Museum and Public Library, Fleetwood, Lancashire

Photograph taken 18 July 2000 © Historic England Archive/Mr G M Smith ARPS ref: 184740

Fleetwood Museum and Public Library 1863. Self-improvment was important to Victorians. Libraries were built to allow 'the people' to educate and improve themselves

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Lancashire Fleetwood

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

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The Corn Exchange in Doncaster was built in 1870 and combines Victorian classical architecture with a dome reminiscent of that on the Crystal Palace, built 20 years earlier for the Great Exhibition (1851). The Corn Exchange is now used as a market hall.

Museum and Public Library, Fleetwood, Lancashire

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