Newmarket, Suffolk.- Newmarket Public Subscription Room, 8 vol., manuscript list of signatures, numerous pp., pages ruled in red, original vellum, some marking and staining, gilt morocco labels on upper covers, 1 vol. spine defective, folio, 1858, 1869, 1872-73, 1880, 1886 & 1892.
⁂ Plans for a subscription room in the 19th century were formulated by William Henry Hyett, a Member of Parliament candidate at the time, who began to attract subscriptions of £50 a share towards the new building and its construction site. In the first year of the new building opening, a number of successful events are recorded, including a political dinner party attended by 520 guests as well as a circus on the forecourt. The public rooms became the centre of the town’s social and intellectual life and notably the building was utilized during both World War periods.
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