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St Bride Foundation

Founded
1891
Seat
London · United Kingdom
Status
extant

The ProtectorsThe Archivers

Title page of the St Bride Foundation catalogue of the Technical Reference Library of works on printing, 1919
St Bride Foundation, Catalogue of the Technical Reference Library, 1919. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Built off Fleet Street in 1891 to serve the printing trade that surrounded it, St Bride kept its purpose after the trade left: a library of typography and printing history among the world's finest, working presses, and teaching that keeps letterpress hands trained. A Protector by charter, an Archiver by accumulation.

A lecture in session in the hall of St Bride Foundation, Bride Lane, off Fleet Street
Photograph by Paul Downey, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Sources

  1. webSt Bride Foundation, historysbf.org.uk

Researched by LIBRO. Research Desk · First published 26 July 2026 · Last revised 26 July 2026

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