Douglas Council is to vote on a proposal that see it drop Henry Bloom Noble’s name from the city’s library.
A proposal from the council’s regeneration and community committee was referred to the executive committee and would see it renamed Douglas City Library.
The library, based in Duke Street, was renamed after Noble, who along with his wife Rebecca, supported many causes that benefited the poor of the island in the 19th century, in 2002.
The council’s agenda says that when the library was first named after HBN, it came when the Arts Council had looked at building a statue.
It adds:”The then-Committee had noted the cost, but agreed that the statue be not proceeded with, as the money could be better used elsewhere and, instead, it had been decided that the Library (which had just been relocated to Victoria Street) be named after him.”
A proposal to rename the library had originally come forward in 2022, but concerns were raised about the associated costs of the rebranding.
As the signs at the library now “require replacement imminently”, the committee has resolved to recommend that the name be changed.
The cost for this is said to be between £7,470 to £9,155.
Councillors will vote on the proposal at its meeting on Wednesday August 14.
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