Chesham Library
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Chesham Library is a public library
in the centre of Chesham
, Buckinghamshire
. It provides books, magazines, audio-visual items and local information.
It is located between Lowndes Park, Sainsbury's supermarket and the main high street.
Situated on Elgiva Lane, the library was built between July 1970 and the summer of 1971.
Since it was built, the building has had few structural modifications besides a glass-walled seating/meeting area, and the provision of a lift for disabled access between the library and study centre. Internally the library has been remodelled on at least one occasion.
Chesham Study Centre on the first floor has a wide selection of reference books, computer and business books for loan, ten public access computers, WiFi provision a brand new photocopier and a fax for public use. It also has the Bucks Examiner archive on microfiche, as well as a number of daily newspapers and periodicals.
in Chesham since 1923. On September 28th of that year, a small room in Cemetery Lodge on Berkhamsted Road was designated and, even though it wasn't ideal, it remained there for four years. In October 1927, Chesham Urban District
Council moved into new premises at 33 High Street on the Broadway, and the library was transferred to the top floor of that building. The library was run by volunteers from then until 1948 when a more established service was set up at the Broadway premises. In 1952, a children's section was added.
Public library
A public library is a library that is accessible by the public and is generally funded from public sources and operated by civil servants. There are five fundamental characteristics shared by public libraries...
in the centre of Chesham
Chesham
Chesham is a market town in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located 11 miles south-east of the county town of Aylesbury. Chesham is also a civil parish designated a town council within Chiltern district. It is situated in the Chess Valley and surrounded by farmland, as well as...
, Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
. It provides books, magazines, audio-visual items and local information.
It is located between Lowndes Park, Sainsbury's supermarket and the main high street.
Situated on Elgiva Lane, the library was built between July 1970 and the summer of 1971.
Since it was built, the building has had few structural modifications besides a glass-walled seating/meeting area, and the provision of a lift for disabled access between the library and study centre. Internally the library has been remodelled on at least one occasion.
Chesham Study Centre on the first floor has a wide selection of reference books, computer and business books for loan, ten public access computers, WiFi provision a brand new photocopier and a fax for public use. It also has the Bucks Examiner archive on microfiche, as well as a number of daily newspapers and periodicals.
History
There has been a public libraryPublic library
A public library is a library that is accessible by the public and is generally funded from public sources and operated by civil servants. There are five fundamental characteristics shared by public libraries...
in Chesham since 1923. On September 28th of that year, a small room in Cemetery Lodge on Berkhamsted Road was designated and, even though it wasn't ideal, it remained there for four years. In October 1927, Chesham Urban District
Chesham Urban District
Chesham Urban District was from 1894 to 1974 a local government district in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England. The urban district took over the responsibilities of the disbanded Chesham Local Government District....
Council moved into new premises at 33 High Street on the Broadway, and the library was transferred to the top floor of that building. The library was run by volunteers from then until 1948 when a more established service was set up at the Broadway premises. In 1952, a children's section was added.