LIBRARIES IN THE ISLANDS TO 1850
CHANNEL ISLANDS
JERSEY chi Jersey
Public Library 1736
ST AUBIN'S chi St
Aubin's Newspaper Club 1810?
Jersey &
Guernsey Pocket Guide, 1811.
ST HELIER chi
Angot's Circulating Library 1790?
[? Angot]
ST HELIER chi British
& Jersey Library 1821?
ST HELIER chi
Chevalier's Circulating Library 1809?
[J.A. Chevalier]
Summer Stroll,
1809. Chevalier also had a circulating library in St Peter Port.
ST HELIER chi
Collins' Circulating Library 1820?
[Edwin Collins]
J.E. Collins had
a reading room and library in St Peter Port.
ST HELIER chi
De Fries' Circulating Library 1809?
[J. De Fries]
Summer Stroll
... Jersey & Guersney, 1809.
ST HELIER chi Falle
Library 1748
Subscriptions
abolished in 1874 - but not a lending library.
ST HELIER chi
Le Feuvre's Beresford Library 1825?
[C. Le Feuvre]
Label in John
Johnson.
ST HELIER chi Mechanics'
Institution 1849
ST HELIER chi
Mourant's Circulating Library 1809?
[Philippe Mourant]
Summer Stroll,
1809.
ST HELIER chi
Stead's Circulating Library 1809?
[? Stead]
Summer Stroll,
1809.
ST HELIER chi
Vonberg's Circulating Library 1815?
[D. Vonberg]
ST HELIER chi
Weston's Circulating Library 1840?
[? Weston]
Label in Priaulx
Library.
ST PETER PORT chi
Barbet's Circulating Library 1840?
[Stephen Barbet]
Label in Priaulx
Library. Barbet published a guide to the island ca. 1842.
ST PETER PORT chi
Bredthafft's Circulating Library 1820?
[P. Bredthafft]
Label in Priaulx
Library.
ST PETER PORT chi
Chevalier's Circulating Library 1820?
[J.A. Chevalier]
French books
presumably? Label in Priaulx Library.
ST PETER PORT chi
Church Visiting & Parochial Library 1840?
Cat. (Guernsey,
1850) in Priaulx Library.
ST PETER PORT chi
Collins' Circulating Library 1825?
[J.E. Collins]
Label (with
Rules) in Priaulx Library - "Fashionable Modern Circulating Library"
- refers to catalogue. Collins also had a Reading Room.
ST PETER PORT chi
Dumaresq's Circulating Library 1820?
[Ph. Dumaresq]
French books -
Label in Priaulx Library ("Bibliotheque Circulaire"). Printed
advertisements in Priaulx Library.
ST PETER PORT chi
Elizabeth College 1563
Crockford's
Scholastic Directory for 1861. New charter in 1825. Printed label in Franks.
ST PETER PORT chi
Gray's Circulating Library 1830?
[Mrs ? Gray]
Label in Franks
& Priaulx Library.
ST PETER PORT chi
Greffe Library 1605?
The Greffe.
ST PETER PORT chi
Guerin's Circulating Library 1820?
[? Guerin]
Label in John
Johnson; Priaulx Library [1840?].
ST PETER PORT chi
Guernsey Mechanics' Institution 1832
Guille-Alles
Library. Cat. 1852.
ST PETER PORT chi
Hicks' Circulating Library 1826
[J.G. Hicks]
- 1840? BBTI.
Guide to the Island of Guernsey, 1826. Rules [1826?] Priaulx Library; [1830?]
Priaulx Library.
ST PETER PORT chi
Sarnian Library 1819
J. Jacob, Annals
... Guernsey, 1830. Report (1829) in Priaulx Library. Label in Priaulx Library.
ST PETER PORT chi
Vaudin's Circulating Library 1830?
[? Vaudin]
Presumably
French books? Label in Priaulx Library.
ST PETER PORT chi
Whiteley's Circulating Library 1820?
[Thomas Whiteley]
Label in John
Johnson.
ST SAVIOUR chi St
Saviour's Church Library 1650?
MS list in
Priaulx Library. Disappeared in War.
ISLE OF MAN
A most valuable websire
for the history of the Isle of Man is that maintained by Frances Coakley. It
provides full texts of all the important primary sources, many of which are
rare or difficult to locate: www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/manx/fulltext/
ANDREAS iom Parochial
Library 1699+
Perkin's list.
ARBORY iom Parochial
Library 1699+
Perkin's list.
BALLAUGH iom Parochial
Library 1699+
Perkin's list.
BRADDAN iom Parochial
Library 1699+
Perkin's list.
CASTLETOWN iom Castletown
Library Society 1805?
Manx Advertiser,
12 December, 1807.
CASTLETOWN iom King
William's College 1833
(Archives)
DOUGLAS iom
Briscoe's Circulating Library 1790?
[? Briscoe]
Rules in John
Johnson. Possibly Joseph or Christopher Briscoe?
DOUGLAS iom
Calvin's Circulating Library 1825
[John Calvin]
BBTI.
DOUGLAS iom
Dillon's Circulating Library 1810?
[William Dillon]
Pigot's
Directory of Scotland, 1837. Isle of Man Guide; also Quiggin's Guide, 1839.
DOUGLAS iom Douglas
Public Library 1807
Cat. 1832 (Manx
Museum).
DOUGLAS iom Isle
of Man Library 1830?
Pigot's
Directory of Scotland, 1837. Listed in Slater's National Commercial Directory
of Ireland, 1847.
DOUGLAS iom Isle
of Man Museum 1830?
Pigot's
Directory of Scotland, 1837. (Archives)
DOUGLAS iom
Jefferson's Circulating Library 1820?
[George Jefferson]
- 1837. Pigot's
Directory of Scotland, 1837. Isle of Man Guide; also Quiggin's Guide, 1839.
DOUGLAS iom King
William's College 1833.
Fire in 1844.
DOUGLAS iom
Lane's Circulating Library 1798?
[Luke Lane &
Son]
BL copy of
Aberford, 1798. - 1825?
DOUGLAS iom Mechanics'
Institution 1830?
Quiggin's Guide,
1839.
DOUGLAS iom Mechanics'
Institution 1840
Same as
Mechanics' Library?
DOUGLAS iom
Mylrea's Circulating Library 1840?
[John Mylrea]
Listed in
Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1847.
DOUGLAS iom News
Rooms 1830?
Pigot's
Directory of Scotland, 1837.
DOUGLAS iom
Quiggin's Circulating Library 1840?
[Mary A. Quiggin]
Listed in
Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1847.
DOUGLAS iom Record
Office 1830?
Pigot's
Directory of Scotland, 1837.
GERMAN iom Parochial
Library 1699+
Perkin's list.
JURBY iom Parochial
Library 1699+
Perkin's list.
KIRK BRIDE iom Parochial
Library 1699+
Perkin's list.
LEZAYRE iom Parochial
Library 1699+
Perkin's list.
LONAN iom Parochial
Library 1699+
Perkin's list.
MALEW iom Parochial
Library 1699+
Perkin's list.
MAROWN iom Parochial
Library 1699+
Perkin's list.
MICHAEL iom Parochial
Library 1699+
Perkin's list.
ONCHAN iom Parochial
Library 1699+
Perkin's list.
PATRICK iom Parochial
Library 1699+
Perkin's list.
RAMSEY iom Parochial
Library 1699+
Perkin's list.
RUSHEN iom Parochial
Library 1699+
Perkin's list.
SANTAN iom Parochial
Library 1699+
Perkin's list.
ISLE OF WIGHT
ARRETON iow Parochial
Library 1670?
Chained library.
Perkin's list.
COWES iow Mechanics'
Institution 1849
Short lived?
COWES iow
Moir's Circulating Library 1823
[Robert Moir]
BBTI.
FRESHWATER iow Freshwater
School 1714
A.F. Leach, VCH,
Hampshire, II, pp/ 251-408.
GODSHILL iow Free
Grammar School 1500?
A.F. Leach, VCH,
Hampshire, II, pp/ 251-408. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
LYMINGTON iow Grammar
School 1668
A.F. Leach, VCH,
Hampshire, II, pp/ 251-408.
NEWPORT iow Athenaeum
& Mechanics' Institution 1825
Defunct in 1865.
NEWPORT iow Free
Grammar School 1618
A.F. Leach, VCH,
Hampshire, II, pp/ 251-408. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. History
1950 BL 8369.p.29.
NEWPORT iow General
Baptist Chapel 1728
In Pyle Street
from 1728-74; then moved to High Street. Books bequeathed by Sarah Sparks in
1847. An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in South West
England. HMSO, 1991.
NEWPORT iow Isle
of Wight Institution 1810
- 1889. Cats.
1818 (Isle of Wight RO), 1848 (Sothampton PL). Minyes (Isle of Wight RO).
NEWPORT iow Literary
& Scientific Institution 1848
1851 Census.
NEWPORT iow Newport
Subscription Library 1801
Short lived?
NEWPORT iow Parochial
Library 1834
A Bray library.
NEWPORT iow Parochial
Library 1834
Bray library.
Perkin's list.
NEWPORT iow Vectis
Reading Society 1820?
NEWPORT iow
Waterworth's Circulating Library 1795
[E. Waterworth]
NEWPORT iow
Wise's Circulating Library 1790?
[Mary & Ann
Wise]
> E.
Waterworth.
RYDE iow
Banks' Circulating Library 1800?
[? Banks]
- 1811. >
Williams & Collier.
RYDE iow
Browne's Circulating Library 1819
[? Browne]
- 1828.
RYDE iow
Hellyer's Circulating Library 1828
[Philip F. Hellyer]
- 1839. BBTI.
RYDE iow Literary
& Scientific Institution 1849
Defunct by 1858?
RYDE iow Ryde
& Cowes Mechanics' Institution 1841
Short lived?
RYDE iow
Williams & Collier's Circulating Library 1811
[Mrs Ann Williams
& Henry Collier]
- 1814.
RYDE iow
Williams' Circulating Library 1814
[Mrs Ann Williams]
- 1819?
RYDE iow
Williams' Circulating Library 1839
[Miss Williams]
SHORWELL iow Parochial
Library 1670?
Chained library.
Perkin's list.
VENTNOR iow Ventnor
& Bonchurch Literary & Scientific Institution 1847
Survied till
1940.
WEST COWES iow
Coombes' Circulating Library 1793?
[J. Coombes]
- 1799.
WEST COWES iow
Coombes' Circulating Library 1799
[T. Coombes]
- 1818.
WEST COWES iow
Moir's Circulating Library 1820?
[Robert Moir]
- 1839. Pigot,
1823.
WEST COWES iow Seamen's
Library 1821
Hampshire
Chronicle, 14 May, 1821.
YARMOUTH iow
Bright's Circulating Library 1831?
[Jane Bright]
BBTI.
YARMOUTH iow
Bright's Circulating Library 1844?
[Ann Bright]
BBTI.
ORKNEYS
BIRSAY ork Parochial
Library 1841
170 vols. by
1841 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XV, p. 154.
KIRKWALL ork Congregational
Library 1827
KIRKWALL ork Grammar
[Burgh] School 1544?
KIRKWALL ork Kirkwall
Bibliothek 1683
Cats. 1816, 1844
(Kirkwall PL). Minutes 1817-90 (Kirkwall Museum). Became the Orkney Library in
1815. Sold in 1891; bought by Archdeacon Craven who compiled a catalogue in
1897. All books now in Aberdeen University.
KIRKWALL ork
Kirkwall Public Library 1815?
[Orkney Library]
- 1890. Listed
in Pigot's New Commercial Directory of Scotland for 1826-7. Records (Tankerness
Museum).
SANDWICK ork Parochial
Library 1830?
Founded by Rev.
Charles Clouston. The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XV, p.
67.
STROMNESS ork Sabbath
School 1830?
The New
Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XV, p. 38.
STROMNESS ork Stromness
Library 1819
- 1841. Cat.
1829 (Stromness PL). The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XV, p.
38.
WESTRAY ork Itinerating
Library 1825?
Founded by
Thomas Balfour. The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XV, p. 131.
SCILLY ISLES
ST MARY'S sci Parochial
Library 1729
A Bray library.
ST MARY'S sci St
Mary's Reading Society 1820?
- 1822? G. Wo
SHETLANDS
CUNNINGSBURGH she Parochial
Library 1830?
The New
Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XV, p. 95.
DUNROSSNESS she Parochial
Library 1830?
The New
Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XV, p. 95.
FETLAR she Parochial
Library 1830?
200 vols. by
1841 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XV, p. 34.
NORTH YELL she Parochial
Library 1830?
The New
Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XV, p. 34.
UNST she Parochial
Library 1823
300 vols. by
1841 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XV, p. 95.
SKYE
SKYE sky Kyleakin
Library 1820
Inverness
Journal, 14 July, 1820.
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updated 02-07-99