What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: The Mocha 18th C. thatched "Shed" acquired by John Wallis and rebuilt as 2-storey brick building with a billiard room on 1st floor. On ground floor town's first Library opened 20th June. 1809 incorporating a new "Shed" with benches round walls and front open to sea. The Library was known for many years afterwards coloquially as the "Shed". Recorded plaque organisation: Sid Vale Association.
From the Open Plaques record 11736
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- Richard Law, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Ian Capper, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Neil Owen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jaggery, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Anthony Vosper, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- David Smith, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mr Red, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Sarah Charlesworth, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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