LIBRARIES IN ENGLAND TO 1850

This a complete listing of all libraries so far identified in England.

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BEDFORDSHIRE

AMPTHILL bed Giberne's Circulating Library 1773 [Daniel Giberne]
Northampton Mercury, 27 December, 1773.
AMPTHILL bed Literary Society 1845?
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
AMPTHILL bed Mechanics' Institution 1850
1851 Census.
BEDFORD bed Archaeological & Architectural Society 1847
Correspondence, registers, library cat., accounts, 1847-1987. Catalogue: Bedfordshire RO.
BEDFORD bed Assembly & Reading Room 1845?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854.
BEDFORD bed Barnes' Circulating Library 1805? [J. Barnes]
Northampton Mercury, 29 October, 1808. Succeeded by J. Bedford.
BEDFORD bed Bedford Reading Room 1825
J.H. Matthiason, Bedford, 1831, p. 169.
BEDFORD bed Bedford's Circulating Library 1809? [J. Bedford]
Northampton Mercury, 11 February, 1809. Catalogue: 1809.
BEDFORD bed Free Grammar School 1160
A.F. Leach, VCH, Bedfordshire, II, pp. 149-180. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. History 1925 BL 08364.g.26.
BEDFORD bed Grant's Circulating Library 1821 [W.P. Grant]
Northampton Mercury, 14 July, 1821. Catalogue: 1821.
BEDFORD bed Gray's Circulating Library 1829 [William Gray]
BBTI.
BEDFORD bed Independent Book Club 1820?
See R. Phillips, Personal Tour, 1829, pp. 17-18. 791.h.32.
BEDFORD bed Literary & Scientific Institute 1700
1851 Census. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854. Catalogue: 1892 - 11900.bb.76. Minutes, reports, loans, rules &c. (Bedfordshire RO).
BEDFORD bed Merry's Circulating Library 1825? [C.B. Merry]
BEDFORD bed Old Library 1700 [Bedford General Library]
The deed of gift reprinted by Thomas Fisher in Gentleman's Magazine, 1817, ii, 135-36, 578. Originally kept in the Vestry of St John's Church. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854. Bedford County Library. 550 survive.
BEDFORD bed Protestant Book Society 1790?
BEDFORD bed Reading Room & Library 1826
-1859. Minutes, catalogue (Befordshire RO).
BEDFORD bed Sharp's Circulating Library 1780? [George Sharpe]
BEDFORD bed Smart's Circulating Library 1753? [William Smart]
Northampton Mercury, 9 July, 1753.
BEDFORD bed Smith's Circulating Library 1791 [William Smith]
Northampton Mercury, 8 October, 1791. Succeeded by James Webb.
BEDFORD bed Town & County Library 1839
BBTI.
BEDFORD bed Webb's Circulating Library 1790? [James Webb]
1790?-1840? BBTI.
BEDFORD bed Webb's Circulating Library 1805 [James Webb]
Northampton Mercury, 9 November, 1805. Succeeded William Smith. Labels in Bedford RO; Franks; John Johnson. Catalogue: 1805. Label in Franks.
BEDFORD bed Wood's Circulating Library 1810? [John Wood]
Bill in Bedford RO.
BIGGLESWADE bed Free School 1557
A.F. Leach, VCH, Bedfordshire, II, pp. 149-180.
BIGGLESWADE bed Gardiner's Circulating Library 1839 [W.W. & C.T. Gardiner]
BBTI.
BIGGLESWADE bed Mechanics' Institution 1850
1851 Census.
BROMHAM bed Parochial Library 1740
Founded by Thomas Lord Trevor in 1740. N & Q, 1882,vi,258. Catalogue: 1961 - 2724.c.4. 860+ survive. Perkin's list.
CADDINGTON bed Caddington School 1666
Founded by Sir George Coppin. William Cowper was a pupil. VCH Bedfordshire. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
CADDINGTON bed Parochial Library 1720?
All gone. Perkin's list.
CARDINGTON bed Parochial Library 1788
Bedford County Library. 157 survive. Perkin's list.
CRANFIELD bed Cranfield Book Society 1705?
SPCK Archives, 4 April, 1709.
CRANFIELD bed Parochial Library 1715
All gone.
DUNSTABLE bed Dunstable School 1200?
A.F. Leach, VCH, Bedfordshire, II, pp. 149-180.
DUNSTABLE bed Reading Room 1845?
1851 Census.
GREAT GRANSDEN bed Parochial Library 1793?
1 survives. Perkin's list.
HOUGHTON CONQUEST bed Free School 1632
A.F. Leach, VCH, Bedfordshire, II, pp. 149-180. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
KEMPSTON bed Crowsley's Circulating Library 1839 [Samuel Crowsley]
BBTI.
LUTON bed Hill's Circulating Library 1825? [William Hill]
R. Phillips, Personal Tour, 1829, p. 7.
LUTON bed Parochial Library 1650?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
MEPPERSHALL bed Meppershall Book Club 1704?
Started by Rev. Thomas Salmon. E. McClure, Chapter in English Church History, 1888, pp. 271-2.
PODINGTON bed Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
SHEFFORD bed Literary Institute 1845?
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
SHEFFORD bed Stafford's Circulating Library 1839? [Charles Stafford]
BBTI.
STREATLEY bed Parochial Library 1729
A Bray library.
TURVEY bed National School Institute 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
WOBURN bed Croft's Circulating Library 1839? [William Croft]
BBTI.
WOBURN bed Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
YELDEN bed Parochial Library 1849
Founded by E.S. Buntin, the Vicar. 400 survive - Bedford County Library. Perkin's list.

BERKSHIRE
ABINGDON ber Belcher's School 1713
Founded by Richard Belcher. A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
ABINGDON ber Free Grammar School 1400?
A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284. History[1830] - 8365.aa.11(1). Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
ABINGDON ber Harding's Circulating Library 1800? [John Harding]
Catalogue: 1804 - Bodley. Bankrupt 1806. Reading Mercury, 18 August, 1806.
ABINGDON ber King's Circulating Library 1810 [James King]
Jackson's Oxford Journal, 14 April, 1810.
ABINGDON ber Literary & Scientific Society 1844
1851 Census. Defunct in 1851.
ABINGDON ber Parochial Library 1618
Chained library. Reading University.
ABINGDON ber Parsons' Circulating Library 1840? [Richard Parsons]
Listed in Robson's Directory, 1842.
ABINGDON ber Payne's Circulating Library 1825? [John & Charles Payne]
Listed in Robson's Directory, 1842. Listed in Pigot's National Commercial Directory 1830. Reading Mercury, 14 November, 1825.
ABINGDON ber Radley College 1847
(Archives)
ABINGDON ber Reading & Library Society 1810?
1812 MS Catalogue: in Bodley (Top. Berks. e. 1.)
ABINGDON ber Reading Rooms 1845? [Richard Parsons]
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854.
APPLETON ber Appleton School 1604
A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
BINFIELD ber Binfield School 1652
A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
BINFIELD ber Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
BLEWBURY ber Blewbury School 1700
A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
BLEWBURY ber Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. 6 survive. Perkin's list.
BRADFIELD ber Parochial Library 1800?
Perkin's list.
BRAY ber Free School 1705
A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
BUCKLAND ber Parochial Library 1660?
Reading University. 58 survive. Perkin's list.
CHADDLEWORTH ber Chaddleworth School 1719
A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
CHILDREY ber Free School 1526
A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
DENCHWORTH ber Parochial Library 1693
Catalogue: 1875. Ker p. 76. 150 (?) survive. Perkin's list. Built 1693 by Rev Ralph Kedden. N & Q, 1881,iv,304-05.
DIDCOT ber Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. 9 survive. Perkin's list.
FARINGDON ber Knapp's Circulating Library 1840? [Richard Knapp]
Listed in Robson's Directory, 1842.
FARINGDON ber Knapp's Circulating Library 1814? [Richard Knapp]
Jackson's Oxford Journal, 16 July, 1814.
HARWELL ber Harwell School 1644
A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
HUNGERFORD ber Free Grammar School 1653
A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
HUNGERFORD ber Medical Reading Society 1825?
Taunton Courier, 3 November, 1830. Met in The Bear.
HUNGERFORD ber Parochial Library 1841
A Bray library.
HURLEY ber Parochial Library 1634
All gone.
LANGBOURNE ber Free School 1685
Schools Inquiry Commission, 1867-68.
MAIDENHEAD ber Literary, Scientific & Mechanics' Institution 1844
1851 Census. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854.
MAIDENHEAD ber Meggy's Circulating Library 1840? [W. Meggy]
Label in John Johnson.
MAIDENHEAD ber Spoore's School 1686
A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
MAIDENHEAD ber Wetton's Circulating Library 1811? [George W. Wetton]
-1822? Listed in Pigot's National Commercial Directory 1830. Succeeded by W. Meggy. Label in John Johnson. BL has imprints 1811-22.
MAIDENHEAD ber Wyvill's Circulating Library 1812? [R. Wyvill]
Reading Mercury, 8 August, 1814.
NEWBURY ber Andrews' Circulating Library 1820? [Jane Andrews]
BBTI. Berkshire Chronicle, 29 January, 1825.
NEWBURY ber Free Grammar School 1466?
A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
NEWBURY ber Fuller's Circulating Library 1788 [Benjamin Fuller]
Rules in BL copy of The Ramble of Philo, 1788, vol. 2. 1154.g.9. BL has imprints for 1796-99.
NEWBURY ber Harold's Circulating Library 1800 [Ann Harold]
Reading Mercury, 17 February, 1800.
NEWBURY ber Lewis' Circulating Library 1825? [Francis Lewis]
Listed in Pigot's National Commercial Directory 1830. Founded by John Lewis in 1795.
NEWBURY ber Lewis' Circulating Library 1820? [Winifred Lewis]
Listed in Robson's Directory, 1842. Widow of John Lewis. BL has imprint for 1841 - 701.c.38(4).
NEWBURY ber Lewis' Circulating Library 1795 [John Lewis]
Reading Mercury, 1 June, 1795. Succeeded by his widow, Winifred.
NEWBURY ber Literary & Scientific Society 1843
- 1904. 1851 Census. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854. (Berkshire RO).
NEWBURY ber Mayo's Circulating Library 1805? [Mrs A. Mayo]
Reading Mercury, 23 April, 1810. Died in 1822.
NEWBURY ber Newbury Book Club 1800?
Berkshire RO D/ENm2 C5.
NEWBURY ber Parochial Library 1695
Bray library. Perkin's list.
NEWBURY ber Roe's Circulating Library 1840? [William Roe]
Listed in Robson's Directory, 1842.
NEWBURY ber Willis & Fuller's Circulating Library 1787 [John Willis & Benjamin Fuller]
Reading Mercury, 3 September, 1787.
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 Beasley's Circulating Library 1826 [Ebenezer Beasley]
Berkshire Chronicle, 27 May, 1826. Succeeded - Mattacks. Succeeded by Richard Parsons in 1830.
READING ber Berkshire Athenaeum Club 1776
-1995. Minutes, accounts &c. (Berkshire RO).
READING ber Berkshire County Club 1776
-1887. Minutes, accounts &c. (Berkshire RO).
READING ber Binfield's Musical Circulating Library 1819? [- Binfield]
Reading Mercury, 12 April, 1819.
READING ber Blackman's Circulating Library 1772 [Samuel Blackman]
Died 1774. Succeeded by Mrs Waugh, sister of John Waugh, then her husband George.
READING ber Blue Coat School 1646
A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284. History, 1977 - X525/2190.
READING ber Brown's Circulating Library 1827? [John B. Brown]
Succeeded Knight & Dredge.
READING ber Carnan's Circulating Library 1780? [John Carnan]
Reading Mercury, 24 July, 20 November, 1780. May have taken over Newbery's library? Died 1785. K.G. Burton, Early Newspaper Press in Berkshire (1723-1855), 1954, pp. 104-11.
READING ber Didsbury's Circulating Library 1820? [John Didsbury]
READING ber Elkens' Circulating Library 1805 [John C. Elkens]
Catalogue: 1805, 1818. Reading Mercury, 6 May, 25 November, 1805; 2 February, 1818; 17 December, 1821.
READING ber Friends Meeting House 1825?
Catalogue: Reading,[1845?] (Friends House).
READING ber Grammar School 1138?
A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284. Bookplate 1746 in Franks.
READING ber Havell's Circulating Library 1818 [Edmund Havell]
Succeeded by Mary Havell in 1830; then George Lovejoy in 1832. Reading Mercury, 16 July, 1821; 25 November, 1822; Berkshire Chronicle, 23 September, 1826. BL has 1830 imprint - 844.e.4.
READING ber Jones' Circulating Library 1775? [Elizabeth Jones]
Reading Mercury, 10 November, 1777.
READING ber Jones' Circulating Library 1778 [T. Jones]
Reading Mercury, 12 October, 1778.
READING ber Knight & Dredge's Circulating Library 1823 [? Knight & ? Dredge]
Catalogue: 1828, Cambridge UL.
READING ber Knight & Son's Circulating Library 1812? [Charles Knight & Son]
Cp. Charles Knight, Knight & Dredge.
READING ber Knight's Circulating Library 1770? [Joseph Knight]
BBTI. Label - Forest Books, Catalogue 86, 1998, no. 89.
READING ber Knight's Circulating Library 1775 [Joseph Knight]
Succeeded John Samman. Reading Mercury, 3 November, 1777. Catalogue: 1777. Dispersed in 1780. Reading Mercury, 1 May, 1780.
READING ber Literary Institution 1808
- 1835.
READING ber Literary, Scientific & Mechanics' Institution 1843
Often confused with the 1826 Mechanics' Institution. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854. Cp. Literary Institution (1808).
READING ber Lovejoy's Subscription Library 1832 [George Lovejoy]
Succeeded Edmund Havell. Succeeded by Eliza Langley. Continued by William Smith & Son. Dispersed in 1928. Listed in Robson's Directory, 1842. Bodley has 1845 cat - Vet.A6.f.419.
READING ber Mattacks' Circulating Library 1820? [- Mattacks]
Succeeded by Ebenezer Beasley (1826); then Richard Parsons (1830). Berkshire Chronicle, 27 May, 1826.
READING ber May's Circulating Library 1800? [- May]
W. Childs, The Town of Reading, 1910, p. 3; John Man, The Stranger in Reading, 1810, pp. 111-17. Horniman's Reading Directory, 1827.
READING ber Mechanics' Institution 1826
Defunct in 1831. Revived in 1842-3.
READING ber Medico-Chirurgical Society 1824
Merged in 1899 with the Pathological Society. Royal Berks. Hospital.
READING ber Neale's School 1705
Founded by Joseph Neale. A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
READING ber Newbery's Circulating Library 1742? [John Newbery]
Moved to London; publisahed children's books. Cp. John Carnan and Anna M. Smart, who may have continued his library. Reading Mercury, 20 December, 1742.
READING ber Parochial Library 1727
9 survive. Perkin's list.
READING ber Parsons' Circulating Library 1830 [Richard Parsons]
Succeeded Ebenezer Beasley. Reading Mercury, 1 November, 1830.
READING ber Perryman's Circulating Library 1825? [W. Perryman]
Berskhire Chronicle, 28 October, 1826. Succeeded by Elizabeth Style.
READING ber Reading Book Club 1800?
Subscribers' list, A.D. Hendry, Three Sermons, Oxford, 1808. 1024.a.21.
READING ber Reading Pathological Society 1841
Royal Berks. Hospital.
READING ber Reading Permenaent Library 1807
Rules (1807) in Bodley.
READING ber Reading School 1750?
Lost in 1866.
READING ber Rusher's Circulating Library 1796 [James Rusher]
Catalogue: 1796, 1799, 1801. Reading Mercury, 21 November, 1796; 29 April, 1799; 3 August, 1801. Advertisement in Reading Guide, 1801. BL has imprints to 1815.
READING ber Samman's Circulating Library 1770? [John Samman]
Bankrupt in 1775. Catalogue: 1775. Berkshire Chronicle, 20 October, 1775; Reading Mercury, 27 November, 1775.
READING ber Sanderson's Circulating Library 1772? [John Sanderson]
Berkshire Chronicle, 18 August, 1775.
READING ber Smart's Circulating Library 1780? [Anna M. Smart]
Cp. John Carnan. Died 1809. Catalogue: 1782, 1783.
READING ber Snare's Circulating Library 1800? [Robert Snare]
Reading Mercury, 22 February, 15 March, 1802. Still going in 1827.
READING ber Style's Circulating Library 1830? [Elizabeth Style]
READING ber Waugh's Circulating Library 1780? [H. Waugh]
Hamlyn Thesis, 1948. ESTC imprints for J. Waugh from 1764; H. Waugh1787-91.
READING ber Waugh's Circulating Library 1774 [Mrs Waugh]
Succeeded Samuel Blackman. Reading Mercury, 16 May, 13 June, 15 August, 1774; 27 November, 1780.
SANDHURST ber Royal Military Academy 1801
(Archives)
SANDHURST ber Staff College 1820
Moved to Camberley in 1860.
SHINFIELD ber Shinfield School 1697
A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
SUTTON COURTENAY ber Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
THATCHAM ber Thatcham School 1707
A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
TWYFORD ber Twyford School 1721
A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
UFFINGTON ber Uffington School 1636
A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
WALLINGFORD ber Free Grammar School 1659?
A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
WALLINGFORD ber Free Library & Literary Institute 1844
WALLINGFORD ber Mechanics' Institution 1849
1851 Census. Defunct in 1866.
WALLINGFORD ber Payne's Circulating Library 1840? [? Payne & Son]
Listed in Robson's Directory, 1842. BL has J.G. Payne imprint 1845 - 1268.h.20.
WANTAGE ber Coleman's Circulating Library 1845? [Mrs M. Coleman]
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854.
WANTAGE ber Grammar School 1598
A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284. History, 1924. BL - 08364.e.64.
WANTAGE ber Literary & Scientific Institution 1849
1851 Cenus.
WANTAGE ber St Katharine's School 1848
History, 1936 - 8365.aaa.42.
WINDSOR ber Brown's Circulating Library 1825? [John B. Brown]
Listed in Robson's Directory, 1842. Listed in Pigot's National Commercial Directory 1830. BL has J.B. Brown imprints from 1840 to 1857.
WINDSOR ber Chapter Library 1348
Do any survive?
WINDSOR ber Eton College 1440
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221. {Archives}.
WINDSOR ber Kelly's Circulating Library 1840? [Mary A. Kelly]
Listed in Robson's Directory, 1842.
WINDSOR ber Knight's Circulating Library 1783 [Charles Knight]
Bookplate in 1608/333. Adverts. in ESTC. Reading Mercury, 20 October, 1783. Succeeded by Knight & Son (1812), Knight & Dredge (1823), John B. Brown (1827). There in 1855.
WINDSOR ber Mechanics' Institution 1835
Defunct in 1861. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854.
WINDSOR ber Public Library & Reading Room 1845?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854.
WINDSOR ber Style's Circulating Library 1825? [Elizabeth Style]
Listed in Robson's Directory, 1842. Listed in Pigot's National Commercial Directory 1830
WINDSOR ber Teede's Circulating Library 1839? [George R. Teede]
Listed in Robson's Directory, 1842. BL has 1839 imprint - 3434.aa.12.
WINKFIELD ber Winkfield School 1709
A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
WOKINGHAM ber Creaker's Circulating Library 1815? [Thomas Creaker]
BBTI. Reading Mercury, 16 October, 1815. Succee4ded by W. Gotelee.
WOKINGHAM ber Cruttwell's Circulating Library 1768? [Mrs Elizabeth Cruttwell]
BBTI. Died 1776. Succeeded by her son Thomas C. Cruttwell. Catalogue: 1768, 1772. Reading Mercury, 22 February, 1768; Berkshire Chronicle, 6 April, 1772.
WOKINGHAM ber Cruttwell's Circulating Library 1776 [Thomas C. Cruttwell]
Succeeded Elizabeth Cruttwell, his mother. Reading Mercury, 12 February, 1776.
WOKINGHAM ber Gotelee's Circulating Library 1830 [W. Gotelee]
Succeeded Thomas Creaker. Reading Mercury, 29 Marchy, 1830.
WOODSIDE ber Lending Library 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
ADDINGTON buk Parochial Library 1800?
6 books survive. Perkin's list.
AMERSHAM buk Cheyne's School 1699
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221.
AMERSHAM buk Free Grammar School 1620
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
AMERSHAM buk Harding's Circulating Library 1820? [Margaret Harding]
Pigot, 1823.
AMERSHAM buk Parochial Library 1744
Perkin's list.
ASTON CLINTON buk Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
ASTWOOD CLINTON buk Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
AYLESBURY buk Aylesbury Book Club 1822?
R. Gibbs, History of Aylesbury, 1885, p. 441.
AYLESBURY buk Aylesbury Book Society 1810?
Bucks. Chronicle, 30 November, 1822.
AYLESBURY buk Free School 1680?
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221. Recorded in 1714. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
BEACHAMPTON buk Grammar School 1648
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
BLEDLOW buk Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
BLETCHLEY buk Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. 3 survive. Perkin's list.
BUCKINGHAM buk Buckingham Book Club 1790?
Subscribers' list, J. White, Journal ... New South Wales, 1790.
BUCKINGHAM buk Free School 1540
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
BUCKINGHAM buk Green Coat School 1760
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221.
BUCKINGHAM buk Literary & Scientific Society 1849?
Defunct in 1888.
BUCKINGHAM buk Parochial Library 1481
1 survives. Perkin's list.
BUCKINGHAM buk Seeley's Circulating Library 1755? [Benton Seeley]
Catalogue: Bodley. Several ESTC imprints 1751-88.
CHALFONT ST GILES buk Chalfont St Giles School 1789
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221.
CHENIES buk Baptist Chapel 1778
The Chenies Sunday School started 1840. An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Central England. HMSO, 1986. Few books remain?
CUBLINGTON buk Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
DENHAM buk Denham School 1720
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221.
FARNHAM ROYAL buk Farnham Royal School 1764
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221.
GREAT MISSENDEN buk Missenden Abbey 1550?
Founded in 1133. Library post-Reformation. Library sold December 5, 1774.
GREATLINFORD buk Great Linford School 1702
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221.
HANSLOPE buk Lady Pierrepoint's School 1721
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221.
HIGH WYCOMBE buk Book Club[or Reading Society] 1799?
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Gentleman's Magazine, November 1800, 1053. May be same as Wycombe Library, subscriber to G. Redford & T.H. Riches, History ... Uxbridge, 1818.
HIGH WYCOMBE buk Eedes' Circulating Library 1790? [Robert Eedes]
Label in Cambridge UL - Munby b.131.
HIGH WYCOMBE buk Friends Meeting House 1800?
Catalogue: High Wycombe, 1803 (Friends House).
HIGH WYCOMBE buk Fuller's Circulating Library 1774? [John Fuller]
Catalogue: 1774. Joackson's Oxford Journal, 2 April, 1774.
HIGH WYCOMBE buk Parochial Library 1849
A Bray library. 40+ survive. Perkin's list. N & Q, 1881,iv,327.
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)
HIGH WYCOMBE buk Spicer's Circulating Library 1767 [Ralph Spicer]
BBTI.
HIGH WYCOMBE buk Wycombe Amicable & Literary Institute 1844
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Became the Mechanics' Institution in 1851.
IVER buk Iver School 1688
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221.
LANGLEY MARISH buk Kederminster Library 1623 [St Mary's Church Library]
250+ survive. Founded by Sir John Kederminster (d. 1639). Gentleman's Magazine, 1792, ii, 1181. Edwards, Memoirs.
LATHBURY buk Parochial Library 1650?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
MARLOW buk Cannon's Circulating Library 1820? [George Cannon]
Reading Mercury, 6 December, 1824. BL has[1850?] imprint - 3434.cc.50.
MARLOW buk Free School 1624 [Borlase's School]
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221.
MARLOW buk Literary & Scientific Institution 1845?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854.
MENTMORE buk Parochial Library 1743?
Archaeological Society, Aylesbury. Most sold.
MILTON KEYNES buk Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
MOULSOE buk Moulsoe School 1719
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221.
NEWPORT PAGNELL buk Abraham's Circulating Library 1813? [Miles Abraham]
Northampton Mercury, 24 July, 1813.
NEWPORT PAGNELL buk Baptist Society Subscription Library 1799?
Subscribers' list to J. Wilson, Missionary Voyage, 1799.
NEWPORT PAGNELL buk Chapman's Circulating Library 1791 [Thomas Chapman]
Succeeded F. Seeley. Northampton Mercury, 8 October, 1791.
NEWPORT PAGNELL buk Mechanics' Institution 1829
1851 Census.
NEWPORT PAGNELL buk Neall's Circulating Library 1811 [James Neall]
Catalogue: 1813. Northampton Mercury, 11 September, 1813. Advertised for sale in 1815. Northampton Mercury, 16 September, 1815.
NEWPORT PAGNELL buk Newport Pagnell Book Society 1767?
F.G. Stokes, The Blecheley Diary ... William Cole, 1931, p. 176.
NEWPORT PAGNELL buk Newport Pagnell School 1730
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221.
NEWPORT PAGNELL buk Parochial Library 1731
1 survives. Perkin's list. N & Q, 1923,i,38.
NEWPORT PAGNELL buk Rose's Circulating Library 1820? [William Rose]
Label in Franks.
NEWPORT PAGNELL buk Seeley's Circulating Library 1785? [Miss F. Seeley]
Northampton Mercury, 26 July, 1788; 8 October, 1791. Succeeded by Thomas Chapman in 1791.
PRINCES RISBOROUGH buk Parochial Library 1816
A Bray library.
RAVENSTONE buk Ravenstone School 1786
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221.
SLOUGH buk Mechanics' Institution 1847
1851 Census.
STOKE HAMMOND buk Stoke Hammond School 1707
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221.
STOKE POGES buk Stoke Poges School 1716
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221.
STONY STRATFORD buk Grammar School 1609
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221.
STONY STRATFORD buk Hunt's Circulating Library 1780? [- Hunt]
Label in Forest Books catalogue, 49, 1990.
SWANBOURNE buk Swanbourne School 1712
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221.
WAVENDON buk Wavendon School 1713
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221.
WHITCHURCH buk Parochial Library 1830
Perkin's list.
WILLEN buk Parochial Library 1695
Richard Busby. Destroyed by fire 1946. Catalogue: 1848.
WINSLOW buk Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
WINSLOW buk Winslow School 1722
A.F. Leach, VCH, Buckinghamshire, II, pp. 145-221.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE
BARRINGTON cam Barrington School 1719
Founded with SPCK. Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.
BASSINGBOURNE cam Parochial Library 1717
Essex University & Cambridge University. 800 survive.
BOTTISHAM cam Bottisham School 1730
Founded with SPCK. Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.
BRINKLEY cam Brinkley School 1722
Founded with SPCK. Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.
BURROUGH GREEN cam Burrough Green School 1708
Founded with SPCK. Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.
BURWELL cam Burwell School 1713
Founded with SPCK. Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.
BURWELL cam Parochial Library 1729
A Bray library. All gone.
CAMBRIDGE cam Addenbrooke's Hospital 1780?
CAMBRIDGE cam Bourtell's Circulating Library 1805? [J. Bourtell]
Cambridge Chronicle, 21 November, 1807.
CAMBRIDGE cam Cambridge Book Club 1823
Minute books, 1853-1946 in Cambridge PL, 1947-1962 in Cambridge RO.
CAMBRIDGE cam Cambridge Book Society 1821
Rules 1823; Catalogue: 1825 - Cambridge UL.
CAMBRIDGE cam Cambridge Garrick Club 1833
Founded 13 July, 1833. Label in Franks.
CAMBRIDGE cam Cambridge Philosophical Society 1819
Cambridge University.
CAMBRIDGE cam Cambridge Union Society 1815
CAMBRIDGE cam Charity School 1704
Founded with SPCK. Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.
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 Coffee House 1763 [John Delport]
Had a library. C. Cooper, Annals of Cambridge, 1852, IV, pp. 328-9.
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 Free Grammar School 1615 [Perse School]
History 1921 BL 08364.f.19. 1976 X529/31137.
CAMBRIDGE cam Friendly Society for Promoting Useful Knowledge 1784
Founded January 10, 1784 - printed label in Franks. Met at the Black Bull Inn.
CAMBRIDGE cam Gee & Bridges' Circulating Library 1830? [? Gee & ? Bridges]
Pigot, 1830.
CAMBRIDGE cam Gonville and Caius College 1349
MS. lists in Sears Jayne, 1983, p. 7.
CAMBRIDGE cam Goode & Hall's Circulating Library 1825? [J. Goode & John Hall]
Cambridge Chronicle, 27 December, 1822.
CAMBRIDGE cam Goode's Circulating Library 1815 [E. & J. Goode]
Label in John Johnson. Succeeded by Richard Harwood in 1822. BL hasimprint for E. & J. Goode 1817; E. Goode for 1819-20.
CAMBRIDGE cam Hall's Circulating Library 1825? [John Hall]
Listed in Pigot's National Commercial Directory 1830
CAMBRIDGE cam Harwood's Circulating Library 1822 [Richard Harwood]
Succeeded E. Goode.
CAMBRIDGE cam Hatt's Circulating Library 1811? [John Hatt]
Listed in Gardner's Directory of Cambridge, 1851. Listed in Gardner's Directory of Cambridge, 1851. Listed in Pigot's National Commercial Directory 1830. Cambridge Chronicle, 1 May, 1812; 30 November, 1821; 14 November, 1823. New library, 1823.
CAMBRIDGE cam Hobbs' Musical Circulating Library 1821 [J.W. Hobbs]
Cambridge Chronicle, 2 November, 1821.
CAMBRIDGE cam Hoop Tavern 1784? [Book Club]
Subscribers' list, J. Cooke, Voyage to the Pacific, 1784; also C. Collignon, Miscellaneous Works, 1786.
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 Jones' Circulating Library 1810 [W.D. Jones]
Cambridge Chronicle, 2 March, 1810.
CAMBRIDGE cam King's Circulating Library 1845? [Mary King]
Listed in Gardner's Directory of Cambridge, 1851.
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 Marshall's Circulating Library 1791 [John Marshall]
BBTI.
CAMBRIDGE cam Mechanics' Institution 1835
Defunct in 1858. Listed in Gardner's Directory of Cambridge, 1851.
CAMBRIDGE cam Nicholson's Circulating Library 1752 [John Nicholson I]
1752-96. Hamlyn's Thesis, 1948. Succeeded Robert Watts, d. 1752. Nicholson Died in 1796. Continued by his son (John) and grandson (john). ESTC has several imprints.
CAMBRIDGE cam Nicholson's Circulating Library 1796 [John Nicholson II]
CAMBRIDGE cam Nicholson's Circulating Library 1815? [John Nicholson III]
Died in 1822. Library dispersed in 1822.
CAMBRIDGE cam Page's Circulating Library 1791 [William Page]
-1797. BBTI.
CAMBRIDGE cam Page's Circulating Library 1800? [William Page]
Died in 1804. Cambridge Chronicle, 7 June, 1806. Succeeded by his widow, Martha.
CAMBRIDGE cam Page's Circulating Library 1806 [Martha Page]
Succeeded William Page.
CAMBRIDGE cam Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. 5 survive. Perkin's list.
CAMBRIDGE cam Pembroke College 1343
MS. lists in Sears Jayne, 1983, p. 79.
CAMBRIDGE cam Perse's Free Grammar School 1615
Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355. Founded by Stephen Perse. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
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 Seeley Historical Library 1807
Founded by John Symonds. Books added by Prof. William Smyth (d. 1849).
CAMBRIDGE cam Sidney Sussex College 1596
Samuel Taylor; F.S. Parris (1759).
CAMBRIDGE cam Society for Promoting Useful Knowledge 1784
Known as the Cambridge Book Club by 1813. Cambridge PL. Catalogue: 1796, 1813, 1838.
CAMBRIDGE cam Society for Promotion of Philosophy & Literature 1784 [Book Club]
Founded by Isaac Milner. Defunct by 1787.
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
Catalogue: 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 Stevenson's Circulating Library 1825? [Thomas Stevenson]
Listed in Pigot's National Commercial Directory 1830
CAMBRIDGE cam Sun Inn 1784? [Book Club]
Subscribers' list, J. Cooke, Voyage to the Pacific, 1784.
CAMBRIDGE cam Theatre Coffee House 1740? [Book Club]
Subscribers' list, D. Bellamy, Miscellanies, 1740.
CAMBRIDGE cam Trinity College 1546
Wren Library 1695. MS. lists in Sears Jayne, 1983, pp. 79-81. Accounts &c. in College Archives.
CAMBRIDGE cam Trinity Hall 1350
CAMBRIDGE cam University Library 1500?
MS. list in Sears Jayne, 1983, pp. 77--78.
CAMBRIDGE cam Watts' Circulating Library 1745 [Robert Watts]
1745-52. Hamlyn's Thesis, 1948.
CAXTON cam Book Club 1712?
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Several subscribers' lists. Notes & Queries, 1914, p. 462.
CHATTERIS cam Literary Institution 1845?
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850. Listed in Gardner's Directory of Cambridge, 1851.
CHESTERTON cam Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
CHEVELEY cam Free Grammar School 1568
Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
CHIPPENHAM cam Chippenham Circulating Library 1798? [?]
Salisbury & Winchester Journal, 23 April, 1798. Unidentified.
CHIPPENHAM cam Chippenham School 1708
Founded with SPCK. Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.
CHIPPENHAM cam Parochial Library 1750?
All gone. Bookplate in Franks.
CROXTON cam Croxton School 1708
Founded with SPCK. Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.
DULLINGHAM cam Dullingham School 1678
Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.
DULLINGHAM cam Parochial Library 1712
SPCK. All gone. Bray library.
ELMESLEY cam Elmesley School 1710
Founded with SPCK. Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.
ELY cam Cathedral Library 1600?
Cambridge University. Some books sold in 1972. (Archives)
ELY cam Davis' Circulating Library 1788? [William Davis]
BBTI. BL has 1789 imprint - RB.23.a.974.
ELY cam Ely School 1711
Founded with SPCK. Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.
ELY cam Grammar 1440? [King's School]
Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355. Founded as a cathedral school. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. History 1931 BL 08364.f.76. 1982 P.801/1445.
ELY cam Mechanics' Institution 1842
Defunct in 1860. Listed in Gardner's Directory of Cambridge, 1851.
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.
ELY cam Parochial Library 1711 [St Mary's]
Recorded in 1711. All gone?
FEN DITTON cam Fen Ditton School 1722
Founded with SPCK. Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.
FORDHAM cam Fordham School 1712
Founded with SPCK. Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.
FULBOURNE cam Fulbourne School 1722
Founded with SPCK. Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.
GAMILNGAY cam Gamlingay School 1713
Founded with SPCK. Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.
GRAVELEY cam Parochial Library 1766
Jesus College, Cambridge. London U. 1400+ survive. Perkin's list. N & Q, 1858,v,159.
GUILDEN MORDEN cam Parochial Library 1817
A Bray library. All gone.
HADDENHAM cam Haddenham School 1723
Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.
HISTON cam Histon School 1722
Founded with SPCK. Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.
IMPINGTON cam Parochial Library 1670?
Chained Library. Perkin's list.
KENNET cam Kennet School 1710
Founded with SPCK. Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.
LINTON cam Linton Book Society 1797?
Subscribers' list, W. Watson, Historical Account of Wisbech, 1827.
MARCH cam Church of England School 1696
Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355. Schools Inquiry Commission, 1867-68. Founded by William Neale.
MARCH cam Mechanics' Institution 1845
1851 Census. Listed in Gardner's Directory of Cambridge, 1851.
MUNGRISDALE cam Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
SOHAM cam Grammar School 1687
Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.
SOHAM cam Soham School 1713
Founded with SPCK. Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.
SWAFFHAM cam Swaffham School 1724
Founded with SPCK. Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.
THORNEY cam Thorney Book Society 1825?
Subscribers' list, W. Watson, Histroical Account of Wisbech, 1827.
WEST WICKHAM cam Parochial Library 1838
Perkin's list.
WHITTLESEY cam Reading Rooms & Book Society 1797
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850. Listed in Accounts & Papers: 1852-53. Population. Education. Census of 1851. Vol. 34, 1854.
WHITTLESEY cam Whittlesey Institution 1845?
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
WILLINGHAM cam Reading & Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
1851 Census.
WISBECH cam Cash's Circulating Library 1806 [J.A. Cash]
Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury, 17 October, 1806.
WISBECH cam Ely's Circulating Library 1770? [Edward Ely]
WISBECH cam Fulcher's Circulating Library 1820? [John B. Fulcher]
WISBECH cam Grammar School 1407? [St Peter's School]
Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355. Earlier foundation (1379)? Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
WISBECH cam Johnson's Circulating Library 1845? [Eleazor Johnson]
Listed in Gardner's Directory of Cambridge, 1851.
WISBECH cam Leach's Circulating Library 1827? [Henry & John Leach]
Still there in 1855. BL has imprints 1827-35. BL has imprints for Henry Leach 1824-27.
WISBECH cam Literary Society 1781
Listed in Gardner's Directory of Cambridge, 1851. Became the Wisbech Museum & Literary Society in 1847. Wisbech Museum. Catalogue: 1790, 1797, 1804, 1815, 1821, 1836, 1849. VCH Cambridgeshire, IV, p. 268. Wisbech Society, 32nd Annual Report, 1971.
WISBECH cam Mechanics' Institution 1841
1851 Census.
WISBECH cam News Room 1845?
Listed in Gardner's Directory of Cambridge, 1851.
WISBECH cam Nicholson's Circulating Library 1785? [William Nicholson]
Died in 1790. Succeeded by John White. Cambridge Chronicle, 7 April, 1792.
WISBECH cam Scientific Institute 1845?
Listed in Gardner's Directory of Cambridge, 1851.
WISBECH cam St Mary's Church 1653 [Parochial Library]
1100 survive - Wisbech Town Library. Wisbech Museum. Catalogue: 1718 lists 697 items. Ker p. 106.
WISBECH cam Walker's Circulating Library 1845? [Richard Walker]
Listed in Gardner's Directory of Cambridge, 1851. BL has 1849 imprint - 2367.b.11.
WISBECH cam Walker's Circulating Library 1823 [N. Walker]
Mostly lent prints. Cambridge Chronicle, 19 December, 1823.
WISBECH cam White & Leach's Circulating Library 1822? [John White & Henry Leach]
WISBECH cam White's Circulating Library 1792 [John White]
Succeeded William Nicholson. Died 1822. BL has imprints 1797-1813. Cp. ESTC.
WISBECH cam Wisbech Book Club 1745?
Subscribers' list, E. Justice, Voyage to Russia, 1745. Ipswich Journal, 5 May, 1753.
WISBECH cam Wisbech Museum 1735
(Archives)
WISBECH cam Wisbech School 1707
Founded with SPCK. Ethel M. Hampson, VCH, Cambridge, II, pp. 319-355.

CHESHIRE

ACTON che Free Grammar School 1558
A.T. Thacker, VCH, Cheshire, III, pp. 223-255. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
ALDERLEY che Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
ALTRINCHAM che Altrincham & Bowdon Literary Institution 1847
-1863. Minute book (Altrincham PL).
ALTRINCHAM che Altrincham Book Club 1795?
Subscribers' list, W. Enfield, Sermons, 1798.
ALTRINCHAM che Balshaw's Circulating Library 1824 [Charles Balshaw]
1824-50. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. BL has an imprint[1860?], probably much earlier - 10360.ccc.24.
ALTRINCHAM che Literary Institute 1845?
Altrincham & Bowdon. J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Minutes 1847-63 (Altrincham PL).
ASTBURY che Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
AUDLEM che Free School 1550?
A.T. Thacker, VCH, Cheshire, III, pp. 223-255. Schools Inquiry Commission, 1867-68.
BACKFORD che Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. 4 survive. Perkin's list.
BARTHOMLEY che Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
BIRKENHEAD che Birkenhead Maternity Hospital 1841
BIRKENHEAD che Broughton Institute 1840?
Samuel Ranson was librarian in 1845. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
BIRKENHEAD che Dalton's Circulating Library 1840 [Imogen Dalton]
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
BIRKENHEAD che Gerdes' Circulating Library 1832 [Ellen Gerdes]
1832-35. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
BIRKENHEAD che Mechanics' Institution 1849
Census 1851.
BIRKENHEAD che Medical Reading Rooms 1849
BBTI.
BIRKENHEAD che Osborne's Circulating Library 1841 [William Osborne]
1841-50. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. BL has imprints 1843-64.
BIRKENHEAD che Pinkney's Circulating Library 1849 [Robert Pinkney]
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. BL has imprints 1849-50. Law & Pinkney, 1847.
BIRKENHEAD che Ranson's Circulating Library 1845 [Samuel Ranson]
BBTI.
BIRKENHEAD che Satterthwaite's Circulating Library 1840 [Robert Satterthwaite]
BBTI.
BIRKENHEAD che Scarisbrick's Circulating Library 1850 [Thomas Scarisbrick]
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
BIRKENHEAD che Williams' Circulating Library 1845 [George Williams]
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
BUDWORTH che Free Grammar School 1550?
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
BUNBURY che Free Grammar School 1570?
A.T. Thacker, VCH, Cheshire, III, pp. 223-255. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
BUNBURY che Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
BURTON che Free School 1724
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
CHEADLE che Reading, News Room & Circulating Library 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
CHEADLE che Tallis' Circulating Library 1840? [? Tallis]
BBTI.
CHESTER che Albion News Room 1834
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
CHESTER che Backarn's Circulating Library 1828? [Rebecca M. Backarn]
BBTI.
CHESTER che Batenham's Circulating Library 1832 [Ann Batenham]
1832-48. Northgate Library. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
CHESTER che Batenham's Circulating Library 1823 [George Batenham II]
1823-33. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. BL has imprints 1821-33.
CHESTER che Batenham's Circulating Library 1790? [George Batenham I]
BBTI.
CHESTER che Batenham's Circulating Library 1832? [Ann Batenham]
BBTI. Succeeded George Batenham.
CHESTER che Blue-Coat Hospital 1750?
Burney 697.b.
CHESTER che Broster's Circulating Library 1770? [Peter Broster]
Adams' Weekly Courant, 27 February, 1770. BL has imprints[1772?]-1800. Cp. ESTC.
CHESTER che Buckley's Circulating Library 1755 [John Buckley]
1758-74. Also spelled Bulkeley. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
CHESTER che Catherall's Circulating Library 1844 [Thomas Catherall]
1844-50. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. Listed in Bagshaw's Chester, 1850. BL has imprints for 1845-56.
CHESTER che Cheshire Book Society 1796?
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Subscribers' list, Fanny Burney, Camilla, 1796.
CHESTER che Cheshire Book Society 1795?
Subscribers' list, Fanny Burney, Camilla, 1796.
CHESTER che Chivers' Circulating Library 1780? [John Chivers]
Chester Guide, 1782. Advertisement in John Johnson.
CHESTER che City Library 1773
Listed in Bagshaw's Chester, 1850. Ceased in 1857 - books went to the Mehcnics' Institution. Catalogue: 1774, 1826, 1835 - Chester PL.
CHESTER che City Library & Commercial News Room 1808
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
CHESTER che Cowley's Circulating Library 1769 [Thomas Cowley]
Catalogue: 1769. Adams' Weekly Courant, 7 November, 1769.
CHESTER che Ducker & Bayne's Circulating Library 1849? [? Ducker & James Bayne]
Partnership dissolved in 1849. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. Listed in Bagshaw's Chester, 1850. BL has James Bayne imprints 1855-61.
CHESTER che Ducker's Circulating Library 1844 [Edward Ducker]
1844-49. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
CHESTER che Dymock's Circulating Library 1781 [William Dymock]
Dispersed in 1782. Adams' Weekly Courant, 13 February, 1781; 29 January, 1782.
CHESTER che General Public Library 1817
Founded by F. Fletcher. Books bought by the Mechanics' Institution in 1835.
CHESTER che Hunter's Circulating Library 1844? [Elizabeth Hunter]
BBTI.
CHESTER che Huxley's Circulating Library 1850? [Benjamin Huxley]
BBTI.
CHESTER che Johnson's Circulating Library 1834? [John Johnson]
BBTI.
CHESTER che Jones & Crane's Circulating Library 1795? [William C. Jones & Thomas Crane]
Partnership ceased in 1797. BL has Jones & Crane 1796. Presumably Thomas Crane was son of T. Crane - BL imprint 1774. Cp. ESTC.
CHESTER che Jones' Circulating Library 1834 [Arabella Jones]
1834-44. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
CHESTER che Jones' Circulating Library 1798 [William C. Jones]
Chester Chronicle, 5 January, 1798; 7 November, 1800. BL has imprints 1800-14.
CHESTER che King's School 1541 [Cathedral Grammar School]
A.T. Thacker, VCH, Cheshire, III, pp. 223-255. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. History 1973 BL X519/14561.
CHESTER che Literary & Philosophic Society 1812
Minutes 1812-13 (Chester RO).
CHESTER che Literary Improvement Society 1847
Listed in Bagshaw's Chester, 1850.
CHESTER che Literary Society 1765?
Subscribers' list, R. Dean, Essay on the future life of Brutes, 1767.
CHESTER che Lomax's Circulating Library 1845? [James Lomax]
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. Listed in Bagshaw's Chester, 1850.
CHESTER che Matthew Henry's Chapel 1700
Matthew Henry was vicar 1687-1712. An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in the North of England. HMSO, 1994.
CHESTER che Mechanic's Institution 1810
Ceased in 1876. MS> in Chester City Library. Founded by John Broster; re-formed in 1835. Librarian Benjamin Huxley, 1835-50. Accounts &c. 1834-75 (Chester RO).
CHESTER che Minshull's Circulating Library 1783? [William Minshull]
1783-1801. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. Chester Chronicle, 17 April, 1801. BL has imprints 1799-1800. Cp. ESTC.
CHESTER che Monk's Circulating Library 1790? [B. Monk]
Label (BL).
CHESTER che Moulsdale's Circulating Library 1782 [Mrs Ann Moulsdale]
1782-95. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. Also listed as Mousdale. Adams' Weekly Courant, 12 March, 1782.
CHESTER che Northgate Library 1832?
BBTI.
CHESTER che Pamphlet Club 1775?
Subscribers' list, C. Burney, General History of Music, 1776.
CHESTER che Parochial Library 1695?
Bray library. All gone. Perkin's list.
CHESTER che Parry's Circulating Library 1825? [John Parry & Son]
1825-36. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. Listed in Bagshaw's Chester, 1850. BL has imprints[1820?]-40.
CHESTER che Prichard's Circulating Library 1840 [George Prichard]
1840-50. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. Listed in Bagshaw's Chester, 1850. BL has imprints 1852+.
CHESTER che Seller's Circulating Library 1834? [Ann Seller]
BBTI.
CHESTER che Subscription Library 1808
1808-48. Amalgamted with City Library. Catalogue: 1826 1578/6472.
CHESTER che Taylor's Circulating Library 1845? [Hannah Taylor]
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. Listed in Bagshaw's Chester, 1850.
CHESTER che Taylor's Circulating Library 1834 [Richard & Hannah Taylor]
1834-50. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. BL has R. Taylor imprint[1814] - 3436.bb.36.
CHESTER che Telford's Circulating Library 1828 [Ann Telford]
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
CHESTER che Turner's Circulating Library 1834 [William Turner]
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
CHESTER che Ward's Circulating Library 1844? [Beorge Ward]
BBTI.
CHESTER-LE-STREET che Mechanics' Institution 1826
Survives to date.
CONGLETON che Association for the Attainment of Knowledge 1841
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
CONGLETON che Athenaeum News Room & Library 1841?
BBTI.
CONGLETON che Clarke's Circulating Library 1833 [William Clarke]
1833-50. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. Listed in Bagshaw's Chester, 1850. BL has 1837 and 1845 imprints.
CONGLETON che Grammar School 1708
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
CONGLETON che Mechanics' Institution 1849
Census 1851.
CONGLETON che Subscription Library 1802
Ceased in 1825. Pottery Mercury, 27 April, 1825.
CREWE che Crewe Reading Rooms 1844?
CREWE che Mechanics' Institution 1844
1851 Census. Minutes &c. 1845-1946 (Cheshire RO).
DARESBURY che Grammar School 1600
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
DEAN ROW che Dean Row Chapel Library 1820?
DISLEY che Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
DUKINFIELD che Dukinfield Book Society 1805
Founded by Rev. J. Hawkes. 460 vols. by 1816. A. Parkinson, Beneficial Effects of a Sunday School, 1816.
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).
DUKINFIELD che Oliver's Circulating Library 1841 [Rachael Oliver]
-1848. BBTI.
EDGELEY che Book Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
FRODSHAM che Free Grammar School 1600?
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
GEE CROSS che Gee Cross Book Club 1765
T. Middleton, History of Hyde, 1932, p. 530.
GEE CROSS che Gerard's Reading Society 1830?
Subscribers' list, S. Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of England, 1831.
HALTON che Parochial Library 1733
Catalogue: 1733. 400+ survive. Perkin's list.
HATHERLOW che Young Mens' Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
1851 Census.
HOLLINGWORTH che Young Men's Association 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
HURDSFIELD che Hurdsfield Sunday School 1808
History 1908 BL X808/41082.
HURDSFIELD che Oldham's Circulating Library 1850 [Samuel Oldham]
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
HURDSFIELD che Tinker's Circulating Library 1850 [Henry Tinker]
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
HYDE che Institute for the Diffusion of General Knowledge 1838
In 1850 merged with Hyde Mechanics' Institution.
HYDE che Literary Society 1823?
1851 Census.
HYDE che Mechanics' Institution 1850
Census 1851.
KNUTSFORD che Brook Street Chapel 1695+
100 vols. survive. G.A. Payne, An Ancient Chapel. 1934. An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in the North of England. HMSO, 1994.
KNUTSFORD che Grammar School 1550
A.T. Thacker, VCH, Cheshire, III, pp. 223-255. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
KNUTSFORD che Parochial Lending Library 1780
A Bray library. All gone.
KNUTSFORD che Working Man's Library 1839
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
LYMM che Free Grammar School 1590?
A.T. Thacker, VCH, Cheshire, III, pp. 223-255. History 1960 BL 8314.pp.48.
MACCLESFIELD che Barber's Circulating Library 1846? [Jabez Barber]
BBTI.
MACCLESFIELD che Beard's Circulating Library 1846? [John Beard]
BBTI.
MACCLESFIELD che Burgess' Circulating Library 1838 [Matthew Burgess]
1838-50. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. Listed in Bagshaw's Chester, 1850. BL has 1839 imprint - 1609/3856.
MACCLESFIELD che Carnell's Circulating Library 1846 [William Carnell]
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
MACCLESFIELD che Free Grammar School 1502
A.T. Thacker, VCH, Cheshire, III, pp. 223-255. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. History 1910 BL - X529/19366.
MACCLESFIELD che Holland's Circulating Library 1846? [David Holland]
BBTI.
MACCLESFIELD che Hough's Circulating Library 1838? [William Hough]
BBTI.
MACCLESFIELD che Jones' Circulating Library 1794 [William C. Jones]
Chester Chronicle, 24 October, 1794. Moved to Chester in 1797.
MACCLESFIELD che Kelly's Circulating Library 1844? [Thomas Kelly]
BBTI.
MACCLESFIELD che King's School 1750?
MACCLESFIELD che Liberal News Room 1844
Librarian David Holland. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
MACCLESFIELD che Macclesfield Circulating Library 1779? [T. Bayley]
Catalogue: 1779 RB.23.b.1502.
MACCLESFIELD che New Church Subscription Library 1780?
Founded by David Simpson (d. 1799). Cat.[1780?] in Bodley. Simpson was a dissenting minister.
MACCLESFIELD che Parochial Library 1843
A Bray library.
MACCLESFIELD che Reform Association Newsroom 1850?
BBTI.
MACCLESFIELD che Rowbotham's Circulating Library 1844? [David Rowbotham]
BBTI.
MACCLESFIELD che Subscription Library 1770
1770-1850. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. Catalogue: 1796 11902.b.29; 1823 11902.b.30. Also known as Upton Subscription Library.
MACCLESFIELD che Thomas' Circulating Library 1844? [Allan Thomas]
BBTI.
MACCLESFIELD che Useful Knowledge Society 1835
Ceased in 1890. Macclesfiedl PL. Minutes &c. 1839-1880. Library catalogue. Cheshire RO - D 4908.
MACCLESFIELD che Walsh's Circulating Library 1838? [William Walsh]
BBTI.
MACCLESFIELD che Wright's Circulating Library 1824 [John Wright]
1824-50. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. BLC has imprints 1838 and 1845.
MALPAS che Grammar School 1528
A.T. Thacker, VCH, Cheshire, III, pp. 223-255. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
MARPLE che Grammar School 1620?
Schools Inquiry Commission, 1867-68.
MIDDLEWICH che Grammar School 1690?
MIDDLEWICH che Literary & Scientific Institution 1840?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Probably associated with the Mechanics' Institution?
MIDDLEWICH che Mechanics' Institution 1845
1851 Census. Ceased in 1851?
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.
MOTTRAM che Free Grammar School 1550?
A.T. Thacker, VCH, Cheshire, III, pp. 223-255. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
MOTTRAM che Oldham's Circulating Library 1848 [Samuel Oldham]
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
NANTWICH che Burgess' Circulating Library 1844 [Thomas Burgess]
1844-48. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
NANTWICH che Craig's Circulating Library 1779 [Thomas Craig]
Adams' Weekly Courant, 8 June, 1779. Moved in 1802. Chester Chronicle, 14 May, 1802. ESTC has imprints 1785-1800.
NANTWICH che Free Grammar School 1560?
A.T. Thacker, VCH, Cheshire, III, pp. 223-255. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
NANTWICH che Mechanics' Institution 1846
Ceased in 1874.
NANTWICH che Nantwich Book Society 1795?
John Johnson.
NANTWICH che Parochial Library 1704
135 survive. MS catalogue 1714.
NANTWICH che Unitarian Chapel Library 1824?
Subscribers' list, R. Wright, Review of the Missionary Life, 1824.
NESTON che Doyle's Circulating Library 1822 [Mary Doyle]
Neston & Parkgate. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
NESTON che Hollingshead's Circulating Library 1844 [Edward K. Hollingshead]
1844-50. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
NESTON che Johnson's Circulating Library 1828 [Mary, Ann & Eliza Johnson]
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
NORTHWICH che Burgess' Circulating Library 1848 [Henry Burgess]
1848-50. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
NORTHWICH che Grammar School 1557
A.T. Thacker, VCH, Cheshire, III, pp. 223-255. History 1975 X529/30531.
NORTHWICH che Hall's Circulating Library 1828 [Charles Hall]
1828-50. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
NORTHWICH che Martin's Circulating Library 1796 [H. Martin]
Chester Chronicle, 21 October, 1796.
OVER che Free Grammar School 1698
Schools Inquiry Commission, 1867-68.
OXTON che Fairbrother's Circulating Library 1850 [Thomas Fairbrother]
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
PARKGATE che Doyle's Circulating Library 1820? [Mary Doyle]
Pigot, 1822.
PARKGATE che Johnson's Circulating Library 1828? [Mary A. & Eliza Johnson]
Pigot, 1828.
POULTON-LE-SANDS che Parochial Library 1757
Bray library. Morecambe PL? Perkin's list.
PRESTBURY che Buckle's Circulating Library 1800? [? Buckle]
BBTI.
PRESTBURY che [Literary & Scientific Institution?] 1845?
Listed in the 1849 Public Library Report (p.317) lacking authentic information. Not yet identified.
ROCK FERRY che Lomax's Circulating Library 1849 [John N. Lomax]
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
RUNCORN che Charlton's Circulating Library 1844? [William Charlton]
BBTI.
RUNCORN che Church Institute 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
RUNCORN che Rigby's Circulating Library 1824 [Lydia Rigby]
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
RUNCORN che Walker's Circulating Library 1832 [William Walker]
1832-50. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. BLC has imprints 1848-65.
SANDBACH che Eachus' Circulating Library 1841 [Richard Eachus]
1841-50. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. Listed in Bagshaw's Chester, 1850. BLC has imprints 1833 and 1845.
SANDBACH che Free School 1575?
A.T. Thacker, VCH, Cheshire, III, pp. 223-255. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
SANDBACH che Literary & Philosophical Society 1842
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
SANDBACH che Parochial Library 1810
A Bray library. All gone.
SEACOMBE che Dare's Circulating Library 1850 [Ellen Dare]
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
SEACOMBE che Dare's Circulating Library 1843 [Gideon Dare]
1843-49. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
STALYBRIDGE che Mechanics' Institute 1825
STALYBRIDGE che Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. 1 survives. Perkin's list.
STALYBRIDGE che Stalybridge Club 1792?
S. Hill, Bygone Stalybridge, 1907, p. 147.
STOCKPORT che Brown's Circulating Library 1835 [John Brown]
1835-50. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
STOCKPORT che Claye's Circulating Library 1814 [Thomas Claye]
1814-50. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. Listed in Bagshaw's Chester, 1850.
STOCKPORT che Commercial News Room 1844
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
STOCKPORT che Conservative News Room 1830
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
STOCKPORT che Dodge's Circulating Library 1823 [Samuel Dodge]
Stockport Advertiser, 8 August, 1823. BLC has imprints 1824 and 1834.
STOCKPORT che Ferns' Circulating Library 1844? [George N. Ferns]
BBTI.
STOCKPORT che Free Grammar School 1487
A.T. Thacker, VCH, Cheshire, III, pp. 223-255. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. History 1957 BL - 8369.ppp.4. 1946 Ac.2671/16(37).
STOCKPORT che Gudgeon's Circulating Library 1844? [John Gudgeon]
BBTI.
STOCKPORT che Institute for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge 1834
Became the Mechanics' Institution in 1837.
STOCKPORT che Lyceum 1845?
Listed in Slater's Directory of Manchester and Salford, 1851.
STOCKPORT che Mechanics' Institution 1837
Formed from Institute for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Ceased in 1912. Stockport PL.
STOCKPORT che Moles' Circulating Library 1846? [James Moles]
BBTI.
STOCKPORT che New Subscription Library 1823
Met in bookshop of Samuel Dodge, who also had a circulating library. Stockport Advertiser, 30 December, 1825.
STOCKPORT che News Room 1830?
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
STOCKPORT che Parochial Library 1843
A Bray library.
STOCKPORT che Ruddick's Circulating Library 1846? [George Ruddick]
BBTI.
STOCKPORT che Stanwix's Circulating Library 1838? [Henrietta Stanwix]
BBTI.
STOCKPORT che Stockport Sunday School 1797
History 1891. 4192.f.10. Catalogue: 1821, 1833.
STOCKPORT che Subscription Library 1818
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992. W. Boulter, Eveniong's Walk in Stockport, 1818, pp. 29-30.
STOCKPORT che Taylor's Circulating Library 1844? [Robert Taylor]
BBTI.
STOCKPORT che Tradesmen's & Operatives' Conservative Association 1835
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
TARVIN che Free Grammar School 1638?
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
TATTENHALL che Reading Room & Library 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
TINTWISTLE che Young Men's Institution 1845?
Name uncertain. J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
TRANMERE che Lomax's Circulating Library 1843 [John Lomax]
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
WALLASEY che Grammar School 1575?
A.T. Thacker, VCH, Cheshire, III, pp. 223-255. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. History 1970 BL - X520/3226.
WARMINGHAM che Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. 1 survives. Perkin's list.
WEAVERHAM che Free Grammar School 1661
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
WEST KIRBY che Calday Grange Grammar School 1636
A.T. Thacker, VCH, Cheshire, III, pp. 223-255. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. History 1976 X529/31084.
WILMSLOW che Wilmslow Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
WITTON che Free Grammar School 1558
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
WOODCHURCH che Woodchurch Vicarage Library 1727?
Catalogue: 1819 at Vicarage. Cheshire RO + Birkenhead PL.
WOODCHURCH che Woodchurch[Parochial] Lending Library 1793
Bray library.

CORNWALL

ALTERNON cnw Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
1851 Census.
BODMIN cnw Bligh's Circulating Library 1808 [R. Bligh]
Royal Cornwall Gazette, 2 April, 1808.
BODMIN cnw Bodmin Book Club 1800?
Subscribers' list, S. Drew, Original Essay, 1803.
BODMIN cnw Grammar School 1580?
BODMIN cnw Literary Institute 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
BODMIN cnw Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkins's list.
DAVIDSTOW cnw Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
EAST LOOE cnw Mechanics' Institution 1849
1851 Census.
FALMOUTH cnw Athenaeum 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
FALMOUTH cnw Dixon's Circulating Library 1815? [John Dixon]
Advertised for sale in 1819. Royal Cornwall Gazette, 10 July, 1819.
FALMOUTH cnw Lake's Circulating Library 1840 [J.H. & R.G. Lake]
Listed in Robson's Directory, 1842. Label in John Johnson. Succeeded James lake.
FALMOUTH cnw Lake's Circulating Library 1810? [James Lake]
Felix Farley's Bristol Journal, 8 August, 1812. Falmouth Guide, 1820. BLC has imprints[1825?] and 1834.
FALMOUTH cnw Philp's Circulating Library 1825? [James Philp]
Panorama of Falmouth,[1827]. Moved to Bristol in 1836. Royal Cornwall Gazette, 2 April, 25 June, 1825. BLC has imprints[1824]-35.
FALMOUTH cnw Public Reading & Newsroom 1826
FALMOUTH cnw Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society 1833
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. 1833 Report and Laws - Ac.4465(a), 1960.
FALMOUTH cnw Tregoning's Circulating Library 1825? [Edward S. Tregoning]
Panorama of Falmouth, 1827. Labels in John Johnson. Still going in 1865. Pigot, 1820. BLC has 1865 imprint - 10358.a.44.
FOWEY cnw Free School 1692
Schools Inquiry Commission, 1867-68.
GRAMPOUND cnw Literary Institute 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
GWENAPP cnw [Literary & Scientific Institution?] 1845?
Listed in the 1849 Public Library Report (p.317) lacking authentic information. Not yet identified.
HAYLE cnw Reading Society 1830?
Listed in Report of the State of Literary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institutions[SDUK], 1841.
HELSTON cnw Helston Book Club 1785?
Subscribers' list, T. Anburey, Travels, 1789 (listed as Gentleman's Book Club); R. Jones, Poems, 1825.
HELSTON cnw Helston Book Club Union 1825?
Subscribers' list, R. Jones, Poems, 1825.
HELSTON cnw Literary Institution 1845?
1851 Census.
KENWYN cnw Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
LANDEWEDNACK cnw Parochial Library 1650?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
LANDULPH cnw Parochial Library 1650?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
LANSALLOS cnw Parochial Library 1650?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
LANTEGLOS-BY-CAMELFORD cnw Parochial Library 1747
Books in Rectory. 126 survive. Perkin's list. Founded by Dr Lombard, rector 1717-46. N & Q, 1882,vi,336.
LAUNCESTON cnw Chapel Library 1815?
Evangelical Magazine, XXIV, 1816, p. 505.
LAUNCESTON cnw Dymond's Circulating Library 1823? [William Dymond]
Listed in Robson's Directory, 1842. Listed in Pigot's National Commercial Directory 1830. BLC has 1857 imprint.
LAUNCESTON cnw Mechanics' Institution 1841
LAUNCESTON cnw Mutual Instruction Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
LAUNCESTON cnw Royal Grammar School 1500?
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
LEWANNICK cnw Improvement Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
LISKEARD cnw Grammar School 1550?
LISKEARD cnw Mechanics' Institution 1832
In 1851 renamed the Literary & Scientific Institute. Lasted till 1939.
LISKEARD cnw Parochial Library 1650?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
LISKEARD cnw Reading Society 1791
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
LITTLE PETHERICK cnw Parochial Library 1650?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
LOSTWITHIEL cnw Parochial Library 1710
SPCK. 2 survive. Bray library. Perkin's list.
NEWQUAY cnw Newquay Institute 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
NEWQUAY cnw Parochial Library 1700?
23 survive. Perkin's list.
PENRYN cnw Grammar School 1590?
PENZANCE cnw Foxell's Book Club 1804? [John Foxell]
Foxell was Congregational minister from 1804.
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 Grammar School 1500?
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
PENZANCE cnw Hewett's Circulating Library 1750? [John Hewett]
E.A. Rees, Old Penzance, 1956.
PENZANCE cnw Hewett's Circulating Library 1800? [C. Hewett]
Royal Cornwall Gazette, 10 December, 1808.
PENZANCE cnw Ladies' Book Club 1770
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Ceased in 1912. Penzance PL.
PENZANCE cnw Ladies' Reading Society 1826
E.A. Rees, Old Penzance, 1956, pp. 69-70.
PENZANCE cnw Latin School 1789
Schools Inquiry Commission, 1867-68. A Corporation school.
PENZANCE cnw Natural History & Antiquarian Society 1839
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Minutes 1839-72. Catalogue: of library (1903). Cornwall RO.
PENZANCE cnw Penzance Library 1818
Edinburgh University. Catalogue: 1820, 1824, 1830, 1835, 1837, 1844. Tavistock PL, Redruth PL, BL, Penzance Library. C. Noall, The Penzance Library, 1968.
PENZANCE cnw Penzance Reading Room 1806
- 1835. Minutes &c. (Cornwall RO).
PENZANCE cnw Reading Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
PENZANCE cnw Royal Cornwall Geological Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census. (Archives)
PENZANCE cnw Vibert's Circulating Library 1840? [F.T. Vibert]
1843 Catalogue: in Cornwall Record Office, Truro. Ref. Library DO EN/P/46. Catalogue: 1850? 11900.aaa.43(8). BLC has imprints 1841-56.
PONSANOOTH cnw Ponsanooth Institution 1845?
Listed in 1849 Report on Public Libraries.
PROBUS cnw Farmers' Club 1836?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
PROBUS cnw Grammar School 1688
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. Bookplate in Franks.
REDRUTH cnw Literary Society 1840?
- 1864. Listed in Report of the State of Literary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institutions[SDUK], 1841. Minutes (Cornwall RO).
REDRUTH cnw New Reading Club 1800?
Subscribers' list, S. Drew, Essay, 1802. Nothing known of any other club.
REDRUTH cnw Universal Knowledge Institute 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
SALTASH cnw Grammar School 1590?
SALTASH cnw Saltash Institute 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
ST AGNES cnw Miner's & Mechanics' Institution 1849
1851 Census.
ST BURYAN cnw Church of England Mutual Instruction Society 1845?
1851 Census.
ST COLUMB cnw St Columb Institute 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
ST COLUMB MAJOR cnw Parochial Library 1845
A Bray library.
ST DOMINIC cnw Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
ST ENODER cnw Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
ST GERMANS cnw Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
ST IVES cnw Grammar School 1639
ST JULIOT cnw Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
ST JUST cnw St Just Institution 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
ST KEVERNE cnw Reading Society 1845?
1851 Census.
ST STEPHENS COMB cnw St Stephen's Comb Institute 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
ST TEATH cnw Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
ST WENN cnw Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
TIDEFORD cnw Parochial Library 1760?
All gone.
TORPOINT cnw Literary & Scientific Institution 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
TORPOINT cnw Mechanics' Institution 1844
1851 Census.
TREGONY cnw Roseland Book Club 1791
For ladies - Rev. Jeremiah Trist President. Rules 1791 and lists of books in Cornwall RO. Also known as the Powder Book Club. R. Polwhele, Language ... Cornwall, 1806.
TRELASKE cnw Trelaske Library 1845
- 1872. Records (West Devon RO).
TRURO cnw Cornwall County Library 1792
3,000 vols. by 1806. Ceased in 1920. Catalogue: 1794 (Bodley), 1856 (Redruth PL). Minutes &c. 1792-1921 (Cornwall RO).
TRURO cnw Edwards' Circulating Library 1826? [Edward E. Edwards]
BBTI.
TRURO cnw Free Grammar School 1549?
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. History 1970 BL X519/4949.
TRURO cnw Harry's Circulating Library 1816 [John Harry]
Succeeded William Harry. Stock for sale in 1818 - Royal Cornwall Gazette, 4 July, 1818.
TRURO cnw Harry's' Circulating Library 1772? [William Harry]
BBTI. Label in John Johnson. BLC/ESTC has imprints[1796]-1800. Sale of stock in 1816 - Royal Cornwall Gazette, 24 February, 1816. Succeeded by John Harry.
TRURO cnw Heard's Circulating Library 1812? [Elizabeth Heard]
She also ran a book club from her library. BLC has several imprints 1825-45.
TRURO cnw Hewitt's Circulating Library 1812? [Mrs Hewitt]
Royal Cornwall Gazette, 31 October, 1812; 10 April, 1813.
TRURO cnw Institute for the Advancement of Science, Literature & the Arts 1835
Defunct in 1886.
TRURO cnw Parochial Library 1842
A Bray library.
TRURO cnw Royal Institution of Cornwall 1818
- 1980. Records (Royal Institution).
TRURO cnw Tregoning's Circulating Library 1800? [Joseph Tregoning]
Royal Cornwall Gazette, 30 July, 1808; 23 October, 1819; 30 December, 1826. BLC has imprints 1802-08.
WADEBRIDGE cnw Farmers' Club 1836?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
WADEBRIDGE cnw Literary & Scientific Institution 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.

CUMBERLAND

AIKTON cum Aikton School 1792
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
AINSTABLE cum Parochial Library 1687
Were in Vicarage. All gone?
ALLONBY cum Hodgson's Circulating Library 1847 [Ann & Esther Hodgson]
Barry Mackay's file.
ALSTON cum Grammar School 1828
Rebuilt in 1828. Much earlier foundation? Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
ALSTON cum Literary & Mechanics' Institution 1828
Defunct in 1861.
ALSTON cum Pattinson's Circulating Library 1811 [Alexander Pattinson]
1811-61. Barry Mackay's file. Listed in Parson & White, History, Directory ... of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829.
ALSTON cum Subscription Library 1821
Still going in 1860. Cumberland & Westmorland Directory, 1829.
ALSTON cum Tait's Circulating Library 1828 [James Tait]
Listed in Parson & White, History, Directory ... of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829.
ASKHAM cum Parochial Library 1687
All 16 gone.
BOOTLE cum Bootle Chapel 1780
Few books survive. An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in the North of England. HMSO, 1994.
BOWNESS cum Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
BRAMPTON cum Lancaster's Circulating Library 1811 [Henry Lancaster]
-1855. BBTI.
BRAMPTON cum [Parochial] Lending Library 1792
Bray library.
BRIDEKIRK cum Free Grammar School 1609
Schools Inquiry Commission, 1867-68.
BROMFIELD cum Free School 1612
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
BROMPTON cum Smith's Circulating Library 1828 [Mary Smith]
BBTI.
CARLETON cum Carleton Church School 1710
History 1949. 08366.p.19.
CARLISLE cum Armstrong's Circulating Library 1800? [Miss Mary Armstrong]
Picture of Carlisle, 1810.
CARLISLE cum Beck's Circulating Library 1834 [John Beck]
1834-37. Also listed as Beek (error?).
CARLISLE cum Book Club 1768
Beckwith. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
CARLISLE cum Brown's Circulating Library 1848 [John Brown]
Barry Mackay's file.
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. Catalogue: 1779, 1819, 1827.
CARLISLE cum Carlyle's Circulating Library 1800? [Robert Carlyle]
Picture of Carlisle, 1810. "drawing master & librarian".
CARLISLE cum Cathedral Library 1690?
(Archives)
CARLISLE cum Commercial News Room 1820?
Listed in Parson & White, History, Directory ... of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829.
CARLISLE cum Fishburn's Circulating Library 1847 [William Fishburn]
1847-58. Barry Mackay's file.
CARLISLE cum Foster's Circulating Library 1824 [James Foster]
1824-61.
CARLISLE cum Grammar School 1541
Founded in 686 by St Cuthbert. Re-founded by Henry VIII. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
CARLISLE cum Halhead's Circulating Library 1793 [William Halhead]
Died in 1798. Succeeded Lancelot Smith. Cumberland Pacquet, 25 September, 1798.
CARLISLE cum Jollie's Circulating Library 1780? [Francis Jollie]
Cumberland Pacquet, 14 January, 1783. BLC has imprints 1788-1826 .
CARLISLE cum Literary, Scientific and Mechanics' Institution 1825
Defunct in 1891. Carlisle PL.
CARLISLE cum Medical Institution 1824
Listed in Parson & White, History, Directory ... of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829.
CARLISLE cum Parochial Library 1695?
Bray library. All gone. Perkin's list.
CARLISLE cum Robinson's Circulating Library 1828 [Miss Elizabeth Robinson]
BBTI.
CARLISLE cum Smith's Circulating Library 1791 [Lancelot Smith]
Bankrupt in 1793. Succeeded by William Halhead. Cumberland Pacquet, 10 May, 1791; 12 November, 1793. BLC has 1792 imprint - 1578/2950.
CARLISLE cum Society of Friends 1740?
Cumbria Record Office.
CARLISLE cum Somerville's Circulating Library 1823? [James Somerville]
Carlisle Patriot, 17 May, 1823. Pigot, 1828.
CARLISLE cum Subscription News Room 1820?
Listed in Parson & White, History, Directory ... of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829.
CARLISLE cum Thurnam's Circulating Library 1816 [Charles Thurnam]
1816-52. Listed in Parson & White, History, Directory ... of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829. Catalogue: 1823, 1827, 1831, 1835 (Carlisle PL). Run by the family until 1955. Library History, i/5, p. 170. There were Thurnhams in Carlisle to 1974.
COCKERMOUTH cum Bailey's Circulating Library 1805 [Thomas Bailey]
1805-24. Also had a library at Keswick. There were Baileys in Cockermouth to 1952.
COCKERMOUTH cum Banks' Circulating Library 1820 [Edward Banks]
1820-23. Moved to Carlisle in 1823. Fled to America. BLC has 1823 imprint - 1607/1119.
COCKERMOUTH cum Banks' Circulating Library 1800? [Edward Banks]
Cat.[1800?] (Carlisle PL). J.B. Bradbury, History of Cockermouth, 1981. Pigot, 1828.
COCKERMOUTH cum Cockermouth Book Club 1785
Merged with PL in 1904. Catalogue: 1791, 1794, 1819, 1847 (Carlisle PL). Cumberland Pacquet, 5 July, 1785.
COCKERMOUTH cum Cockermouth New Library 1810?
F. Jollie, Cumberland Guide, 1811.
COCKERMOUTH cum Cummings' Circulating Library 1784? [W. Cummings]
Died in 1786. Cumberland Pacquet, 12 July, 1786.
COCKERMOUTH cum Fidler's Circulating Library 1839 [Daniel Fidler]
1839-85. Barry Mackay's file. BLC has imprints 1857-85.
COCKERMOUTH cum Grammar School 1676
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
COCKERMOUTH cum Hilton's Circulating Library] 1811 [Jacob Hilton]
Barry Mackay's file.
COCKERMOUTH cum Mechanics' Institution 1841
Defunct in 1899.
COCKERMOUTH cum Parochial Lending Library 1762
Bray library. For clergy only. Catalogue: 1815 (Bodley). All gone.
COCKERMOUTH cum Walker's Circulating Library 1786 [Robert Walker]
Cumberland Pacquet, 12 July, 1786. BLC has 1794 imprint for R. & P. Walker - 779.d.10.
CRAGG cum Cragg School 1744
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
CROSBY-ON-EDEN cum Parochial Library 1687
All 16 gone.
CROSTHWAITE cum Crosthwaite School 1665
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
CROSTHWAITE cum Lyth School 1665
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
CROSTHWAITE cum Parochial Library 1786
A Bray library. All gone.
CULGAITH & BLENCAIRN cum Free Grammar School 1775
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
DACRE cum Dacre School 1749
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
DACRE cum Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. 1 survives. Perkin's list.
DALSTON cum Grammar School 1660?
DALSTON cum Kingsland, Dalston & De Beauvoir Town Literary Institution 1840?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of the Six Home Counties, 1851.
DALTON-IN-FURNESS cum Dalton Book Club 1764?
Still going? Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Papers owned by the Club. James E. Walton, History of Dalton-in-Furness. Chichester, 1984.
DEAN cum Free Grammar School 1596
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
DEARHAM cum Parochial Library 1685
All 16 gone.
DOVENBY cum Dovenby School 1609
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
DRIGG cum Drigg School 1727
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
EGREMONT cum Brown's Circulating Library 1843 [Isabella Brown]
1843-50. D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
EGREMONT cum Brown's Circulating Library 1848? [Elizabeth Brown]
BBTI.
EGREMONT cum Mechanics' Institution 1849
1851 Census.
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.
GREAT BLENCOW cum Free Grammar School 1576
GREYSTOKE cum Parochial Library 1650?
All gone. Perkin's list.
HESKETT cum Heskett School 1763
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
HOLME CULTRAM cum St Cuthbert's Library 1800?
1851 Census.
HUNSONBY cum Free School 1726
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
ICTON cum Icton School 1716
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
IRTON cum Free Grammar School 1716
Schools Inquiry Commission, 1867-68.
ISEL cum Parochial Library 1687
All 16 books gone.
KESWICK cum Airey's Circulating Library 1811 [John Airey]
1811-29. Listed in Parson & White, History, Directory ... of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829. Label in John Johnson.
KESWICK cum Bailey's Circulating Library 1809 [Thomas Bailey]
1809-34. Also had a library at Kendal. Listed in Parson & White, History, Directory ... of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829. BLC has imprints for T. Bailey & Son 1842-45.
KESWICK cum Free Grammar School 1571
KESWICK cum Literary Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
KESWICK cum Parochial Lending Library 1786
Bray library.
KESWICK cum Stubbs' Circulating Library 1822 [Ralph Stubbs]
Barry Mackay's file.
KESWICK cum Young Men's Instruction Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
KIRKOSWALD cum Kirkoswald School 1745
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
KIRKOSWALD cum Parochial Library 1710
SPCK. All gone. Bray library.
LONGTOWN cum Mechanics' Institution 1840
Defunct in 1861?
MARYPORT cum Kirkconel's Circulating Library 1823 [James Kirkconel]
1823-28. Barry Mackay's file. Moved to Workington in 1829.
MARYPORT cum Mechanics' Institution 1849
To date?
MAUGHANBY cum Free School 1634
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
PARDSHAW cum Friends Meeting House 1815?
Catalogue: Cockermouth, 1821 (Friends House).
PENRITH cum Allison's Circulating Library 1820? [Joseph Allison]
1820-41. Taken over by B.T. Sweeten. Listed in Parson & White, History, Directory ... of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829. BLC has imprints for[1800?]-1838.
PENRITH cum Book Society 1787?
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Wordsowrth was a member in 1787. Merged with PL in 1870s.
PENRITH cum Brown's Circulating Library 1809 [James Brown]
1809-37. Followed by Hannah Brown in 1837. BLC has imprints 1804-12.
PENRITH cum Brown's Circulating Library 1837 [Hannah Brown]
1837-67. Succeeded John Brown.
PENRITH cum Free Grammar School 1395
Re-established in 1564 by Elizabeth I. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. History 1963 BL 8360.b.2.
PENRITH cum Mark's Circulating Library 1785 [George Mark]
Cumberland Paquet - 3 May, 1785. Barry Mackay's file. Also referred to as Marks.
PENRITH cum New Church Library Society 1794?
Subscribers' list, W. Hutchinson, History ... Cumberland, 1794.
PENRITH cum Penrith Subscription Library 1820?
Listed in Parson & White, History, Directory ... of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829.
PENRITH cum Shaw's Circulating Library 1812? [James Shaw]
Listed in Parson & White, History, Directory ... of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829. Succeeded - Harrison. Westmorland Advertiser, 26 December, 1812; 9 January, 1813. Pigot, 1828. BLC has 1826 imprint - 10358.bb.31.
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. Catalogue: 1808 (Carlisle RO).
PENRITH cum Soulby's Circulating Library 1800? [Matthew Soulby]
See entry for Anthony Soulby.
PENRITH cum Sweeten's Circulating Library 1841 [B.T. Sweeten]
1841-85? BLC has 1885 imprint - 8228.k.14(2). Succeeded Joseph Allison.
PLUMBLAND cum Free School 1759
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
SETMURTHY cum Parochial Library 1757
Bray library. All gone.
ST BEES cum Free Grammar School 1583
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. Newcastle University. Bookplate in Franks.
ST BEES cum Parochial Library 1712
SPCK. All gone. Bray library.
ST BEES cum St Bees College 1817
(Archives)
THURSBY cum Free School 1740?
THURSBY cum Parochial Library 1685
All gone.
THWAITES cum Parochial Library 1757
Bray library.
TYNEHEAD cum Tynehead Library Society 1794?
Subscribers' list, W. Hutchinson, History ... Cumberland, 1794.
ULDALE cum Grammar School 1726
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
ULPHA cum Parochial Library 1761
Bray library.
WABERTHWAITE cum Parochial Library 1757
Bray library.
WASDALEHEAD cum Parochial Library 1766
Bray library. Further funds given in 1805.
WHITCHAM & MILLOM cum Grammar School 1540?
WHITEHAVEN cum Boustead's Circulating Library 1820? [Elizabeth Boustead]
1820-47. Listed in Parson & White, History, Directory ... of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829. Whitehaven Gazette, 31 January, 1820.
WHITEHAVEN cum Cannell's Circulating Library 1847 [George Cannell]
Barry Mackay's file.
WHITEHAVEN cum Corkhill's Circulating Library 1780 [James Corkhill]
1780-94. Barry Mackay's file. Succeeded by John Crosthwaite.
WHITEHAVEN cum Gaythorp's Circulating Library 1810? [John Gaythorp]
1810-55. Barry Mackay's file. Listed in Parson & White, History, Directory ... of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829. Whitehaven Gazette, 31 January, 1820.
WHITEHAVEN cum Little's Circulating Library 1777 [Matthew Little]
1777-81.
WHITEHAVEN cum Little's Circulating Library 1781 [Mrs E. Little]
Widow of Matthew Little.
WHITEHAVEN cum Marine School 1822
Listed in Parson & White, History, Directory ... of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829.
WHITEHAVEN cum Mechanics' Institution 1825
Refounded in 1845. Defunct in 1887. Whitehaven PL.
WHITEHAVEN cum Robinson's Circulating Library 1817 [John Robinson]
1817-34. Bankrupt 1834. Whitehaven Gazette, 31 January, 1820. Re-established in 1847. Barry Mackay's file. Listed in Parson & White, History, Directory ... of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829. BLC has imprints 1821-38.
WHITEHAVEN cum Smith's Circulating Library 1803 [Mary & Jane Smith]
1803-20. Barry Mackay's file. Whitehaven Gazette, 31 January, 1820.
WHITEHAVEN cum Smith's Circulating Library 1810? [Jane Smith]
F. Jollie, Cumberland Guide, 1811.
WHITEHAVEN cum Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1793
Existed earlier, but re-formed in 1793. For Methodists. Rules 1793 (Carlisle PL).
WHITEHAVEN cum Stuart's Circulating Library 1820? [William Stuart]
Catalogue: Whitehaven Gazette, 31 January, 1820.
WHITEHAVEN cum Watts' Circulating Library 1835 [J. & M. Watts]
Barry Mackay's file.
WHITEHAVEN cum Whitehaven Book Club 1772?
Subscribrs' list. J. Priestley, History ... Vision, 1772.
WHITEHAVEN cum Whitehaven Library 1797
Bought by Town Council in 1921. Catalogue: 1797, 1798, 1801, 1808; numerous supps. Carlisle PL; Carlisle RO; Whitehaven PL. D. Hay, Whitehaven, 1979. Gentleman's Magazine, 1807, i, 77. Library History, 1969, 170-71.
WHITEHAVEN cum Younghusband's Circulating Library 1810 [Matthew Younghusband]
Barry Mackay's file.
WIGTON cum Free Grammar School 1730
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. History 1976 X525/2280.
WIGTON cum Hoodless' Circulating Library 1841 [Henry Hoodless]
1841-72. Barry Mackay's file. BLC has[1840] imprint.
WIGTON cum Ismay's Circulating Library 1820? [John Ismay]
Listed in Parson & White, History, Directory ... of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829.
WIGTON cum McMechan's Circulating Library 1847 [Joseph McMechan]
1847-93. Barry Mackay's file.
WIGTON cum Mechanics' Institution 1848
Defunct in 1931.
WIGTON cum Parochial Library 1687
SPCK sent books in 1710. No books left. Bray library.
WIGTON cum Slater's Circulating Library 1828 [Jane Slater]
Barry Mackay's file.
WIGTON cum Stagg's Circulating Library 1810? [John Stagg]
Barry MAckay's file.
WIGTON cum Wigton Gentleman's Library 1806
Catalogue: 1806 (Carlisle PL). F. Jollie, Cumberland Guide, 1811.
WIGTON cum Wigton Lending Library 1783
Bray library.
WORKINGTON cum Borrowdale's Circulating Library 1802 [William Borrowdale]
1802-42. Cumberland Pacquet, 14 May, 1805. BLC has 1805 imprint.
WORKINGTON cum Dixon's Circulating Library 1818 [William Dixon]
1818-55. Barry Mackay's file. Cumberland Pacquet, 29 September, 1818. BLC has[1820] imprint.
WORKINGTON cum Eckford's Circulating Library 1777 [William Eckford]
Died 1799. Cumberland Pacquet, 21 October, 1777; 13 August, 1799. His widow, Mary, took over his business, but no references to her running a circulating library.
WORKINGTON cum Free School 1664
Schools Inquiry Commission, 1867-68.
WORKINGTON cum Kirkconel's Circulating Library 1829 [James Kirkconel]
Moved in 1829 from Maryport. 1829-47. Barry Mackay's file.
WORKINGTON cum McGar's Circulating Library 1847 [James McGar]
1847-61. Barry MAckay's file.
WORKINGTON cum Mordy's Circulating Library 1820? [Robert Mordy]
BBTI. BLC has 1821 imprint.
WORKINGTON cum Richardson's Circulating Library 1796 [John Richardson]
1796-98. Barry Mackay's file. Newcastle Chronicle, 11 june, 1796. Cumberland Pacquet, 19 April, 1796. Sold in 1798 - Cumberland Pacquet, 24 April, 1798. BLC has 1797 imprint - 12512.aa.16.
WORKINGTON cum Thompson's Circulating Library 1820? [Wilson Thompson]
Catalogue: 1821 (Carlisle PL).
WORKINGTON cum Workington Subscription Library 1803
Catalogue: 1824 (Carlisle PL).
WREAY cum Free School 1540?
WYTHOP cum Parochial Library 1757
Bray library.

DERBYSHIRE

ALFRETON der Alfreton Circulating Library 1810? [? ?]
Adv. for sale in 1824. Unknown owner. Sheffield Mercury, 28 February, 1824.
ASHBOURNE der Free Grammar School 1585
A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
ASHBOURNE der Frith's Circulating Library 1835 [Francis Frith]
ASHBOURNE der Frith's Circulating Library 1831 [John Frith]
ASHBOURNE der Hobson's Circulating Library 1820? [Robert Hobson]
Listed in Bagshaw's Directory of Derbyshire, 1846.
ASHBOURNE der Hoon's Circulating Library 1820 [William Hoon]
ASHBOURNE der Howell's Subscription Library 1846? [John Howell]
Listed in Bagshaw's Directory of Derbyshire, 1846.
ASHBOURNE der Literary & Scientific Society 1838
-1853. Proceedings (Derbyshire RO).
ASHBOURNE der Moral & Religious Permanent Library 1819
Catalogue: 1823 (Derby PL).
ASHBOURNE der News Room & Reading Room 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
ASHBOURNE der Oakes' Circulating Library 1795? [Susanna Oakes]
Succeeded by Samuel Parkes in 1800.
ASHBOURNE der Parkes' Circulating Library 1800 [Samuel R. Parkes]
Derby Mercury, 16 October, 1800.
ASHBOURNE der Smith's Circulating Library 1804 [R. Smith]
Derby Mercury, 26 April, 1804.
ASHBOURNE der Spalden's School 1710
Founded by Nicholas Spalden. A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281.
ASHBOURNE der Wilkinson's Circulating Library 1831 [Mary Wilkinson]
ASHFORD der Grammar School 1631
A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281.
ASHOVER HILL der Ashover Hill School 1684
A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281.
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).
BAKEWELL der Bakewell School 1636 [Lady Manners School]
A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
BAKEWELL der Hague's School 1715
Founded by Mary Hague. A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281.
BAKEWELL der Parochial Library 1843
A Bray library. 2 survive. Perkin's list.
BAKEWELL der Roe's Circulating Library 1755 [? Roe]
BBTI.
BASLOW der Ford School 1797
A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281.
BEIGHTON der Beighton School 1699
A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281.
BELPER der Mason's Circulating Library 1808 [Samuel Mason]
1808-35. BBTI. BLC has 4 imprints 1809-11.
BELPER der Mechanics'& Literary Institution 1836
Defunct in 1855.
BELPER der Subscription Library 1840?
Listed in Bagshaw's Directory of Derbyshire, 1846.
BONSALL der Bonsall School 1704
A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281.
BOWDEN HEAD der Bowden Head School 1770?
A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281.
BRADWELL der Bradwell School 1765
A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281.
BRAMPTON der Grammar School 1679
A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281.
BREADSALL der Breadsall School 1745
A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281.
BREADSALL der Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
BUTTERLEY der Literary Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
BUXTON der Abel's Circulating Library 1810? [- Abel]
A, Jewitt, History of Buxton, 1811.
BUXTON der Bott's Circulating Library 1778? [William Bott]
BBTI. Label in John Johnson.
BUXTON der Free School 1674
A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281. Schools Inquiry Commission, 1867-68.
BUXTON der Goodwin's Circulating Library 1804 [John Goodwin]
BUXTON der Goodwin's Circulating Library 1811? [Mrs Goodwin]
Succeeded John Goodwin.
BUXTON der Hallgate's Subscription Library 1755 [? Hallgate]
BBTI.
BUXTON der Moor's Circulating Library 1793 [P. Moor]
BBTI.
BUXTON der Moore's Circulating Library 1799? [William Moore I]
Listed in Bagshaw's Directory of Derbyshire, 1846. Listed in Pigot's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835. Also had a newsroom.
BUXTON der Moore's Circulating Library 1805? [P. Moore]
Succeeded William Moore. Catalogue: 1826, 1830 (Derby PL). Derby Mercury, 13 June, 1811.
BUXTON der Moore's Circulating Library 1811 [William Moore II]
Succeeded P. Moore. BLC has 1832 imprint.
BUXTON der Walker's Circulating Library 1822? [Mrs Walker]
Catalogue: 1822 (Derby PL). Succeeded Mrs Goodwin?
CARSINGTON der Carsington School 1722
A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281.
CASTLETON der Castleton School 1720
A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281.
CASTLETON der Parochial Library 1819
MS Catalogue: Catalogue: 1977 - X.102/2122. 700 survive. Perkin's list.
CHADDESDEN der Chaddesden School 1705
A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281.
CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH der Chapel-en-le-Frith School 1696
A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281.
CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH der Grammar School 1696
Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH der Improvement Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH der Subscription Library 1840?
Listed in Bagshaw's Directory of Derbyshire, 1846.
CHESTERFIELD der Bennett's Circulating Library 1826 [Thomas Bennett]
BBTI.
CHESTERFIELD der Callow's Circulating Library 1785? [John Callow]
Died in 1800. Succeeded by John T. Saxton. Label (BL).
CHESTERFIELD der Calton's Circulating Library 1775? [- Calton]
Succeeded by Thomas White.
CHESTERFIELD der Chesterfield & Brampton Mechanics' Institution 1841
Defunct in 1880. Minutes 1841-1880 (Derbyshire RO).
CHESTERFIELD der Chesterfield Book Society 1815
Catalogue: 1815, 1827 (Derby PL) - 1,000+ vols. Derbyshire Courier, 18 February, 1843. Library History, vi,2, p. 30.
CHESTERFIELD der Chesterfield Library 1791
BBTI. Still going in 1857. History of Chesterfield, 1839.
CHESTERFIELD der Clarke's School 1690
Founded by Cornelius Clarke. A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281.
CHESTERFIELD der Dissenting Chapel Library 1800?
Subscribers' list, J. Toulmin, Historical View ... Dissenters, 1814.
CHESTERFIELD der Ford's Circulating Library 1808? [John Ford]
Succeeded Thomas White. Derby Mercury, 20 August, 1801. BLC has 1821 imprint - 7938.aa.38.
CHESTERFIELD der Free Grammar School 1336?
A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
CHESTERFIELD der Friends Meeting House 1770+
Demolished 1974. Had a library. An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Central England. HMSO, 1986.
CHESTERFIELD der Gallimore's Circulating Library 1840? [Cornelius Gallimore]
Listed in Bagshaw's Directory of Derbyshire, 1846. BLC has 2 imprints, 1844 and[1847?].
CHESTERFIELD der Griffith's Circulating Library 1846 [Jeffreys Griffith]
BBTI.
CHESTERFIELD der Mechanics' Institution 1827
Derby PL. Minutes 1841-80 (Derbyshire RO).
CHESTERFIELD der News Room 1845?
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
CHESTERFIELD der Roberts' Circulating Library 1821 [John Roberts]
-1852. BBTI. BLC has[1837] imprint - 908.d.15(9).
CHESTERFIELD der Saxton's Circulating Library 1800 [John T. Saxton]
Succeeded John Calow. Catalogue: 1789, 1801. Sheffield Register, 23 may, 1789; Derby Mercury, 20 August, 1801.
CHESTERFIELD der White's Circulating Library 1780? [Thomas White]
Derby Mercury, 3 April, 1783. Succeeded - Calton.
CHINLEY der Chinley School 1712
A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281.
CLAY CROSS der Mechanics' Institution 1845
CLOWNE der Clowne School 1727
A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281.
CODNOR PARK der Artizans' & Mechanics' Library 1845?
1851 Census.
CROMFORD der [Literary & Scientific Institution?] 1845?
Listed in the 1849 Public Library Report (p.317) lacking authentic information. Not yet identified.
DENBY der Denby School 1728
A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281.
DERBY der Avery's Circulating Library 1831 [Sarah Avery]
-1843. BBTI. Succeeded by Columbell.
DERBY der Bailey's Circulating Library 1842 [Edward Bailey]
-1848. BBTI.
DERBY der Bemrose's Circulating Library 1828 [William Bemrose]
H.H. Bemrose, House of Bemrose, 1926.
DERBY der Bemrose's News Room 1820? [Bemrose & Co.]
Listed in Glover's Directory of Derby, 1829.
DERBY der Bretnor's Circulating Library 1830? [William Bretnor]
Listed in Pigot's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835.
DERBY der Collumbell's Circulating Library 1845? [Sarah & Elizabeth Collumbell]
Catalogue: 1845 - Derby PL. Library History, vi/2, p. 30. Listed in Bagshaw's Directory of Derbyshire, 1846. Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850. L Greaves, The Circulating Libraries of Derby, 1757-1871. 1966.
DERBY der Derby Assembly Rooms 1763
Papers 1829-42 (Private owner) - NRA 618. When were books provided?
DERBY der Derby Book Club 1750?
Adv. for sale in 1753 - Derby Mercury, 4 May, 1753.
DERBY der Derby Book Society 1757?
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Rules (Debry PL). Several subscribers' lists.
DERBY der Derby County Book Society 1755?
Subscribers' list, S. Ockley, History of the saracens, 1757.
DERBY der Dewar's Circulating Library 1846 [David Dewar]
BBTI.
DERBY der Drewry's Book Society 1790? [John Drewry]
Pigot, 1822. BLC has imprints 1789-1832.
DERBY der Fox's Circulating Library 1764? [Samuel Fox]
Died 1770. L. Greaves, Circulating Libraries of Derby, FLA, 1966. R.P. Sturges, Library History, 1976, pp. 44-52. BLC has 1766 imprint - 1651/2169.
DERBY der Free Grammar School 1160?
A.F. Leach, VCH, Derbyshire, II, pp. 207-281. Founded in 1160; re-founded 1554. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. History 1954 08368.cc.38.
DERBY der Friar Gate Chapel Library 1816
Also a Sunday School. Catalogue: 1816, 1836 (Sunday School), 1845 (Derby PL). Library History, vi,2, p. 30.
DERBY der Frost & Locker's Circulating Library 1845? [? Frost & ? Locker]
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
DERBY der Hewitt's Circulating Library 1830?
Catalogue: 1852 - Derby PL. Library History, vi/2, p. 30.