Parish Rooms - Mountsorrel, Leicestershire
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N 52° 43.760 W 001° 08.303
30U E 625707 N 5843786
An information plaque above the date stone over the entrance to the Parish Rooms, Mountsorrel.
Waymark Code: WMQXP8
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/11/2016
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This former school for infants was built in 1847 by the Countess of Lanesborough (wife of George John Danvers [Butler-Danvers], 5th Earl of Lanesborough). It later bacame, for a brief period, the Mechanics Institute, and was then the village library for over 50 years.
It became the parish council meeting place from 1906, and was extended into parish offive in 2004.
The plaque reads -
1847
PARISH ROOMS
Built by the Countess of
Lanesborough an an infant
school, and later became
The Mechanics Institute.
It was the library for over
50 years.
Parish Council meeting
place from 1906.
Extended into Parish
Office 2004.
Type of Historic Marker: Information plaque
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