Three Centuries of a City Library / an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Norwich Public Library Established in 1608 and the present Public Library opened in 1857

by Geo. A. Stephen

[a][4a] J. Kirkpatrick’s “History of the Religious Orders . . . of Norwich . . . written about the year 1725.” 1845, p. 80.

[a][4b] ib.

[5a] “Records of the City of Norwich,” vol. 2, 1910, p. clxv.

[5b] F. Blomefield’s “Norfolk,” vol. 4, 1806, p. 262.

[8] Depositions . . . Extracts from the Court Books of the City of Norwich, 1666-1688, ed. by Walter Rye, 1905, p. 130.

[11] “A New Catalogue of the Books in the Publick Library of the City of Norwich, in the year 1732,” pp. iii-iv.

[13a] Typewritten copy in the Norwich Public Library (vol. 2 p. 217) of the manuscript of Mackerell’s “History of Norwich,” in the possession of J. H. Gurney, Esq., J.P., F.Z.S., of Keswick Hall, Norwich.

[13b] Assembly Book, Sept. 21st, 1801.

[13c] Assembly Book, May 3rd, 1805.

[14] “Catalogue of the Books belonging to the Public Library and to the City Library of Norwich,” 1825, p. xxvi.