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The arrangement is alphabetical by place.
BRIDLINGTON yor Wilks' [New Inn] Circulating Library 1803? [John Wilks]
Part of the New Inn. Leeds Intelligencer, 23 May, 1803.
CAMBRIDGE cam Emmanuel Coffee House 1763 [John Delport]
Had a library. C. Cooper, Annals of Cambridge, 1852, IV, pp. 328-9.
EXETER dev Moll's Coffee House & Reading Room 1828
I. Maxted, The Devon Book Trade, 1991.
GILSLAND cum Shaw's Hotel 1810? [John & Ann Bell]
In 1823 Shaw's was taken over by Elizabeth Hundspith. Carlisle Patriot, 1 June, 1822; 17 May, 1823.
GILSLAND cum Wardrew's Hotel 1804? [John & Ann Bell]
Included a library. The Bells also ran Shaw's Hotel, which had a library. Guide to Gilsland, 1804. Carlisle Journal, 31 May, 1806.
LAURENCEKIRK kin Gardenstone Arms 1760?
An inn library established by Lord Gardenstone. Visited by Boswell & Johnson in 1773.
LIVERPOOL lan Bath Coffee House 1758?
Run by William Everard. BBTI.
LIVERPOOL lan Merchants' Coffee House 1758?
Liverpool Advertiser, 10 February, 10 March, 1758.
LONDON msx Bank Coffee House 1700?
Kaufman, p. 116. Cp. entry for Tom's Coffee House.
LONDON msx Chapter Coffee House 1775?
LONDON msx George's Coffee House 1700?
Kaufman, p. 116. Cp. entry for Tom's Coffee House.
LONDON msx Globe Coffee House 1795?
Leicester Journal, 1 July, 1796.
LONDON msx Sloman's Coffee House 1800? [? Sloman]
Books were lent. Frequented by the book trade.
LONDON msx Tom's Coffee House 1680?
BL 11630.c.1-14; 11630.d2-18; 11630.e.1-18. Kaufman, p. 121.
LONDON msx Walsal's Coffee House 1694
J. Houghton, Collection, No. 116, 19 October, 1694.
LONDON msx Walsal's Coffee House Library 1694?
Collection for Improvement of Husbandry, Dec. 21, 1694 - Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
NORWICH nor Tuck's Coffee House 1780? [Book Club]
Subs. list (1781).
OXFORD oxf Queens Lane Coffee House 1759? [Martha Kinnersley]
Oxford Journal, 13 October, 1759.
OXFORD oxf Short's Coffee House 1668?
Library established by members of Christ Church.
Last updated 19-8-98