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Old Library

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  • Address
    • Merton St Town Centre Merton College
  • Price
    • admission £2

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Lonely Planet review for Old Library

Just off the Mob Quad is a 13th-century chapel and the Old Library, the oldest medieval library in use. It is said that Professor JRR Tolkien spent many hours here while writing The Lord of the Rings. Other literary giants associated with the college include TS Eliot and Louis MacNeice.

If you're visiting in summer, look out for posters advertising candlelit concerts in the chapel.

 

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