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Bethnal Green Library

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Bethnal Green Library (6952322595)
Bethnal Green Library (6952322595)

Bethnal Green library is a public library situated in Bethnal Green Gardens on Cambridge Heath Road in Bethnal Green, London. The library was opened by Mayor Councillor J.J. Vaughan on 13 October 1922. The first known building on the site was built in 1570 and was leased in 1727 to Matthew Wright. It was then turned into a private lunatic asylum which became known as Wright's Madhouse. The asylum closed in 1920.

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Bethnal Green Library
Cornwall Avenue, London Bethnal Green

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E2 0HN London, Bethnal Green
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