October 22nd 1925". The library opened in 1892.
RT @soxgnasher: #StokeNewington reference library #HackneyLibraries were Food Office's during WW2 hackneyarchives
The site of SN’s Town Hall and Assembly Hall was selected to create a municipal hub with the existing library and electricity substation
RT @LeftoverLondon: A #StokeNewington library label/ #bookplate. From c.1900 and the days when local libraries were a source o... https://t…
RT @hackneylibs: Late returns! Fascinating items mysteriously posted to the library - Stoke Newington history, inc 1893 Story of Church St!…
@kayegodleman Judging by the soldiers outside the library I'd guess a WW1 commemoration ceremony, though it's 100% not the opening of the memorial hall