What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Sir William Gilstrap MP Baronet Maltster & Philanthropist 1816-1896 endowed this free library for Newark 1883 Recorded plaque organisation: Newark Archaeological & Local Historical Society (NALHS).
William Gilstrap was a British baronet, maltster, and philanthropist who significantly contributed to the cultural development of Newark by endowing its first free public library in 1883.
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