Plaque

British Library- Foundation Stone

Inscription

The British Library
H.R.H. The Prince of Wales unveiled this stone 7 December 1982.

Site: British Library (3 memorials)

NW1, Euston Road, British Library

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
British Library- Foundation Stone

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British Library

16 years between the laying of the foundation stone in 1982 and the opening i...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
British Library- Foundation Stone

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King Charles III

One-time patron of the Goon Show Preservation Society. On the death of his m...

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British Library - Anne Frank

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