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History of Libraries Research Seminar: Summer Visit

Saturday 9 June 2018, 10.30am

Thomas Plume’s Library, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex CM9 4PZ       

You are invited to join the seminar on a visit to Thomas Plume’s Library on 9 June.

The Library was founded in 1704 under the terms of the will of Dr Thomas Plume, Vicar of Greenwich and Archdeacon of Rochester, who had been born in Maldon in 1630. He bequeathed to his native town his collection of some 8,100 books and pamphlets, to be kept in the building which he had constructed from the ruins of the old St Peter’s Church in the centre of the town. http://www.thomasplumeslibrary.co.uk/

The nearest rail station to Maldon is Chelmsford (situated on the main line between London Liverpool Street and Colchester) from where there are regular bus services from the nearby bus station. Access to the Library is via a steep and narrow spiral staircase: unfortunately there is no disabled access. More information about the Library can be found here: www.thomasplumeslibrary.co.uk/

Numbers for this visit are very limited. Please book your place by emailing [log in to unmask] no later than Wednesday (6 June).