BEAUCHAMP TOWER

The next time you're in the library, ask a volunteer to show you this booklet located here in the Bullis Room

The reddish cover is faded and worn but the contents are fresh to those of us who have carefully turned its brittle pages. Sold by the Warders at the Tower for a sixpence, it was "...offered for the inspection of the Public, as an abridgment of one lately published by W. R. Dick."

Here's an opportunity to actually hear walls talk from pages a century or so old. Next week we'll share some of those inscriptions with you.

Note: We cannot find a copyright or publication date anywhere in the booklet, although Bemrose & Sons Limited, Derby & London, are listed as publishers. If you have information that would help us identify and confirm these dates, please let us hear from you.