LIBRARIES WITH ARCHIVES

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ABERDEEN abe Aberdeen Free Church College 1843
(Archives)
ABERDEEN abe Blair's College 1829
NLS?
ABERDEEN abe Free Church College 1844
(Archives)
ABERDEEN abe King's College 1495
Aberdeen University.
ABERDEEN abe Marischal College 1593
Aberdeen University.
ABERDEEN abe Medico-Chirurgical Society 1789 [Medical Society]
Library begun in 1791. Marischal College. Changed name in 1811. Dispersed in 1967. Cats. 1792, 1796, 1803, 1812 (Aberdeen U). Records 1789-1985 - Private. NRA Scotland 2969.
ABERDEEN abe Natural History Association 1845
Minutes 1845-51 (Aberdeen UL).
ABERDEEN abe Philosophical Society 1758
-1939. Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Records 1758-1939 (Aberdeen UL).
ABERDEEN abe University of Aberdeen 1495
Cat. 1717, 1873.
ABINGDON ber Radley College 1847
(Archives)
ABINGDON ber Reading & Library Society 1810?
1812 MS cat. in Bodley (Top. Berks. e. 1.)
ALNWICK nob Alnwick Subscription Library 1783
- 1834. Cats. 1816 (Northumberland RO), 1841 (Newcastle PL).
ALTON ham Alton Book Society 1805?
Cats. 1806, 1811 (Hampshire RO).
ALTON ham Alton New Book Society 1822
Rules 1822 (Hampshire RO).
ALTRINCHAM che Altrincham & Bowdon Literary Institution 1847
-1863. Minute book (Altrincham PL).
ALTRINCHAM che Literary Institute 1845?
Altrincham & Bowdon. J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Minutes 1847-63 (Altrincham PL).
AMBLESIDE wes Armitt Library 1829 [Ruskin Library & Book Club]
Minutes 1829-1912 (Cumbria RO).
AMBLESIDE wes Book Society 1828
-1912. Records (Armitt Library).
APPLEBY wes Appleby Book Club 1790
Kendal RO; Carlisle RO? Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
ARBROATH for Arbroath Museum Society 1843
Minutes &c. (Arbroath Museum).
ARBURY war Arbury Book Club 1783?
Warwickshire RO (Newdigate papers).
ARMAGH arm Armagh Observatory 1790
Accounts, papers, &c. (Armagh Observatory).
ASHBOURNE der Literary & Scientific Society 1838
-1853. Proceedings (Derbyshire RO).
ASHBURTON dev Geological Society 1845?
Rules for library 1850 - Devon RO. J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE lan Ashton & Dukinfield Mechanics' Institution 1825
Survived till 1901. Accounts &c. 1825-1901 (Tameside Archives).
AXBRIDGE som Axbridge Book Club 1802?
List of members in Somerset RO.
AYLSHAM nor Tallowin's Circulating Library 1830? [? Tallowin]
Label in John Johnson Collection, Bodley and Norfolk RO.
AYR ayr Ayr Library Society 1762
- 1876. Cats. 1802, 1817 (Ayr PL). Minutes in Ayr PL.
BACUP lan Mechanics' Institution 1839
Defunct by 1908. Accounts, Minutes &c. 1839-1900 (Bacup PL); 1861-1908 (Lancashire RO).
BAKEWELL der Bakewell & High Peak Institution 1846
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Defunct in 1914. Minutes 1850 (Privately owned).
BAKEWELL der Bakewell News Room 1817
Accounts &c. (Derbyshire RO).
BANFF ban Banff Literary Society 1810
-1835. Cat. 1894, 1896 (NL Scotland). Minutes 1810-34 (Grampian Archives). Records (Moray RO). 2000 vols. by 1836 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XIII, p. 52.
BARNARD CASTLE dur Barnard Castle Book Society 1815?
Durham RO.
BARNARD CASTLE dur Mechanics' Institution & Literary Society 1832
- 1925. Rules, Papers &c. 1848-1925 (Durham RO).
BARNSLEY yor Primitive Methodist Connexion Book Room 1838
- 1851. Accounts (Sheffield Archives).
BARNSTAPLE dev Barnstaple & North Devon Medical Book Club 1839
-1875. Ninutes (North Devon RO).
BARNSTAPLE dev Clerical Library 1826
For clergy. Label 1826 in Franks. Minute books, 1840-1947 (Devon RO).
BARNSTAPLE dev Literary & Scientific Institution 1845
Merged with North Devon Athenaeum in 1888. Accounts &c. 1845-64 (N Devon RO).
BASINGSTOKE ham Mechanics' Institution 1841
Accounts &c. 1841-1928 (Hampshire RO).
BATH som Assembly Rooms 1769
Accounts &c. 1769-1814 (Bath PL).
BATH som Bath & West & Southern Counties Society 1777
-1980. Records in Society's library. Cat. 1879 - 11900.bb.82.
BATH som Eclectic Society 1828
-1834. Minutes (Bath PL).
BATH som Royal Bath and West & Southern Counties Society 1777
Bath University. (Archives)
BATH som Royal Literary & Scientific Institution 1825
-1959. Minutes (Bath PL). Listed in Kelly's Directory of Gloucestershire, 1856.
BATH som Royal United Hospital 1760?
Bristol University. (Archives)
BEDFORD bed Archaeological & Architectural Society 1847
Correspondence, registers, library cat., accounts, 1847-1987. Cat. Bedfordshire RO.
BEDFORD bed Literary & Scientific Institute 1700
1851 Census. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854. Cat. 1892 - 11900.bb.76. Minutes, reports, loans, rules &c. (Bedfordshire RO).
BEDFORD bed Reading Room & Library 1826
-1859. Minutes, catalogue (Befordshire RO).
BEDFORD bed Webb's Circulating Library 1805 [James Webb]
Northampton Mercury, 9 November, 1805. Succeeded William Smith. Labels in Bedford RO; Franks; John Johnson. Cat. 1805. Label in Franks.
BEDFORD bed Wood's Circulating Library 1810? [John Wood]
Bill in Bedford RO.
BELFAST ant Belfast Reading Society 1788 [Belfast Society for Promoting Knowledge]
Cats. 1793, 1795, 1808, 1814, 1819, 1820, 1825, 1836, 1851 (Linen Hall Library). Minutes 1788- (Linen Hall Library). History by J. Anderson, 1888.
BELFAST ant Natural History & Philosophical Society 1821
-1947. Records (N Ireland RO). A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Ulster Museum. Cat. 1847.
BELFAST ant Queen's College 1849
(Archives)
BELFAST ant Royal Belfast Academical Institution 1810
(Archives)
BEWDLEY wor Bewdley Book Society 1767
Minutes 1767-1896 (Worcester RO).
BIRMINGHAM war Botanical & Horticultural Society 1829
Records (Birmingham PL).
BIRMINGHAM war Hutton's Circulating Library 1751 [William Hutton]
-1796. BBTI. Hamlyn's Thesis, 1948. Accounts (Birmingham Archives).
BIRMINGHAM war Philosophical Society 1811
-1843. Records (Birmingham City Archives). Listed in White's Directory of Warwickshire, 1850.
BIRMINGHAM war Queen's College 1828
(Archives)
BIRMINGHAM war Queen's College Medical School 1825
Birmingham University.
BISHOP WEARMOUTH dur Ladies Book Club 1837
-1912. Minutes, accounts, purchase books (Tyne & Wear Archives).
BLACKBURN lan Stonyhurst College 1794
(Archives)
BLANDFORD FORUM dor Blandford Reading Society 1792
Rules 1792 (Dorset RO).
BOLTON lan Bolton School 1516
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. Chained. MS cat. 1715. History 1976 X529/30587.
BOLTON lan Caledonian Book Club 1804
Refounded in 1817 as the Union Library. Cat. 1817 (Bolton PL). Records (Bolton Archives).
BOSTON lin Boston Literary Society 1804
Minutes 1804-05 (Lincolnshire Archives).
BRADDEN noh Forster Booth Book Club 1809
Accounts 1809-45 (Northamptonshire RO).
BRADFORD yor Bradford Amicable Book Society 1833
-1851. Minutes, rules, &c. (West Yorksire Archives Bradford).
BRADFORD yor Bradford Circulating Library 1774
- 1980. Minutes & accounts 1774-1980 (Bradford Archives). Cat. 1847, 1856 (Bradford PL). Listed in Baines' Yorkshire Directory, 1822. Library Association Record, viii, 1906, pp. 545-55. Book Auction Records, xiv, 1917.
BRADFORD yor Bradford Library & Literary Society 1775
-1980. Records (West Yorkshire Archives Bradford).
BRADFORD yor Bradford Literary & Philosophical Society 1808
Minutes 1808-14 (York Minster Archives). Minutes, accounts, 1839-74 (West Yorkshire Archives Bradford).
BRADFORD yor Mechanics' Institute 1825
Survived till 1958. Bradford PL. Accounts, minutes, &c. 1832-1958 (West Yorkshire Archives).
BRAINTREE ess Book Society 1798
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Minute books, 1856-1944 (Essex RO).
BRECHIN for Diocesan Library 1792
Dundee U. Accounts &c. 1821-1927 (Dundee U).
BRECHIN for Mechanics', Literary & Scientific Institution 1834
1851 Census. Survived till 1924. Records (Brechin PL).
BRIDGNORTH shr Society of Clergymen 1742?
- 1838. MS cat. (BL), 1838 (Bodley).
BRIDPORT dor Unitarian Library 1819
Accounts (Dorset RO).
BRIGHTON sus Brighton Book Society 1827
Rules 1836 in East Sussex RO.
BRIGHTON sus Brighton College 1848
A.F. Leach, VCH, Sussex, II, pp. 397-440. (Archives)
BRIGHTON sus Mechanics' Institution 1825
1851 Census. Defunct by 1860? Subscription book 1827 (Brighton PL).
BRIGHTON sus Royal Literary & Scientific Society 1839?
BBTI. Minutes, subscriptions books, &c. (Brighton PL).
BRIGHTON sus Wright's Royal Colonnade Library 1821? [Edwin Wright]
- 1852. PO Directory Sussex, 1845. Listed in The Watering Places of Great Britain, 1833. Records (Brighton PL).
BRISTOL glo Baptist College 1679
(Archives)
BRISTOL glo Bristol Institution for the Advancement of Science 1808
- 1885. Records (Bristol RO).
BRISTOL glo Bristol Library Society 1773
Took over the old City Library (1613) in 1773. Borrowing registers for 1773-1853 exist (Bristol RO and Bristol PL). Merged with Bristol Institution in 1871.
BRISTOL glo Broadmead Vestry Library Society 1820
Minutes 1820-27 (Bristol RO).
BRISTOL glo Philosophical & Literary Society 1820
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Bristol City Museum. Records 1823-68 (Bristol RO).
BROMLEY ken Literary Institution 1840?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of the Six Home Counties, 1851. Records 1845-1934 (Bromley PL).
BUCHAN abe Buchan Medical Society 1846
-1935. Records (Aberdeen UL).
BURY lan Athenaeum 1848
-1983. Minutes, accounts, register 1848-1983 (Bury Archives). Listed in Kelly's Directory of Lancashire, 1858.
BURY lan Subscription Library 1777
Merged with Athenaeum in in 1858. Accounts (Bury PL).
BURY ST EDMUNDS suf Suffolk Public Library 1790
-1806. BBTI. Merged with New Public Library. Cats. 1791 (Ipswich RO), 1792, 1793 (Bury RO). Library History, viii,5, p. 149.
CAISTOR lin Booth's Circulating Library 1800? [? Booth]
Bookplate in Lincolnshire Archives.
CAMBRIDGE cam Cambridge Book Club 1823
Minute books, 1853-1946 in Cambridge PL, 1947-1962 in Cambridge RO.
CAMBRIDGE cam Cheshunt College 1768
Westminster College.
CAMBRIDGE cam Christ's College 1506
(Archives)
CAMBRIDGE cam Clare College 1326
(Archives)
CAMBRIDGE cam Corpus Christi College 1352
Parker Library, 1575. MS. lists in Sears Jayne, 1983, pp. 78-79.
CAMBRIDGE cam Downing College 1800
(Archives)
CAMBRIDGE cam Emmanuel College 1584
William Sancroft (1617-1693). MS. lists in Sears Jayne, 1983, pp. 78-80.
CAMBRIDGE cam Fitzwilliam Museum 1816
(Archives)
CAMBRIDGE cam Gonville and Caius College 1349
MS. lists in Sears Jayne, 1983, p. 7.
CAMBRIDGE cam Institute of Astronomy 1824
CAMBRIDGE cam Jesus College 1496
(Archives)
CAMBRIDGE cam Jesus College Book Club 1818
Jesus College archives - minute books. Still in existence? L.A. Pars, Transactions, Cambridge Bibliographical Society, 1970, 132-37.
CAMBRIDGE cam King's College 1441
George Thackeray (1777-1850). MS. lists in Sears Jayne, 1983, pp. 75-79.
CAMBRIDGE cam Magdalene College 1542
Pepys Library 1703.
CAMBRIDGE cam Pembroke College 1343
MS. lists in Sears Jayne, 1983, p. 79.
CAMBRIDGE cam Peterhouse 1284
Andrew Perne (1519-1589). MS. lists in Sears Jayne, 1983, pp. 78-81.
CAMBRIDGE cam Queen's College 1448
Isaac Milner (1820).
CAMBRIDGE cam Sidney Sussex College 1596
Samuel Taylor; F.S. Parris (1759).
CAMBRIDGE cam St Catharine's College 1473
Thomas Sherlock; John Addenbrooke; Thomas Neale. MS. list in Sears Jayne, 1983, p. 80.
CAMBRIDGE cam St John's College 1511
Cats. 1544, 1557. Jayne, 1983, p. ix. Henry Wriothesley; William Crashawe; Thomas Baker; John Newcome. MS. lists in Sears Jayne, 1983, pp. 79-81.
CAMBRIDGE cam Trinity College 1546
Wren Library 1695. MS. lists in Sears Jayne, 1983, pp. 79-81. Accounts &c. in College Archives.
CAMBRIDGE cam University Library 1500?
MS. list in Sears Jayne, 1983, pp. 77--78.
CAMDEN TOWN msx Royal Veterinary College 1791
(Archives)
CANTERBURY ken Cathedral Library 1550?
MS. list, 1630. Sears Jayne, 1983, p. 90. (Archives)
CANTERBURY ken St Augustine's College 1848
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
CARLISLE cum Carlisle Law Society 1831
- 1941. Records (Cumbria RO).
CARLISLE cum Carlisle Subscription Library 1768
Listed in Parson & White, History, Directory ... of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829. Merged with PL in 1896. Minutes &c in Carlisle PL. Cats. 1779, 1819, 1827.
CARLISLE cum Cathedral Library 1690?
(Archives)
CARLOW car St Patrick's Roman Catholic College 1840
Thom's Irish Almanac, 1851.
CARMARTHEN cat Carmarthen Reading Society 1815
List in Cardiff PL. Accounts (Carmarthen RO).
CARMARTHEN cat Presbyterian College 1700 [Carmarthen Library]
University College, Cardiff.
CASTLETON der Parochial Library 1819
MS cats. Cat. 1977 - X.102/2122. 700 survive. Perkin's list.
CASTLETOWN iom King William's College 1668
(Archives)
CHATHAM ken Royal School of Military Engineering 1812
(Archives)
CHELMSFORD ess Chelmsford Subscription Reading Room 1844
- 1885. Records (Essex RO).
CHELMSFORD ess Clerical Book Club 1844
-1984. Minutes, accounts (Essex RO).
CHELMSFORD ess Philosophical Society 1828
-1880. Register of books lent 1836-80 (Essex RO). Listed in White's Essex Directory, 1848.
CHELMSFORD ess Subscription Reading Room 1844
-1885. Records (Essex RO).
CHELSEA msx Chelsea Physic Garden 1673
Records 1731-1862 (Guildhall L); archives (Chelsea Physic Garden).
CHELSEA msx Literary & Scientific Institution 1846
- 1879. Records (Chelsea PL).
CHELTENHAM glo Assembly Rooms 1836
-1868. Papers, accounts (Gloucestershire RO).
CHELTENHAM glo Cheltenham Assembly Rooms 1836
- 1930. Records & Accounts (Gloucestershire RO).
CHELTENHAM glo Cheltenham College 1841
A.F. Leach, VCH, Gloucestershire, II, pp. 313-448. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
CHESTER che Literary & Philosophic Society 1812
Minutes 1812-13 (Chester RO).
CHESTER che Mechanic's Institution 1810
Ceased in 1876. MS cat. in Chester City Library. Founded by John Broster; re-formed in 1835. Librarian Benjamin Huxley, 1835-50. Accounts &c. 1834-75 (Chester RO).
CHESTERFIELD der Chesterfield & Brampton Mechanics' Institution 1841
Defunct in 1880. Minutes 1841-1880 (Derbyshire RO).
CHESTERFIELD der Mechanics' Institution 1827
Derby PL. Minutes 1841-80 (Derbyshire RO).
CHICHESTER sus Cathedral Library 1642
Gentleman's Magazine, 1853, ii, 160-62. (Archives)
CHICHESTER sus Literary & Philosophical Society 1831
F. Steer, History, 1962 - WP.16055/29. Accessions register (West Sussex RO).
CHICHESTER sus Theological College 1849
(Archives)
CIRENCESTER glo Royal Agricultural College 1845
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Gloucestershire, 1856. (Archives)
CIRENCESTER glo Subscription Library 1847
- 1885. Minutes (Gloucestershire RO).
CLAPHAM sur Athenaeum 1841
Minutes 1841-68 (Lambeth Archives).
CLAVERING ess Clavering Book Society 1786
1786-1932. Essex RO. Essex Review, 1935, pp. 109-12. Congregational Historical Society Transactions, xii, 1934. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Minute books 1787-1932 (Saffron Walden PL).
CLAYTON-LE-MOORS lan Mechanics' Institution 1844
- 1921. Minutes &c. (Lancashire RO).
COANWOOD nob Coanwood Reading Library 1840?
Northumberland Record Office. NRO Deposit 1114.
COANWOOD lan Friends Meeting House 1760
106 survive. Loan register from 1824. MS cat. An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in the North of England. HMSO, 1994.
COLCHESTER ess Castle Society Book Club 1750?
Founded by Charles Gray. Formed from the Harsnet Library. White's Essex Directory, 1845. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Colchester PL; Essex RO; Essex Archaeological Society.
COLCHESTER ess Royal Grammar School 1539
Samuel Harsnett (d. 1631). History 1948 BL X519/17112. (Archives)
CORK cor Literary & Scientific Society 1820?
Records (Cork Archives).
CORK cor Queen's College 1849
(Archives)
CORK cor St Fin Barre's Cathedral 1720
(Archives). N & Q, 1863,iii,196.
CORK cor University College 1849
(Archives)
COVENTRY war Coventry Library Society 1791
- 1868. Accounts & minutes (Coventry PL). Cats. 1812, 1823, 1840, 1848 (Coventry PL). Listed in White's Directory of Warwickshire, 1850.
COVENTRY war Philographic Society 1807
- 1821? Engravings. Notes by George Eld (Coventry RO).
COWBRIDGE gla Clerical Book Club 1817
- 1833. Accounts 1817-33 (Glamorgan RO).
COWBRIDGE gla Cowbridge Book Society 1736
- 1750? Became the Diocesan Library. Rees p. 252. Papers (Glamorgan RO, NLW MS. 6517). The former SPCK library (1711). Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
CRANFIELD bed Cranfield Book Society 1705?
SPCK Archives, 4 April, 1709.
CRANLEIGH sur Literary & Scientific Institution 1849
- 1875. Minutes (Surrey RO).
CREWE che Mechanics' Institution 1844
1851 Census. Minutes &c. 1845-1946 (Cheshire RO).
CROYDON sur Literary & Scientific Institution 1838
-1930. Minutes, registers, &c. 1838-1930 (Croydon Archives).
CRUNDALE ken Crundale Rectory Library 1728
Wye College. MS. cat in Canterbury Cathedral Archives. 900 survive.
CUDDESDON oxf Cuddesdon Theological College 1845
Ripon College, Cuddesdon.
CUMBERNAULD dub Public Library 1816
1200 vols. by 1839 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. VIII, p. 154. Minutes 1828-74 (Cumbernauld PL). Books transferred to Dumbarton County Lib. in 1934.
CWM AVON gla Mechanics' Institution 1848
Member lists 1849-51 (Glamorgan Archives).
DARWEN lan Mechanics' Institution 1839
Listed in Report of the State of Literary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institutions [SDUK], 1841. Survived till 1871. Minutes (Lancaster PL).
DAVENTRY noh Clay's Circulating Library 1746? [John Clay]
- 1775. Northamptonshire RO - D64.
DERBY der Mechanics' Institution 1825
Cats. 1834, 1836, 1841, 1845, 1848, 1851, 1856 - Derby PL. Defunct in 1915? Listed in Glover's Directory of Derby, 1829. Records 1825-1915 (Derby PL).
DERBY der Philosophical Society 1787
-1845. Records (Derby PL).
DISS nor Public Library & Scientific Institute 1825
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. 1851 Census. Cat. 1828 (Norwich PL). Papers Norfolk RO.
DONCASTER yor Doncaster Society Library 1714 [St George's Subscription Library]
Listed by Perkins as a parochial library. Started as the Clergymen's Society. A clerical subscription library. Several hundred volumes in 1726. Fire in 1853. Cat. 1821. Records in Doncaster Archives.
DOUGLAS iom Isle of Man Museum 1830?
Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1837. (Archives)
DOUGLAS iom King William's College 1833.
Fire in 1844.
DUBLIN dbl Dublin Castle 1701?
The official seat of Governors of Ireland. No evidence of a library before 1701. MS cat, 1802 - BL. Add. 35934.
DUBLIN dbl Dublin Philosophical Society 1684
Records 1684-1708 (BL) - Add. 4811-12. Records (Royal Irish Academy) & (Trinity Dublin).
DUBLIN dbl Natural History Society 1838
Minutes &c. in Royal Irish Academy (1838-53).
DUBLIN dbl Royal College of Physicians 1713
(Archives)
DUBLIN dbl Royal College of Surgeons 1784
(Archives)
DUBLIN dbl Royal Dublin Society 1796
Cat. 1797, 1807. National Botanic Garden; NL Ireland. (Archives)
DUBLIN dbl Royal Irish Academy 1785
(Archives)
DUBLIN dbl Trinity College 1591
Numerous cats. Accounts &c. in College Archives.
DUKINFIELD che Dukinfield Village Library 1833
- 1862. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census. Address 1843 - 823.a.4(2). Minutes (Tameside Archives).
DULWICH sur Dulwich College 1617
A.F. Leach, VCH, Surrey, II, pp. 155-242. (Archives)
DUMBARTON dub Mechanics' Institution 1844
Survived till 1910. Dumbarton PL. Minutes (Dumbarton PL).
DUMFRIES duf Commercial Reading Room & Library 1839
- 1889. Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Minutes (Dumfries Archives).
DUMFRIES duf Law Library 1818
- 1837. Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1837. Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Minutes 1818-37 (Dumfries Archives).
DUMFRIES duf Mechanics' Institution 1826
Cats. 1858, 1867, &c. Survived till 1953. Dumfries PL. Accounts &c (Dumfries Archives).
DUNBLANE per Leighton Library 1684
Stirling U. Still in original building. Cats. 1793, 1843. Records (Private collection) - NRA 14867, 24597.
DUNDEE for Public Library 1796
- 1869. Became the Public Library. Cat. 1800, 1804, 1811, 1832 (Dundee PL). Minutes 1796-1825 (Dundee PL). 6500 vols. in 1849 Public Library Report. Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. 6000 vols. by 1833 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XI, p. 46.
DUNFERMLINE fif Dunfermline Library 1789
Merged with Trades Library in 1870. Cats. 1825, 1849 (Dunfermline PL). Minutes 1789-1828 (Dunfermline PL). Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. 3000 vols. by 1844 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. IX.
DUNFERMLINE fif Pamphlet Club 1810
- 1811. Minutes (Dunfermile PL).
DUNSE bew Subscription Library 1768
- 1925. Cats. 1780 (St Andrews U), 1789? (NL Scotland). Minutes 1768-1830 (Selkirk L). Old Statistical Account, 1792. The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. II, p. 258.
DURHAM dur Cathedral Library 1083
Cats. 1608, 1634. Durham U. Jayne, 1983, p. ix. (Archives)
DURHAM dur University of Durham 1833
(Archives)
DURHAM dur Ushaw College 1800
Numerous parish libraries. Douai English College (1568-1793).
EAST DEREHAM nor East Dereham Book Society 1810
Label in Norfolk RO.
EBBW VALE mom Literary & Scientific Institute 1849
1851 Census. Minutes &c. 1849-1973 (Gwent RO).
EDALE der Edale Society 1700
Rules &c. (Derbyshire RO).
EDINBURGH edi Abbotsford Club 1833
-1858. NL Scotland.
EDINBURGH edi Anatomical Society of Edinburgh 1833
Minutes 1833-43 (Edinburgh UL).
EDINBURGH edi Assembly Rooms 1746
- 1946. Records (Scottish RO). When were books provided?
EDINBURGH edi Bannatyne Club 1823
-1861. Records (NL Scotland).
EDINBURGH edi Belles-Lettres Society of Edinburgh 1759
-1764. Minutes (NL Scotland).
EDINBURGH edi Botanical Society 1836
-1906. Minutes 1838-1906 (Royal Botanic Garden). Books transferred to Royal Botanic Garden in 1872. A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.
EDINBURGH edi Edinburgh Literary Society 1816
Minutes 1816-21 (Edinburgh PL).
EDINBURGH edi Edinburgh University Natural History Museum 1822
Records (National Museum of Scotland).
EDINBURGH edi Geological Society 1834
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Edinburgh U. Minutes, Accounts (Edinburgh U).
EDINBURGH edi George Watson's College 1723
(Archives)
EDINBURGH edi Heriot-Watt College 1821
Cat. 1878.
EDINBURGH edi New College 1843
Edinburgh U.
EDINBURGH edi Royal College of Physicians 1683
Cats. 1767, 1793. (Archives)
EDINBURGH edi Royal College of Surgeons 1699
Cat. 1863. (Archives)
EDINBURGH edi Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies 1823
Edinburgh U. (Archives)
EDINBURGH edi Royal High School 1519?
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. National Library of Scotland. History 1849 BL 8365.a.51. (Archives)
EDINBURGH edi Royal Medical Society 1753?
Cats. 1812, 1822, 1837. A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Sold in 1969-70. (Archives)
EDINBURGH edi Royal Physical Society 1771
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Edinburgh U. (Archives)
EDINBURGH edi Royal Scottish Academy 1826
(Archives)
EDINBURGH edi Royal Society of Edinburgh 1737 [Philosophical Society of Edinburgh]
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Scottish Science Library. (Archives)
EDINBURGH edi Sibbald's Circulating Library 1779 [James Sibbald]
Cat. [1786?] (NL Scotland), 1784 (Scottish RO), 1791. ESTC, 100? (Edinburgh PL). Hamlyn's Thesis, 1948.
EDINBURGH edi Subscription Library 1794
- 1901. Cats 1819, 1833, 1846, 1866 (Edinburgh PL, NL Scotland). Minutes 1794-1901 (Edinburgh PL). Sale cat. 1901 (Edinburgh PL).
EDINBURGH edi United Presbyterian College 1847
(Archives)
EDINBURGH edi University Library 1580
(Archives)
ELIE fif Subscription Library 1800?
Ceased in 1950s? Minutes 1841-1972 (Cupar PL). "Some hundreds of volumes" by 1836 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. IX, p. 292.
ELY cam Cathedral Library 1600?
Cambridge University. Some books sold in 1972. (Archives)
ELY cam Pamphlet Club 1766
Register, Accounts - BL Add. MS. 44973. J. Feather, Cambridge Bibliographical Society Transactions, 1980, pp. 457-63. Met at the Red Lion Inn.
ERDINGTON dur Oscott College 1838 [St Mary's College]
(Archives)
EVESHAM wor Literary, Scientific & Mechanics' Institution 1837
Survived till 1897. Minutes (Evesham PL).
EVESHAM wor Subscription Library 1819
Cat. 1825? 11918.p.4. Minutes (Evesham PL).
EXETER dev Cathedral Library 1060?
Shelf list 1506. Sears Jayne, 1983, p. 83. (Archives) 1749 Bookplate in Franks; also 1822.
EXETER dev Exeter Law Library 1833
I. Maxted, The Devon Book Trade, 1991. Minutes, Accounts, Rules &c. 1833-1954 (Devon RO).
EXETER dev Exeter Library Society 1776?
I. Maxted, The Devon Book Trade, 1991. Ceased in 1789. Minute books, 1776-89 (Devon RO). Devon & Cornwall N & Q, 1970, xxxi, 222-24. Exeter Flying Post, 10 November, 1785. 1785 printed label in Franks. Minutes, Accounts (Devon RO).
EYE suf Eye Book Club 1709?
SPCK Archives.
FALKIRK sti Subscription Library 1792
3000 vols. by 1841 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. VIII, p. 35. Cats. 1810 (Scottish RO), 1818 (Glagsow PL). Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1837. Listed in Pigot's New Commercial Directory of Scotland for 1826-7
FAVERSHAM ken Faversham Book Society 1791
Minute Book covers 1791-1802 - Faversham PL.
FENWICK ayr Fenwick Library 1808
- 1908. Cat. 1827 (NL Scotland). Records 1833-1908 (Private collection - NRA 17557).
FOLKESTONE ken English & Stock's Circulating Library 1850 [John English & Henry Stock]
- 1860? Minutes in Folkestone PL.
FOLKESTONE ken Harveian Literary Institution 1845
- 1888. Listed in Kelly's Directory of the Six Home Counties, 1851. Records (Shepway Archives).
FORRES mor Forres Museum 1840
- 1975. Records (Falconer Museum).
FOSTERBOOTH noh Fosterbooth Book Society 1809
- 1845. Accounts in Northamptonshire RO.
FOSTERBOOTH noh Society of Clergymen 1777?
Clay ledgers in Northamptonshire RO.
FOWLIS for Fowlis Library 1815?
Minutes 1815-67 (Dundee Archives). 600 vols. by 1842 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XI, p. 467.
GATESHEAD dur Mechanics' Institution 1836
- 1963. Gateshead PL. Records (Tyne & Wear Archives).
GLASGOW lak Cathedral Church of St Mary 1700?
(Archives)
GLASGOW lak Chemical Society 1800
Minutes 1800-01 (Strathclyde U Archives).
GLASGOW lak Church of Scotland Normal College 1845
Jordanhill College.
GLASGOW lak Glasgow Literary Forum 1822
Minutes 1822-40 (Mitchell L).
GLASGOW lak Glasgow Literary Society 1826
Minutes 1826-39 (Mitchell L).
GLASGOW lak Glasgow Public Library 1804
Cats. 1810, 1819, 1821, 1846 (Glasgow PL). Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Minutes 1814-46 (Glasgow PL).
GLASGOW lak Glasgow Royal Infirmary 1794
(Archives)
GLASGOW lak Mechanics' Institution 1823
Survived till 1886. Cat. 1848. BL 823.g.50. Papers &c. 1823-75 (Strathclyde U Archives).
GLASGOW lak Royal Botanic Gardens 1817
- 1886. Records (Glasgow Archives).
GLASGOW lak Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons 1697
Cats. 1741, 1778, 1817, 1799, 1842. (Archives)
GLASGOW lak Royal Faculty of Procurators 1817
Cat. 1845. (Archives)
GLASGOW lak Royal Maternity Hospital 1834
(Archives)
GLASGOW lak Stirling's Public Library 1800? [? Stirling]
Bequeathed to city. Cats. 1801 (Greenock PL), 1805 (NL Scotland), 1833 (Glasgow U). Minutes (Glasgow PL). Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1837. Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852.
GLASGOW lak University of Glasgow 1450?
(Archives)
GLOUCESTER glo Cathedral Library 1648
John Selden (1663); Maurice Wheeler (d. 1712); Josiah Tucker (1712-1799). (Archives)
GOMERSAL yor Mechanics' Institution 1849
Survived till 1962. Records (W Yorkshire Archives).
GOVAN lak Thom's Library 1818 [Mrs ? Thom]
Cats. 1818, 1842 (Strathclyde Archives, BL). 1849 Public Library Report.
GRANTHAM lin Clerical Society Library 1838
Minutes 1838-1944 in Lincolnshire Archives.
GRANTHAM lin Parochial Library 1598
Grantham Public Library - 250+ survive. Records 1598-1611 incl. MS. cat (1609) (Lincolnshire Archives). At times parochial/municipal. Perkin's list.
GREAT AMWELL her Scotts Grotto 1779
- 1886. Records (Hertfordshire RO). What was it exactly?
GREAT GRIMSBY lin Great Grimsby Book Society 1821
Rules in Lincolnshire Archives.
GREAT GRIMSBY lin Mechanics' Institution 1835
Survived til 1899. Records (Grimsby PL).
GREAT PAXTON hun Clergymen's Society 1704?
SPCK Archives, 1704. Presumably a book club.
GREENOCK ren Greenock Foreign Library 1807
- 1818. Cats. 1808, 1812 (Watt L). Minutes 1807-33 (Watt L).
GREENOCK ren Greenock Library 1783
Cats. 1787, 1792, 1808, 1826, 1832, 1844 (Watt L). Known as the Watt Library after 1816 when Watt gave œ100 for scientific books. Inverclyde District Library. Minutes 1807-33 (Watt L). 10,000 vols. by 1840. The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. VII, p. 470.
GUILDFORD sur Guildford Institute 1834
- 1986. Records (Surrey RO).
GUILDFORD sur Royal Grammar School 1509
A.F. Leach, VCH, Surrey, II, pp. 155-242. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. Chained. (Archives)
HACKNEY msx Hackney College 1786
Guildhall. Succeeded Robert Daniel-Tyssen (d. 1882).
HACKNEY msx Hackney Reading Society 1815
- 1910. Minute books 1815-1910 (Hackney PL). VCH Middlesex.
HACKNEY msx Literary & Philosophical Society 1811 [Hackney Literary Institute]
- 1817. Rules, 1811 - T.183(4). Cats. 1811, 1816 (London U). Minute books 1815-17 (Hackney PL). Literary & Scientific Society 1853-75 (Hackney Archives). VCH Middlesex.
HAILSHAM ham Royal Greenwich Observatory 1675
(Archives)
HALIFAX yor Assembly Rooms 1823
J.E. Norris correspondence (W Yorkshire Archives).
HALIFAX yor Cordingley's Circulating Library 1768 [W. Cordingley]
Proposals in ESTC. Dated October 29, 1768. Cat. 1786 in ESTC. Records 1768-1848 [Halifax Circulating Library] (W Yorkshire Archives).
HALIFAX yor Halifax Subscription Library 1768
- 1960. Cats. 1786 (Bodley 2590.e.Halifax 2.1), 1789, 1793, 1801, 1814, 1830, 1832, 1842, 1850 (Halifax PL). Papers 1768-1860 in Calderdale Archives. Halifax Antiquarian Society Papers, viii, 1911, pp. 45-59.
HALIFAX yor Literary & Philosophical Society 1830
Records 1830-1961 (West Yorkshire Archives Halifax).
HALSTEAD ess Halstead Book Society 1818
Rules (Essex RO).
HAMPSTEAD msx Public Library 1833
- 1966. Cat. [1849] - 823.a.41. Cats. Records (Holborn PL).
HARTINGTON der Hartington Union Book Society 1787
Accounts 1787-1821 in Derbyshire RO.
HASLINGDEN lan Mechanics' Institution 1846
Survied till 1904. Records 1846-60 (Lancashire RO).
HAVERFORDWEST pem Clerical Book Club 1709?
SPCK Archives.
HEREFORD hef Cathedral Library 1560?
Chained library. CAt. c.1640. Jayne, 1983, p. x. (Archives)
HEREFORD hef Permanent Library 1815
- 1900. Many books in Hereford PL. Cats. 1816, 1817, 1818, 1821, 1823, 1853. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Gloucestershire, 1856. Listed in Pigot's National Commercial Directory 1830. Minutes (Hereford RO).
HEREFORD hef Photographic & Literary Institution 1836
Minutes 1836-51 (Hereford RO).
HERTFORD her East India College School 1806
A.F. Leach, VCH, Hertfordshire, II, pp. 47-102. (Archives)
HERTFORD her Hertford Book Society 1815
- 1859. Minutes (Hertfordshire RO).
HIGH WYCOMBE buk Royal Grammar School 1550
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. History 1962 BL 8369.tt.50. (Archives)
HITCHIN her Hitchin Book Society 1800?
- 1824. Accounts (Hertfordshire RO).
HITCHIN her Hitchin Circulating Book Society 1840
Minutes 1840-63 (Hertfordshire RO).
HOLBORN msx British Museum 1753
Numerous cats. from 1787, 1813, 1841 (1 vol. only). Accounts printed as Parliamentary Papers; Minutes (BM Archives + BL Archives). Donations registers (BM). Numerous MS. cats. - See Alston, Handlist. Acquisition records (BL).
HOLBORN msx Sir John Soane's Museum 1837
(Archives)
HOLT nor Amicable Book Society 1796?
Subs. list. - 1846. Norfolk RO.
HOLYWELL fli Holywell Circulating Library 1838
Subscription Book (Flintshire RO). A circulating library?
HOLYWELL fli Holywell Reading Society 1820?
List (1823) in Clwyd RO.
HUDDERSFIELD yor Female Educational Institution 1847
- 1883. J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Survived till 1883. Records (Huddersfield U).
HUDDERSFIELD yor Huddersfield Medical Library 1814
- 1926? Kept in the Dispensary. Kirklees Archives.
HUDDERSFIELD yor Mechanics' Institute 1843
Survived till 1903. Records (Huddersfield U).
HUDDERSFIELD yor Springfield Book Society 1849
Minutes 1849-50 (West Yorkshire Archives Huddersfield).
HUDDERSFIELD yor Technical College 1843
(Archives)
INNERPEFFRAY per Innerpeffray Library 1680
Books before 1801 (2000) catalogued by W.M. Dickie in 1927. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Records 1747- (Innerpeffray L).
INSHEWAN per Reading Society 1810
Typescript of Minutes (1810-54) in Perth County Library.
IPSWICH suf Chapel Book Society 1794
For Congregationalists. Ipswich RO.
IPSWICH suf Congregational Library 1830?
- 1954. Cat. 1833? (Bodley). Rules and minute books 1830-1954 in Ipswich RO.
IPSWICH suf Ipswich Book Society 1764
Subs. list. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Minutes &c. (Suffolk RO).
IPSWICH suf Ipswich Institute 1824
- 1985. Records (Suffolk RO).
IPSWICH suf Museum Library 1850
BBTI. (Archives)
IPSWICH suf Public Library 1791
- 1905. Books in Ipswich PL. Minute books in Suffolk RO. Cats. 1791, 1799, 1851 (Ipswich RO). Listed in White's Directory of Suffolk, 1844. Printed lable in Franks.
IPSWICH suf Suffolk Medical Book Society 1824
- 1909. Cats. 1841 (Ipswich RO). Minutes 1824-1909 (Ipswich RO). Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
IPSWICH suf Union Public Library 1817
- 1824. Rules 1817 (Ipswich RO). Cat. 1824 (Ipswich RO).
ISLINGTON msx Literary & Scientific Institution 1837
Survived till 1872. Minutes &c (Islington PL). Also records in Cambridge UL 1838-43. 3,300 vols. in 1839. Library sold 1872. VCH Middlesex, vol. VIII, pp. 48-49. Inaug. address 1837 - 8307.f.43; 8711.dd.8(12) - John Sudlow.
KEIGHLEY yor Mechanics' Institution 1825
Survived till 1944. Records 1829-1944 (Keighley PL).
KELSO rox Kelso Library 1751
Cats. 1793? (Bodley), 1802 (Glasgow U), 1814 (NL Scotland), 1838 (Edinburgh U), 1857 (BL). Later known as Kelso Old Library. Minutes 1793-1907 (Kelso PL?)
KENDAL wes Kendal Book Club 1761
Cats. 1800, 1808, 1839 (Kendal PL, Kendal RO). Kaufman, 1969. Mannex's Directory of Westmorland, 1851. Parson & White, History, Directory ... of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829.
KENDAL wes Kendal Library 1794
- 1854. Merged with Natural History & Science Library. Cats. 1796, 1798, 1803, 1838 (Kendal PL, Carlisle PL, Kendal RO).
KENDAL wes Kendal Newsroom 1779 [Town Hall Newsroom]
- 1850. Records (Cumbria RO).
KENDAL wes Literary & Scientific Institute 1840?
- 1913. Records (Cumbria RO).
KENSINGTON msx Natural History Museum 1838 [British Museum]
Records (Natural History Museum).
KEW sur Royal Botanic Gardens 1841
(Archives)
KIBWORTH lei Kibworth & Harborough Book Society 1772
Shakespeare Birthplace Library. Accounts 1772-1889 in Leicester RO.
KIDBROOKE ken Morden College 1700
(Archives)
KILKENNY kiy Kilkenny Library Society 1811
- 1911. Minutes 1811-1911 (Kilkenny PL).
KILKENNY kiy St Kyran's Roman Catholic College 1830?
Thom's Irish Almanac, 1851.
KILLEIGH kig Killeigh Book Society 1824?
Accounts 1840-68 (NL Ireland).
KILMARNOCK ayr Kilmarnock Library 1797 [James Rankin]
- 1901. Cats. 1811, 1835, 1865 (Dick Institute). Minutes 1797-1874 (Dick Institute). Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Listed in Pigot's New Commercial Directory of Scotland for 1826-7
KINGSTON-UPON-HULL yor Hull Royal Infirmary 1784
(Archives)
KINGSTON-UPON-HULL yor Literary & Philosophical Society 1822
Inaug. address, 1823 - 10347.e.19(2). Laws & Regulations, 1823 - 10347.e.35(7). A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Listed in White's Lincoln, 1826. Records (Hull RO).
KINGSTON-UPON-HULL yor Mechanics' Institution 1825?
- 1866? Listed in White's Lincoln, 1826. Records (Hull RO).
KINGSTON-UPON-HULL yor Subscription Library 1775
Destroyed in 1943. Minutes 1775-1970 (Hull U). Bodley has cat. 1822 - 2590.d.Hull.4.1. also Account 1810. G.Pamph.1319(2). BL 1855 11901.h.6. History 1810 1508/610.
KINROSS kin Tradesmen's Library 1825
Cat. 1841 (NL Scotland). Minutes survive after 1874 (Perth L and Perth Museum). The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. IX, p. 25.
KIRKCALDY fif Subscription Library 1800 [Pathead & Sinclairtown Library]
4000 vols. by 1843 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. IX, p. 768. Defunct by 1935. Anderson, 1953. Records 1829-94 (Kirkcaldy Museum).
KIRKCUDBRIGHT kik Kirkcudbright Subscription Library 1777
Became the Mechanics' Institute in 1854. Cat. 1824 (Hornel L). Minutes 1777-1842 (Hornel L).
KIRKLISTON edi Kirkliston Reading Room 1834
- 1939. Records (NL Scotland).
KIRKWALL ork Kirkwall Bibliothek 1683
Cats. 1816, 1844 (Kirkwall PL). Minutes 1817-90 (Kirkwall Museum). Became the Orkney Library in 1815. Sold in 1891; bought by Archdeacon Craven who compiled a catalogue in 1897. All books now in Aberdeen University.
KIRKWALL ork Kirkwall Public Library 1815? [Orkney Library]
- 1890. Listed in Pigot's New Commercial Directory of Scotland for 1826-7. Records (Tankerness Museum).
LAMPETER cad St David's College 1827
Cat. 1836. Printed label dated 1837 in Franks.
LANCASTER lan Busher's Circulating Library 1790? [A. Busher]
Label in Barrow RO.
LANCASTER lan Turner's Circulating Library 1805? [John Turner]
Label in Barrow RO.
LANGHOLM duf Tradesmen's Subscription Library 1815?
- 1853. Became the Langholm Library. Minutes 1838-53 (NL Scotland). Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. IV, p. 427.
LEADHILLS lak Leadhills Reading Society 1741 [Scotch Mining Company]
For local miners. Rules 1761 (Hornel L). Cats. 1800, 1893, 1904. Defunct by 1940. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Minutes (Wanlockhead Museum). The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. VI, p. 334. 1700 vols. by 1835.
LEAMINGTON war Royal Literary & Scientific Institution 1848
Listed in White's Directory of Warwickshire, 1850. 1851 Census as Upper Leamington Institute. Minutes 1846-48 (Warwickshire RO).
LEEDS yor Institute of Science, Art & Literature 1823
- 1940. Records 1824-1940 (W Yorkshire Archives).
LEEDS yor Leeds Library 1768
Cats. 1768, 1778, 1782, 1785, 1793, 1795, 1802, 1809, 1817, 1836 (Leeds PL, York Minster). Minutes (Leeds L).
LEEDS yor Leeds New Subscription Library 1795
- 1843. Cats. 1802, 1843 (Leeds L). Accounts 1806-11 (Leeds U).
LEEDS yor Literary & Philosophical Society 1820
Intro lecture, 1821 - 8309.h.2. A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Records 1819-1959 (Leeds UL).
LEICESTER lei Friends Book Society 1845
Records 1845-1937 (Leicestershire RO).
LEICESTER lei Leicester Literary Society 1790
Fire in 1795. Rules 1790 in Leicester RO.
LEICESTER lei Leicester Museum 1838
- 1955. Records (Leicestershire RO).
LEICESTER lei Leicester Permanent Library 1800
- 1935. Cat. 1829, 1835, 1839 (Leicester PL). Minutes 1780 (Leicestershire RO).
LEICESTER lei Literary & Philosophical Society 1835
White's Directory of Leicestershire, 1846. Records 1835-1954 (Leicestershire RO).
LEICESTER lei Mechanics' Institution 1833
Survived til 1871. Leicester PL. Leicester City Museum. Minutes &c (Leicestershire RO).
LETHAM fif Letham Library 1825?
Minutes in St Andrews U (1825-83). 500 vols. by 1833 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XI, p. 156.
LEWES sus Lewes Library Society 1785
- 1912. Lewes Library. Bodley has 1793 Articles (not cat) Gough Sussex 9(2). Cats. 1841, 1864 (Brighton PL). Records (E Sussex RO).
LEWES sus Vestry Library 1805?
- 1865. Minutes (East Sussex RO).
LICHFIELD sta Cathedral Library 1670?
Refounded by the 2nd Duke of Somerset. MS. catalogue by Patrick Young, c.1622. Sears Jayne, 1983, p. 89. (Archives) MS cat by Samuel Smalbrooke in Lichfield Cathedral L.
LINCOLN lin Cathedral Library 1674
New library built by Wren in 1674. Michael Honywood's books left in 1681.
LINCOLN lin Lincoln Book Society 1758
- 1860. Records (Lincolnshire Archives).
LINCOLN lin Lincoln Monthly Book Society 1792
Records 1792-1865 (Lincolnshire Archives).
LITTLE DUNKELD per Inshewan Reading Society 1796?
- 1854. Rule 1810 (Sandeman L). Minutes 1810-54 (Sandeman L).
LIVERPOOL lan Amicable Book Society 1812
BBTI. Minutes 1812-29 (Liverpool RO).
LIVERPOOL lan Literary & Philosophical Society 1812
History, 1847 - MicA7191(28). Ed. A. Hume. A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Records (Liverpool RO).
LIVERPOOL lan Liverpool College 1840
History 1960 BL - 8314.p.18.
LIVERPOOL lan Liverpool Library 1758 [Lyceum Library]
Formed from book clubs. Known as the Lyceum since 1803. Books sold in 1940? Cats. 1760, 1767, 1770, 1773, 1781, 1792, 1801, 1814, 1830, 1850 (Liverpool PL, Liverpool U, NL Scotland). Minutes (Liverpool PL). Records (Liverpool RO). Lib. Hist. v, 1979.
LIVERPOOL lan Liverpool Philomathic Society 1823
Members list (Leeds UL).
LIVERPOOL lan Liverpool Royal Infirmary 1745
(Archives)
LIVERPOOL lan Liverpool Royal Institution 1813
- 1942. BBTI. Records (Liverpool U).
LIVERPOOL lan Minerva Circulating Library 1798 [Thomas Troughton]
BBTI. Labels in Barrow RO. Picture of Liverpool, 1805. Cat. 1804 (Liverpool PL).
LLANDAFF gla Cathedral Library 1560?
National Library of Wales. (Archives)
LLANDOVERY cat Welsh Institution 1849
- 1875. Minutes &c. (NL Wales).
LONDON msx Askesian Society 1801
-1808. Minutes (Wellcome Institute).
LONDON msx Botanical Society of London 1836
Minutes 1844-51 (Linnean Society). A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Listed in Accounts & Papers: 1852-53. Population. Education. Census of 1851. Vol. 34, 1854. Proceedings 1724-26 (Natural History Museum).
LONDON msx City of London College 1848
LONDON msx College of Advocates 1697 [Doctors' Commons]
Library founded in 1697. Soled in April, 1861. Books transferred to the Royal Courts of Justice. G.D. Squibb, Doctors' Commons, 1977.
LONDON msx College of Arms 1484
History 1967. MS cat. (1650?) BL MS Lansdwone 689. (Archives)
LONDON msx Coward College 1729
Dr Williams's Library.
LONDON msx Cymmrodorion Society 1755
There were three societies: 1755-; 1822-43; and 1873-. The books that went to the BM in 1844 were from the first two. MS cat. - BL MS Add. 15089 (c. 1833).
LONDON msx Eclectic Book Society 1812
Minutes 1812-20 (Guildhall L).
LONDON msx Geological Survey & Museum 1843
Geological Museum. (Archives)
LONDON msx Gresham College 1581
Guildhall.
LONDON msx Hackney College 1786
Guildhall.
LONDON msx Highbury College 1741
(Archives)
LONDON msx King's College 1831
MS cat. 1841.
LONDON msx King's College Hospital 1839
(Archives)
LONDON msx Ladies College 1849 [Bedford College]
Royal Holloway.
LONDON msx London Institution 1806
- 1930. King's College. Records (Guildhall).
LONDON msx London University 1837
(Archives)
LONDON msx National Gallery 1824
Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1837. Records (National Gallery).
LONDON msx Naval & Military Library & Museum 1831
Royal United Services Institution. (Archives)
LONDON msx Royal Academy of Music 1822
(Archives)
LONDON msx Royal Archaeological Institution 1845
(Archives)
LONDON msx Royal Army Medical College 1816
(Archives)
LONDON msx Royal Asiatic Society 1823
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. (Archives)
LONDON msx Royal Astronomical Society 1820
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. (Archives)
LONDON msx Royal College of Chemistry 1845
Imperial College. (Archives)
LONDON msx Royal College of Physicians 1525
(Archives)
LONDON msx Royal College of Psychiatrists 1841 [Association of Medical Officers of Asylums]
(Archives)
LONDON msx Royal College of Surgeons 1540
(Archives)
LONDON msx Royal Geographical Society 1830
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. (Archives)
LONDON msx Royal Horticultural Society 1804
Sold in 1859. (Archives)
LONDON msx Royal Institute of British Architects 1834
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. (Archives)
LONDON msx Royal Institution 1799
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Many books sold in 1970. (Archives)
LONDON msx Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital 1805 [London Dispensary]
Institute of Ophthalmology. (Archives)
LONDON msx Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital 1838
(Archives)
LONDON msx Royal Society 1660
(Archives)
LONDON msx Royal Society of Arts 1840
Greater London Record Office. (Archives)
LONDON msx Royal Society of Literature 1823
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. (Archives)
LONDON msx Royal Statistical Society 1834
(Archives)
LONDON msx Royal United Service Institution 1831
(Archives)
LONDON msx Sion College 1630
Cat. 1650. MS. author catalogue, 1632. Sears Jayne, 1983, p. 91.
LONDON msx St Paul's Cathedral 1670?
Damaged by fire in 1561 and 1666 (while books were at Sion College). MS. catalogue by Patrick Young, c.1622. Sears Jayne, 1983, p. 89. (Archives)
LONDON msx St Paul's School 1510
MS cat. 1582. History 1816 BL 732.l.27.
LONDON msx United University Club 1822
United Oxford & Cambridge Club.
LONDON msx University College 1829
(Archives)
LONDON msx University College School 1830
History 1909 BL 8365.c.76.
LONDON msx Westminster Abbey 1574
MS. inventory, c.1538. Sears Jayne, 1983, p. 83. (Archives) The library was enlarged in 1620 by John Williams, Dean of Westminster (1620).
LONDON msx Whitelands Training Institution for Schoolmistresses 1841
Whitelands College. History 1992 YK.1995.b.1766.
LONDONDERRY ldy St Columb's College 1846
Listed in Post Office Dublin Directory, 1849.
LOUTH lin Mechanics' Institution 1833
- 1945. Cat. 1837. BL 11918.bb.4. Records (Lincolnshire Archives).
LUDDENDEN yor Village Library 1776? [Book Club?]
- 1917. Met at the Nelson Inn. Also known as the Reading Society. Records (W Yorkshire Archives, Calderdale). Yorkshire Notes & Queries, iii, 1907, pp. 375-57. Librarian, xxviii, 1929, pp. 329-31.
MACCLESFIELD che Useful Knowledge Society 1835
Ceased in 1890. Macclesfiedl PL. Minutes &c. 1839-1880. Library catalogue. Cheshire RO - D 4908.
MAIDSTONE ken Parochial Library 1716?
480 survive. Bodley MS. Rawl.C.155. Maidstone Museum. Records 1735-1871 (Centre for Kentish Studies).
MANCHESTER lan Didsbury College 1842
Wesley College, Bristol.
MANCHESTER lan Literary and Philosophical Society 1781
Account, 1783 - T.35(9). Lists &c, 1896 - Ac.1360/4. Rules, 1782 - Ac1360/3. W.E.A. Axon, Handbook of the Public Libraries of Manchester & Salford, 1877. Cat. 1877. A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Records 1785-1951 (Business Archives Council).
MANCHESTER lan Manchester Assembly Rooms 1793
- 1811. Records (Manchester PL).
MANCHESTER lan Manchester Circulating Library 1764
In fact a subscription library. Cats. 1766, 1787, 1794 BL 1509/1023, 1818, 1824, 1829, 1831, 1844, 1846. Accounts 1796-1866 (Manchester PL). Machesyer Mercury, 29 December, 1778; Manchester Guardian, 5 January, 1867. Bookplates in Franks.
MANCHESTER lan Manchester Foreign Library 1830
- 1922. W.E.A. Axon, Handbook of the Public Libraries of Manchester & Salford, 1877. Slater's Directory of Manchester, 1850. Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Listed in Whellan's Manchester Directory, 1853. Records (Manchester PL).
MANCHESTER lan Manchester Literary Club 1845
Minutes, Accounts, &c. 1845-1980 (Manchester PL).
MANCHESTER lan Mechanics' Institute 1824 [Municipal Technical School]
-1 884. W.E.A. Axon, Handbook of the Public Libraries of Manchester & Salford, 1877. Survived till 1883. Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Manchester PL. UMIST. Minutes (Manchester U).
MANCHESTER lan Portico Library 1806
- to date. Cats. 1810, 1820, 1831, 1856. W.E.A. Axon, Handbook of the Public Libraries of Manchester & Salford, 1877. Still going. T. Pratt, Portico Library, 1922. Records (Portico L).
MANCHESTER lan Royal Manchester Institution 1823
- 1931. Records (Manchester PL).
MANCHESTER lan Union Club 1825
Rules, minutes, catalogues - Manchester PL - M17.
MARKET RASEN lin Market Rasen Book Society 1820?
Rules in Lincolnshire Archives.
MARLBOROUGH wil Marlborough College 1845
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. Bookplate dated 1848 in Franks.
MAYNOOTH kid St Patrick's College 1795
History 1836 T.2091(8).
MIDDLEWICH che Middlewich Book Club 1800?
Minutes 1814-17 (Cheshire RO). J.H. Cooke, Bibliotheca Cestriensis, 1904, p. 53.
MIDDLEWICH che Middlewich Book Society 1814
Ceased in 1817. Cheshire RO has minute book.
MILE END msx Beaumont Institution & People's Palace 1844
- 1953. Accounts &c. 1844-1953 (London Metropolitan Archives).
MODBURY dev Literary & Scientific Institution 1828
- 1915. I. Maxted, The Devon Book Trade, 1991. J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Papers &c. (Devon RO).
MODBURY dev Modbury Reading Society 1825?
Devon RO.
MONTROSE for Montrose Reading Society 1819
- 1904. Became the Montrose Trades Library in 1855. Minutes 1837-1904 (Montrose PL). The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XI, p. 287.
MONTROSE for Public Library 1785
- 1910. Became the Public Library. Minutes 1810-1957 (Montrose PL). 7000 vols. by 1835 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XI, p. 287.
NAILSWORTH glo Nailsworth Reading Society 1818
Bills, Minutes, &c. 1818-37 (Gloucestershire RO).
NANTWICH che Parochial Library 1704
135 survive. MS catalogue 1714.
NEATH gla Neath Library 1834
- 1866. Minutes (Glamorgan Archives).
NEWARK-ON-TRENT not Newark Book Society 1777 [Kingston Arms]
- 1872. Accounts 1777-1872 (Newark Museum).
NEWARK-ON-TRENT not Newark Stock Library 1825
- 1923. Cats. 1830, 1840, 1848 (Newark Museum, Newark PL). Minutes 1825-1922 (Newark PL). Listed in White's Nottingham Directory, 1844.
NEWBURY ber Literary & Scientific Society 1843
- 1904. 1851 Census. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854. (Berkshire RO).
NEWBURY ber Newbury Book Club 1800?
Berkshire RO D/ENm2 C5.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE nob Brunswick Chapel Library 1808
- 1865. Minute book (Tyne & Wear Archives). Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE nob College of Medicine 1834
Newcastle University.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE nob Newcastle Assembly House 1776
- 1842. Cat. 1842 (Tyne & Wear Archives).
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE nob Royal Free Grammar School 1535?
History 1925 BL X529/19360. 1986 YC.1987.a.2476. (Archives)
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE nob Royal Infirmary 1829
(Archives)
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE nob Society of Antiquaries 1813
Archives in Northumberland Record Office.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE nob Unitarian Chapel Library 1787
- 1859. MS cat. in Unity Church. Cat. 1809 (Newcastle PL), 1828 (BL).
NEWPORT iow Isle of Wight Institution 1810
- 1889. Cats. 1818 (Isle of Wight RO), 1848 (Sothampton PL). Minyes (Isle of Wight RO).
NEWRY dow Greer's Circulating Library 1822 [Robert Greer]
- 1866. Newry Commercial Telegraph, 25 July, 1826. Adams, Popular Culture, 130. Accounts, PRONI, Mic. 40.
NORTH SHIELDS nob Mechanics' Institution 1832
- 1869. Records (Tyne & Wear Archives).
NORTHAMPTON noh Amicable Book Society 1779
Subs. list. Rules, Accounts, &c. 1779-1830 (Northamptonshire RO).
NORWICH nor Cathedral Library 1680?
MS cat. 1775. (Archives)
NORWICH nor Grey Friars Society 1785
A charitable society. Ceased in 1828. Minutes 1785-1828 (Norfolk RO).
NORWICH nor Norfolk & Norwich Literary Institution 1822
Merged with Public Library in 1886. Cats. 1825, 1842, 1870 (Norwich PL). Minute books (Norfolk RO). Library History, i, 1967, pp. 46-53; viii/5, p. 147.
NORWICH nor Norfolk & Norwich Subscription Library 1784
- 1966. Records (Norfolk RO).
NORWICH nor Pearson's Circulating Library 1792? [Robert Pearson]
- 1795. BBTI. Label in Norfolk RO.
NOTTINGHAM not Assembly Rooms Association 1838
- 1891. Records (Nottinghamshire Archives).
NUNEATON war Nuneaton Book Club 1811
Warwickshire RO.
OKEHAMPTON dev Okehampton Institution 1833
- 1905. Minutes (Devon Record Office).
OLDHAM lan Lyceum 1839
- 1920? J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Lancashire, 1858. History 1897 BL 08364.de.100. Minutes &c. (Oldham Archives).
OXFORD oxf All Souls College 1438
MS. shelf lists c.1500, 1520, c.1546, 1550, 1556, c.1575, 1575-6. Sears Jayne, 1983, p. 63. Benefactors' book started in 1604.
OXFORD oxf Ashmolean Museum 1683
Accounts &c. Ashmolean Museum. Many books now in Bodley.
OXFORD oxf Balliol College 1263
(Archives)
OXFORD oxf Bodleian Library 1600
Re-founded by Sir Thomas Bodley. Numerous cats. since 1605. For early MS. lists see Sears Jayne, 1983, pp. 68-74. Accounts &c. Bodley Archives.
OXFORD oxf Brasenose College 1509
(Archives)
OXFORD oxf Canterbury College 1480?
Inventories dated 1501, 1510, 1521, 1524, 1534. Sears Jayne, 1983, pp. 63-5.
OXFORD oxf Christ Church 1546
OXFORD oxf Corpus Christi College 1517
MS. lists in Sears Jayne, 1983, pp. 67-70. History in progress by Jonathan Bengtson 1517-1800 D.Phil. Oxford.
OXFORD oxf Exeter College 1314
Suffered a fire in 1709 - how much was lost is not known.
OXFORD oxf Hertford College 1740 [Hart Hall -Magdalen Hall]
No books survive from the earlier Halls.
OXFORD oxf Jesus College 1571
MS. lists in Sears Jayne, 1983, p. 74.
OXFORD oxf Lincoln College 1427
MS. lists in Sears Jayne, 1983, pp. 66-67.
OXFORD oxf Magdalen College 1458
MS. lists inSears Jayne, 1983, p. 75.
OXFORD oxf Manchester College 1757
Moved to York in 1803, London, then Oxford. Based on several dissenting acadmeies, including Taunton.
OXFORD oxf Merton College 1264
MS. lists in Sears Jayne, 1983, pp. 64-67.
OXFORD oxf New College 1379
MS. lists in Sears Jayne, 1983, pp. 71-72.
OXFORD oxf Oriel College 1326
(Archives)
OXFORD oxf Pembroke College 1624
(Archives)
OXFORD oxf Queen's College 1340
(Archives)
OXFORD oxf St Edmund Hall 1270?
OXFORD oxf St John's College 1555
(Archives)
OXFORD oxf Trinity College 1555
Accounts &c. in College Archives.
OXFORD oxf University College 1249?
(Archives)
OXFORD oxf University, City & County Reading Room 1823
- 1850. Cats. (Bodley).
OXFORD oxf Wadham Book Club 1824
The Wadham College Book Club ran from 1824 to 1871. Papers in Wadham College archives.
OXFORD oxf Wadham College 1612
(Archives)
OXFORD oxf Wadham College Book Club 1824?
Minute books 1824-71 (Wadham).
OXFORD oxf Worcester College 1714
(Archives)
PAISLEY ren Theological Library 1808
- 1850? Cats. 1815, 1825 (Paisley PL). Accounts 1808-50 (Paisley PL). Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Listed in Pigot's New Commercial Directory of Scotland for 1826-7 800 vols. by 1837 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. VII, p. 299.
PENICUIK edi Village Library 1797
- 1879. Cat. 1846 (Scottish RO). New Statistical Account, 1845. 1200 vols. by 1839.
PENRITH cum Soulby's Circulating Library 1772 [Anthony Soulby]
1772-1816. 1797 imprint. BLC has imprints 17 97-1820. Barry Mackay's file. Barrow RO. Label in John Johnson. Cat. 1808 (Carlisle RO).
PENZANCE cnw Gentleman's Book Club 1800? [Gentlemen's Subscription Reading Room]
Subscribers' list, S. Drew, Original Essay, 1803. Records 1806-35 (Cornwall RO).
PENZANCE cnw Natural History & Antiquarian Society 1839
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Minutes 1839-72. Cat. of library (1903). Cornwall RO.
PENZANCE cnw Penzance Reading Room 1806
- 1835. Minutes &c. (Cornwall RO).
PENZANCE cnw Royal Cornwall Geological Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census. (Archives)
PERSHORE wor Mechanics' Institution 1849
1851 Census. Survived till 1866. Papers 1849-66 (Hereford & Worcester RO).
PERTH per Cathedral Library 1700?
National Library of Scotland. (Archives)
PERTH per Literary & Antiquarian Society 1824
Cat. 1850 - Cup.410.f.579. A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Listed in Marshall's Perth Directory, 1852. Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Records (Perth Museum).
PERTH per Mechanics' Institution 1824
- 1897. Cats. 1832, 1859. Listed in Marshall's Perth Directory, 1852. Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Listed in Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1827. Minutes 1824-97 (Perth & Knross Archives).
PETERBOROUGH noh Cathedral Library 1600?
Cambridge University. (Archives)
PETERHEAD abe Peterhead Reading Society 1808
- 1932. Books given to Public Library in 1893. Cat. 1832, 1846 (Aberdeen PL). 1849 Report. Records (NE Scotland L). 1500 vols. by 1840 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XII, p. 385.
PLESHEY ess Pleshey College 1394 [Grammar School]
C. Fell-Smith, VCH, Essex, II, pp. 501-564. MS. inventory, 1528. Sears Jayne, 1983, p. 83.
PLYMOUTH dev Royal Naval Hospital 1832
(Archives)
PORTSEA ham Hampshire Library 1804
12,000 vols. by 1837. Books bought by Wolverhampton PL. Cat. 1827, 1831 (Hampshire RO).
PORTSMOUTH ham Royal Naval Gunnery School 1830
History 1933 BL 08806.l.31. (Archives)
PULBOROUGH sus Pulborough Reading Society 1807
- 1818. Minutes (Surrey RO).
RADLEY ber Radley College 1847
A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284. (Archives)
READING ber Athenaeum 1842
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854. Minutes, accounts, &c. (Berkshire RO).
READING ber Berkshire Athenaeum Club 1776
-1995. Minutes, accounts &c. (Berkshire RO).
READING ber Berkshire County Club 1776
-1887. Minutes, accounts &c. (Berkshire RO).
REDRUTH cnw Literary Society 1840?
- 1864. Listed in Report of the State of Literary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institutions [SDUK], 1841. Minutes (Cornwall RO).
RENTON dub Renton Library 1797
1000 vols. by 1839 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. VIII, p. 93. Cat. 1819 (Glasgow U). Minutes 1797-1838 (Dumbarton PL).
RIPON yor Cathedral Library 1624
Leeds University. (Archives)
ROCHESTER ken Rochester Book Society 1797
Subs. list. Cp. H. Smetham, History of Strood, 1899 - BL 010360.ee.18. Still going in 1899. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Minutes, Records, &c. (Rochester City Archives).
ROCHESTER ken Rochester Cathedral 1550?
(Archives)
ROCHESTER ken Royal Grammar School 1542 [King's School]
Founded as a cathedral school. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. History 1989 BL YK.1990.b.10594. (Archives)
ROCHESTER ken Society for the Cultivation of Useful Knowledge 1797
- 1898. Medway Archives.
RYE sus Rye Book Club 1805
Rules (Lincolnshire Archives).
SALFORD lan Royal Museum & Library 1848?
Slater's Directory of Manchester, 1850. Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Listed in Whellan's Manchester Directory, 1853. (Archives)
SALISBURY wil Cathedral Library 1600?
Seth Ward. MS. catalogue by Patrick Young, c.1622. Sears Jayne, 1983, p. 89. (Archives)
SALISBURY wil Literary & Scientific Society 1830
- 1855. Records (Wiltshire RO).
SALTOUN edi Parochial Library 1658
1300 vols. remain. Records (NL Scotland).
SANDHURST ber Royal Military Academy 1801
(Archives)
SANDHURST ber Staff College 1820
Moved to Camberley in 1860.
SANQUHAR duf Sanquhar Library 1800 [Society for Improvement in Useful Knowledge]
- 1934. 1450 vols. by 1835. New Statistical Account, 1845. Papers (Dumfries Archives).
SEDBERGH yor Sedbergh Book Club 1728
Re-founded in 1782. - 1928. Cats. 1806, 1811, 1817 (Kendal RO). Minutes 1728-1928 (Kendal RO).
SHEFFIELD yor Book Club 1737
Rules &c. 1821-69 (Sheffield Archives).
SHEFFIELD yor Book Society 1790?
Survived till 1951. Minutes 1806-1944 (Sheffield Archives). Cats. 1791, 1792, 1798, 1802, 1816 (Sheffield PL).
SHEFFIELD yor Literary & Philosophical Society 1822
Reports, 1824-88. 1609/3052. History, 1922 - 11858.c.49. A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Records 1822-1934 (Sheffield Archives).
SHEFFIELD yor Mechanics' Institution 1832
Survived till 1890. Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Rules 823.a.4(5). Sheffield PL. Records (Sheffield Archives).
SHEFFIELD yor Sheffield Book Club 1820?
Cats. 1823, 1841 (Sheffield Archives). Minutes (Sheffield Archives).
SHEFFIELD yor Sheffield Book Society 1771
Known as the Sheffield Library after 1818. Cats. 1772 (York Minster), 1792, 1798, 1802, 1816, 1831, 1837, 1846 (Sheffield PL). Minutes 1818-1929 (Sheffield Archives). T.A. Ward, A Short Account, 1825. Library History, ii, 1971, pp. 91-116.
SHEFFIELD yor Subscription Library 1771
- 1929. Account 1825 - 11899.a.17(6). Records (Sheffield Archives).
SHELLEY yor Mechanics' Institution 1847
Survived till 1898. Records 1847-96 (W Yorkshire Archives).
SHIPSTON-ON-STOUR wor Shipston Reading Society 1800
Rules 1828 (Warwickshire RO).
SHOREDITCH msx Parochial Library 1763?
Founded by John Dawson as a public library. MS cat. 1765. FLA Thesis by Anthony Brown, 1972.
SHOREHAM-BY-SEA sus Lancing College 1848
(Archives)
SHREWSBURY shr Royal Free Grammar School 1552
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. History 1889 BL 8365.ff.23. 1952 08368.cc.17. History of library 1943 11915.bb.11. MS. lists 1606-34; donors register to 1619; 1634-1743. Sears Jayne, 1983, p. 91. (Archives) D.T.W. Price, VCH, Shropshire, pp. 141-164.
SHREWSBURY shr Shropshire Mechanics' Institution 1822
- 1844. Were there two MIs? Listed in Kelly's Directory of Gloucestershire, 1856. Papers (Shropshire RO).
SOUTH QUEENSFERRY lig Queensferry Evangelical Library 1825?
- 1856. Minutes 1825-56 (NL Scotland).
SOUTHWARK sur Cathedral Library 1540?
(Archives)
SPALDING lin Mechanics' Institute 1845
- 1903. Records (Spalding Gentleman's Society).
SPALDING lin Spalding Gentleman's Society 1710
Records (Spalding GS Museum). Cats. 1808, 1893 (BL). Journal of the British Archaeological Association, v, 1899, pp. 39-50. John Nichols, Bibliotheca, iii, no. 20, 1784.
ST ANDREWS fif St Leonard's College 1450?
St Andrews University.
ST ANDREWS fif St Salvator's College 1450?
St Andrews University.
ST ANDREWS fif University Library 1460?
(Archives)
ST ASAPH fli Cathedral Library 1711
Cat. 1878 - 2725.g.1779. SPCK Lending Library. National Library of Wales. (Archives)
ST BEES cum St Bees College 1817
(Archives)
ST DAVID'S pem St David's Cathedral 1180
(Archives)
ST PETER PORT chi Elizabeth College 1563
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. New charter in 1825. Printed label in Franks.
ST PETER PORT chi Sarnian Library 1819
J. Jacob, Annals ... Guernsey, 1830. Report (1829) in Priaulx Library. Label in Priaulx Library.
STAINES msx Literary & Scientific Institution 1835
Survived till 1870. Minutes 1834-63 (London Metropolitan Archives).
STANFORD noh Stanford Book Club 1746?
Clay registers (Northamptonshire RO).
STEPNEY msx Regent's Park College 1810 [Stepney College]
Moved to Regent's Park in 1856. Now Oxford. Bookplate 1810 in Franks.
STOURBRIDGE wor Mechanics' Institution 1834
Survives to date? Papers (Hereford & Worcester RO).
STOW-ON-THE-WOLD glo Book Society 1833
Purchase book (Cambridge UL).
STRATFORD-ON-AVON war Public Library 1810
- 1862. Also known as the Shakespeare Library. Minutes and Accounts (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust).
STROUD glo Subscription Rooms 1832
- 1925. Minutes &c. (Gloucestershire RO).
SUDBURY suf Mechanics' Institution 1834 [Sudbury Institute Club}
- 20c. 1851 Census. Records (Sudbury Club).
SUNDERLAND dur Subscription Library & Literary Society 1795
- 1905. Moved to Monkwearmouth in 1801. Cats. 1802, 1806, 1812, 1825, 1845 (Sunderland PL, Newcastle PL). Sold in 1938 (Sunderland PL). Minutes &c. (Tyne & Wear Archives).
SUNDERLAND dur Sunderland Friends Book Society 1838
Records 1838-1932 (Durham RO).
SUTTON VALENCE ken Sutton Valence Book Society 1825
Rules in Kent Archives.
SWAFFHAM nor Swaffham Literary Society 1776? [Swaffham Assembly House]
Subs. list. - 1791. Records (Norfolk RO).
SWANSEA gla Literary & Scientific Institution 1835
Became Royal Institution of South Wales. Records 1844-1921 (Business Archives Council).
SWANSEA gla Mechanics' Institution 1826 [Tradesmen's & Mechanics' Institution]
Revived in 1839 and 1848. Records (Private owner - NRA 28631).
SWANSEA gla Royal Institution of South Wales 1835
History, 1962 - 010369.h.34. (Archives)
SWANSEA gla Unitarian Book Society 1822
Accounts 1822-32