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HISTORICAL NOTES: The Public Library, West Hartlepool was built by the Borough Engineer J.W. Brown. The land was presented by Alderman Sir W. Gray, J.P., D.L., and Alderman G. Pyman, J.P. in 1894 on condition that a library was erected as speedily as possible. The land had been used until that time as a stoneyard and was originally earmarked as the site for the Municipal Buildings and Town Hall. The library was opened for public use on 23rd October 1895 by William Charles Ward Jackson, Esq., J.P., D.L.