Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Langholm HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No Activities <p>From Bentpath continue on the B709 for a quarter of a mile. The Library is next door to the old School. Park on the playground.</p> OpeningTime1 14.00-16.00 OpeningDate1 30/9/2012 OpeningTime2 14.00-16.00 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 9562 Refreshments No Street The street address Westerkirk Parish Library AddressLine2 Bentpath Postcode DG13 Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Westerkirk Parish Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived dumfriesandgalloway Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1168 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.20292,-3.081707; Description An account of the resource <p>Visit one of the oldest lending libraries in Scotland - an historic community library founded in 1793 by the antimony miners who worked at Glendinning. In 1834 famous engineer Thomas Telford gave a large bequest to the library for the buying of books, because he was born in this glen. The building was completed in 1860-63 by local subscription. It is a small, ecclesiastical- looking building with two light Gothic windows and a Gothic chimney. Inside you will find tall wooden bookcases lined with leather covered books. Even in the 21st century in times of great change, the library is still open once a month to the residents of Eskdale.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860