Catholic library closes while searching for new home

A 100-year-old library that holds thousands of books and artefacts of Catholic history is to close while a search continues for new premises, writes Christopher Lamb.

The Catholic National Library, which has around 70,000 books, was due to shut its doors yesterday at its home at St Michael’s Abbey, Farnborough, in Hampshire. 

In a statement, the library said it was no longer able to provide “an adequate professional service to members”.

The secretary to the library’s trustees, Antony Tyler, explained  that the trustees were still actively looking for new premises for the library.