MECHANICS' INSTITUTES

1823-1850

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ABERDARE gla Mechanics' Institution 1848
Refounded in 1853.
ABERDEEN abe Mechanics' Institution 1845?
Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852.
ABERYSTWYTH cad Literary, Scientific & Mechanics' Institution 1850
1851 Census.
ACCRINGTON lan Mechanics' Institute 1845
Survived till recently.
ACKWORTH yor Mechanics' Library 1845?
Listed in 1849 Report on Public Libraries.
ADDINGHAM yor Mechanics' Institute 1845?
See PP.6067.cb. Survived till 1930.
ADWALTON yor Mechanics' Institution 1846
Survived till 1905.
AIRDRIE lak Mechanics' Institution 1837
1851 Census.
ALEXANDRIA dub Mechanics' Institute 1834
Ceased in 1897?
ALLOA cla Mechanics' Institution 1826
470 vols. by 1841 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. VIII, p. 63.
ALMONDBURY yor Mechanics' Institution 1845
Survived till 1884.
ALNWICK nob Scientific and Mechanics' Institute 1824
Survived till 1890. Newcastle PL.
ALSTON cum Literary & Mechanics' Institution 1828
Defunct in 1861.
ALTON ham Mechanics' Institution 1837
Survived till 1920. County Record Office Winchester.
AMPTHILL bed Mechanics' Institution 1850
1851 Census.
ANDOVER ham Mechanics' Institution 1840
Survived till 1886. Andover PL.
ANNAN duf Mechanics' Institute 1838
Ceased 1897?
APPERLEY BRIDGE yor Mechanics' Institution 1849
Survived till 1881.
APPLEBY wes Mechanics' Institution 1848
Survived till 1950.
APPLETON WISKE yor Mechanics' Institution 1849
ARBROATH for Mechanics' Institution 1832
Survived till 1898. Arbroath PL.
ARDEE lou Mechanics' Institution 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCHE lei Mechanics' Institution 1845
Defunct by 1878?
ASHFORD ken Mechanics' Institution 1849
Defunct in 1860?
ASHFORD ken South East Railway Mechanics' Institution 1847
Now part of BRail Sports Club.
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE lan Mechanics' Institute 1824
Listed in Report of the State of Literary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institutions [SDUK], 1841.
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE lan Ashton & Dukinfield Mechanics' Institution 1825
Survived till 1901. Accounts &c. 1825-1901 (Tameside Archives).
ATHERTON lan Mechanics' Institution 1849
Short lived?
AYR ayr Mechanics' Institution 1825
Survived till 1870? 2500 vols. by 1837 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. V, p. 72.
BACUP lan Mechanics' Institution 1839
Defunct by 1908. Accounts, Minutes &c. 1839-1900 (Bacup PL); 1861-1908 (Lancashire RO).
BAKEWELL der Bakewell & High Peak Institution 1846
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Defunct in 1914. Minutes 1850 (Privately owned).
BANBURY oxf Mechanics' Institute 1835
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854. Public Library
BANFF ban Tradesman's Library 1825?
The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XIII, p. 53.
BARNARD CASTLE dur Mechanics' Institution & Literary Society 1832
- 1925. Rules, Papers &c. 1848-1925 (Durham RO).
BARNET her Mechanics' Institution 1841
Short lived?
BARNSLEY yor Mechanics' Institution 1831
Survived till 1890.
BARNSTAPLE dev Mechanics' Institution 1830
Defunct in 1837.
BARROW-IN-FURNESS lan Mechanics' Institution 1850
1851 Census.
BASINGSTOKE ham Mechanics' Institution 1841
Accounts &c. 1841-1928 (Hampshire RO).
BATH som Mechanics' Institution 1825
Refounded in 1838. Succeeded by the Athenaeum after 1841.
BATLEY yor Mechanics' Institution 1843
Short live?
BATTLE sus Mechanics' Institution 1828
1851 Census. Defunct by 1860?
BEDALE yor Mechanics' Institution 1850
1851 Census.
BEDLINGTON nob Mechanics' Institution 1850
Survived till 1887.
BELFAST ant Mechanics' Institution 1830?
Listed in Report of the State of Lite5rary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institutions [SDUK], 1841.
BELPER der Mechanics'& Literary Institution 1836
Defunct in 1855.
BERKHAMSTEAD her Mechanics' Institute 1845
Listed in Kelly's Directory of the Six Home Counties, 1851.
BERMONDSEY msx Rotherhithe & Bermondsey Mechanics' Institution 1825
Short lived?
BEVERLEY yor Mechanics' Institution 1833
Survived till 1890.
BIGGLESWADE bed Mechanics' Institution 1850
1851 Census.
BILSTON sta Mechanics' Institution 1841
Defunct by 1858?
BINGLEY yor Mechanics' Institution 1825
Survived to 1898.
BIRKENHEAD che Mechanics' Institution 1849
Census 1851.
BIRKENSHAW yor Mechanics' Institution 1848
Short Lived.
BIRMINGHAM war Mechanics' Institution 1825
Short lived?
BIRMINGHAM war Birmingham Polytechnic Institute 1843
1851 Census. Short lived?
BISHOP AUCKLAND dur Mechanics' Institution 1828
Refounded in 1847. Defunct after 1857?
BLACKBURN lan Literary, Scientific & Mechanics' Institution 1844
Defunct by 1869.
BLACKLEY lan Mechanics' Institution 1848
Defunct by 1864?
BLAYDON dur Blaydon & Stella Mechanics' Institution 1847
Survived to 1898.
BLYTH nob Mechanics' Institution 1847
Blyth PL. Newcastle PL.
BOLTON lan Mechanics' Institution 1825
Survived till 1891. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Lancashire, 1858.
BONHILL dub Vale of Leven Mechanics' Institute 1834
The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. VIII, p. 227.
BOSTON lin Mechanics' Institution 1837
Became the Athenaeum in 1851.
BOSTON SPA yor Mechanics' Institution 1850
BRADFORD yor Mechanics' Institute 1825
Survived till 1958. Bradford PL. Accounts, minutes, &c. 1832-1958 (West Yorkshire Archives).
BRAINTREE ess Braintree & Bocking Literary & Mechanics' Institute 1845
Developed from the Mutual Improvement Society. Survived till recently. Listed in Kelly's Directory of the Six Home Counties, 1851. Listed in White's Essex Directory, 1848.
BRAMLEY sur Mechanics' Institution & Literary Society 1845
1851 Census.
BRECHIN for Mechanics', Literary & Scientific Institution 1834
1851 Census. Survived till 1924. Records (Brechin PL).
BRENTFORD msx Mechanics' Institution 1835
Survived till 1890.
BRIDGEND gla Mechanics' Institution 1824
Refounded in 1848. Survived till 1883.
BRIDGWATER som Mechanics' Institution 1825
Short lived?
BRIDLINGTON yor Bridlington & Quay Mechanics' & Scientific Institution 1838?
Rules 1838. BL 10347.ee.11(6).
BRIDLINGTON yor Mechanics' & Scientific Institution 1838
1851 Census.
BRIDLINGTON QUAY yor Mechanics' Institution 1848
Short lived.
BRIDPORT dor Mechanics' Institution 1831
Lasted till 1950. After 1850 known as the Literary & Scientific Institution.
BRIGHOUSE yor Mechanics' Institution 1845
Survived till 1907.
BRIGHTON sus Mechanics' Institution 1825
1851 Census. Defunct by 1860? Subscription book 1827 (Brighton PL).
BRISTOL glo Mechanics' Institution 1825
Defunct by 1842. Replaced by the Athenaeum.
BROADMEAD ken Mechanics' Institution 1830?
Listed in Report of the State of Literary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institutions [SDUK], 1841.
BROMSGROVE wor Mechanics' Institution 1849
Defunct by 1862. 1851 Census.
BUILTH bre Mechanics' Institution 1850?
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
BURLEY yor Mechanics' Institution 1845
Survived till 1870.
BURNLEY lan Mechanics' Institution 1843
Survived till recently. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Lancashire, 1858.
BURSLEM sta Mechanics' Institution 1849
1851 Census.
BURY lan Mechanics' Institution 1825
Merged with Athenaeum after 1850.
BURY lan Bridge Hall Mechanics' Institution 1840
Defunct in 1865
BURY ST EDMUNDS suf Mechanics' Institute 1824
Varying titles. Survived till 1875. Listed in White's Directory of Suffolk, 1844.
BUSBY ren Mechanics' Institution 1825
Short lived.
CALNE wil Mechanics' Institution 1841
Listed in Report of the State of Literary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institutions [SDUK], 1841. Short lived?
CALTON yor Mechanics' Institution 1830?
Listed in Report of the State of Literary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institutions [SDUK], 1841.
CALVERLEY yor Mechanics' Institution 1850
Survived till 1935.
CAMBERWELL sur Camberwell, Peckham & Kennington Mechanics' Institution 1825
CAMBRIDGE cam Mechanics' Institution 1835
Defunct in 1858. Listed in Gardner's Directory of Cambridge, 1851.
CAMPSIE sti Mechanics' Institution 1848
1851 Census.
CANTERBURY ken Mechanics' & Literary Institution 1849
Short lived? Royal Museum?
CARDIFF gla Mechanics' Institution 1841
1851 Census.
CARLISLE cum Literary, Scientific and Mechanics' Institution 1825
Defunct in 1891. Carlisle PL.
CARMARTHEN cat Mechanics' Institution 1840
Short lived?
CASTLE DOUGLAS kik Operative Mechanics' Library 1830?
Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1837.
CATSDYKE ren Mechanics' Library 1820?
1465 vols. by 1840 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. VII, p. 472.
CHAPELTOWN yor Mechanics' Institution 1848
Defunct by 1851.
CHATHAM ken Mechanics' Institution 1838
Reports 1838-. BL 10368.e.5.
CHATHAM ken Chatham, Rochester, Strood & Brompton Mechanics' Institution 1837
Survied till 1877.
CHELMSFORD ess Literary & Mechanics' Institution 1833
Refounded in 1843. Survived till 1895. Listed in White's Essex Directory, 1848. Chelmsford PL.
CHELSEA msx West London Literary, Scientific & Mechanics' Institution 1846
Revived as Chelsea Literary & Scientific Institution from 1860 to 1879.
CHELTENHAM glo Mechanics' Institution 1835
Defunct by 1863.
CHESTER che Mechanic's Institution 1810
Ceased in 1876. MS cat. in Chester City Library. Founded by John Broster; re-formed in 1835. Librarian Benjamin Huxley, 1835-50. Accounts &c. 1834-75 (Chester RO).
CHESTER-LE-STREET che Mechanics' Institution 1826
Survives to date.
CHESTERFIELD der Mechanics' Institution 1827
Derby PL. Minutes 1841-80 (Derbyshire RO).
CHESTERFIELD der Chesterfield & Brampton Mechanics' Institution 1841
Defunct in 1880. Minutes 1841-1880 (Derbyshire RO).
CHICHESTER sus Mechanics' Institution 1825
Defunct by 1860?
CHIPPING ONGAR ess Mechanics' Institution 1848
CHORLEY lan Mechanics' Institution 1844
Defunct by 1871?
CIRENCESTER glo Mechanics' Institution 1848?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Gloucestershire, 1856.
CIRENCESTER glo Literary, Scientific & Mechanics' Institution 1844
Merged with Subscription Library in 1863.
CLAY CROSS der Mechanics' Institution 1845
CLAYTON-LE-MOORS lan Mechanics' Institution 1844
- 1921. Minutes &c. (Lancashire RO).
CLECKHEATON yor Mechanics' Institution 1838
Survived till 1900.
CLITHEROE lan Mechanics' Institution 1838
Defunct by 1867? Listed in Kelly's Directory of Lancashire, 1858.
CLONMEL wat Mechanics' Institution 1840?
Listed in Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1847.Provincial Directory, 1824.Directory 1850
COATBRIDGE lak Mechanics' Institution 1840
1851 Census.
COCKERMOUTH cum Mechanics' Institution 1841
Defunct in 1899.
CODNOR PARK der Artizans' & Mechanics' Library 1845?
1851 Census.
COGGESHALL ess Literary & Mechanics' Institution 1848
Survied till 1894.
COLCHESTER ess Mechanics' Institution 1833
Defunct in 1858? Listed in Kelly's Directory of the Six Home Counties, 1851. Listed in White's Essex Directory, 1848. Colchester PL.
COLNE lan Mechanics' Institution 1847
Defunct by 1865? Listed in Kelly's Directory of Lancashire, 1858.
CONGLETON che Mechanics' Institution 1849
Census 1851.
COVENTRY war Mechanics' Institution 1828
Defunct by 1855. Became the Coventry Institute 1855-88.
COWES iow Mechanics' Institution 1849
Short lived?
CRAWSHAW BOOTH lan Literary & Mechanics' Institution 1850?
Survived till 1882.
CRAYFORD ken Mechanics' Institution 1826
Short Lived. 1851 records an Institute & Reading Room.
CREDITON dev Mechanics' Institution & Literary Society 1832
1851 Census.
CREWE che Mechanics' Institution 1844
1851 Census. Minutes &c. 1845-1946 (Cheshire RO).
CROOK wes Mechanics' Institution 1848
Defunct after 1857?
CRUMPSALL lan Mechanics' Institution 1850
Defunct by 1865?
CWM AVON gla Mechanics' Institution 1848
Member lists 1849-51 (Glamorgan Archives).
DALKEITH edi Mechanics' Institution 1825
DARLASTON sta Mechanics' Institution 1848
Survived till 1876.
DARLINGTON dur Mechanics' Institution 1825
Refounded in 1840. Darlington PL.
DARWEN lan Mechanics' Institution 1839
Listed in Report of the State of Literary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institutions [SDUK], 1841. Survived till 1871. Minutes (Lancaster PL).
DAVENTRY noh Mechanics' Institution 1834
DENHOLME yor Mechanics' Institution 1840
Survived till 1898.
DENTON yor Mechanics' Institution 1850
Survived till 1888.
DEPTFORD ken Mechanics' Institution 1825
Survived til 1892.
DERBY der Mechanics' Institution 1825
Cats. 1834, 1836, 1841, 1845, 1848, 1851, 1856 - Derby PL. Defunct in 1915? Listed in Glover's Directory of Derby, 1829. Records 1825-1915 (Derby PL).
DEVONPORT dev Devonport & Stonehouse Mechanics' Institution 1825
Defunct in 1846? Devonport Mechanics' Institution
DEVONPORT dev Mechanics' Institution 1846
1851 Census.
DEWSBURY yor Mechanics' Institution 1825
Survived till 1893.
DOGLEY LANE yor Mechanics' Institution 1846
1851 Census.
DONCASTER yor Mechanics' Institute 1826
1851 Census. Ceased in 1869. Now in Free Library founded in 1869.
DOUGLAS iom Mechanics' Institution 1830?
Quiggin's Guide, 1839.
DOUGLAS iom Mechanics' Institution 1840
Same as Mechanics' Library?
DOVER ken Mechanics' Institution 1826
Short lived?
DOWNHAM MARKET nor Mechanics' Institution 1848?
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
DOWNPATRICK dow Mechanics' Institution 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
DRIFFIELD yor Mechanics' Institution 1837
Survived till 1951.
DROGHEDA lou Mechanics' Institution 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
DRONFIELD der Mechanics' Institution 1850
1851 Census.
DUBLIN dbl Mechanics' Institution 1837
Listed in Post Office Dublin Directory, 1849.
DUDLEY wor Dudley Institute 1848
DUDLEY sta Mechanics' Institution 1833
Survived till 1939.
DUMBARTON dub Mechanics' Institution 1844
Survived till 1910. Dumbarton PL. Minutes (Dumbarton PL).
DUMFRIES duf Mechanics' Institution 1826
Cats. 1858, 1867, &c. Survived till 1953. Dumfries PL. Accounts &c (Dumfries Archives).
DUNBAR had Mechanics' Institution 1825
Short lived? The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. II, p. 91.
DUNDALK lou Mechanics' Institute 1825?
DUNFERMLINE fif Mechanics' Institution 1825
Library merged with Tradesmen's Library in 1832.
DUNSE bew Mechanics' Institution 1840
Survived till 1894?
DURHAM dur Mechanics' Institute 1825
Defunct by 1860. See 7959.b.16 (3), 1250.i.26(15).
DYSART fif Mechanics' Institution 1849
Short lived?
EAGLESHAM ren Mechanics' Institution 1825
EAST LOOE cnw Mechanics' Institution 1849
1851 Census.
EDINBURGH edi Mechanics' Institution 1848
Defunct by 1851.
EDMONTON msx Mechanics' Institution 1835?
Cp. Tottenham.
EDWINSTOWE not Mechanics' Institution 1838
1851 Census.
EGREMONT cum Mechanics' Institution 1849
1851 Census.
ELGIN mor Mechanics' Library & Reading Room 1845?
Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852.
ELLAND yor Mechanics' Institution 1845
Survived till 1901.
ELLESMERE shr Mechanics' Institution 1848?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Gloucestershire, 1856.
ELSWICK nob Engine Works Literary & Mechanics' Institution 1848
Survived to date?
ELY cam Mechanics' Institution 1842
Defunct in 1860. Listed in Gardner's Directory of Cambridge, 1851.
EPWORTH lin Mechanics' Institution 1837
Survived till recently
EVESHAM wor Literary, Scientific & Mechanics' Institution 1837
Survived till 1897. Minutes (Evesham PL).
EXETER dev Tradesmen's & Mechanics' Institution 1825
Defunct in 1837? Label in John Johnson.
EYAM der Mechanics' Institution 1824
FALKIRK sti Mechanics' Institution 1828
Short lived.
FARNHAM sur Mechanics' Institution 1840?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of the Six Home Counties, 1851.
FARNWORTH lan Mechanics' Institution 1849
Defunct by 1870?
FILEY yor Mechanics' Institution 1848
1851 Census.
FLEETWOOD lan Mechanics' Institution 1844
Defunct by 1877?
GAINSBOROUGH lin Literary, Scientific & Mechanics' Institution 1832
Survived till 1872.
GALASHIELS sel Mechanics' Institution 1837
Survived till 1873.
GARFORTH yor Mechanics' Institution 1846
Short lived.
GATESHEAD dur Mechanics' Institution 1836
- 1963. Gateshead PL. Records (Tyne & Wear Archives).
GIRVAN ayr Mechanics' Institution 1850
Survived till 1888.
GISBURN yor Mechanics' Institution 1840
1851 Census.
GLASGOW lak Mechanics' Institution 1823
Survived till 1886. Cat. 1848. BL 823.g.50. Papers &c. 1823-75 (Strathclyde U Archives).
GLASGOW lak Calton Mile End & Bridgeton Mechanics' Institution 1834
1851 Census.
GLASGOW lak Cowcadders' Mechanics' Institute 1837
1849 Public Library Report.
GLOSSOP der Mechanics' Institution 1842
Defunct in 1867? 1851 Census (Literary Society for the Working Class).
GLOSSOP der Glossop-Littlemoor & Howardtown Mechanics' Institution 1841
1851 Census. DEefunct in 1870.
GLOUCESTER glo Mechanics' Institution 1840
Cp. the Athenaeum. Listed in Slater's Royal National & Commercial Directory, 1850. Gloucester PL.
GODALMING sur Mechanics' Institution 1836
Defunct by 1843. Godalming PL.
GOMERSAL yor Mechanics' Institution 1849
Survived till 1962. Records (W Yorkshire Archives).
GOOLE yor Mechanics' Institution 1839
Also Literary & Scientific Society - 1851 Census.
GOSPORT ham Gosport & Alverstoke Mechanics' Institution 1850
Up to 1886.
GRASSINGTON yor Mechanics' Institution 1845
Survived till 1905.
GRAVESEND ken Mechanics' Institution 1837
Defunct in 1851?
GREAT AYTON yor Mechanics' Institution 1850
1851 Census. Short lived.
GREAT GRIMSBY lin Mechanics' Institution 1835
Survived til 1899. Records (Grimsby PL).
GREAT HARWOOD lan Mechanics' Institution 1850
GREENOCK ren Mechanics' Institution 1823
Collpased in 1832. Refounded in 1836 to date. J.T. Hamilton, Greenock Libraries. FLA thesis 1968.
GREENOCK ren Cartsdyke Eastern District Library 1838? [Mechanics' Library]
1849 Public Library Report.
GREENOCK ren Mechanics' Library 1832
2000 vols. by 1840. Not same as Mechanics' Institute.
GUILDFORD sur Guildford Institute 1834
- 1986. Records (Surrey RO).
GUILDFORD sur Mechanics' Institution 1840?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of the Six Home Counties, 1851.
GUISELEY yor Mechanics' Institution 1845
Survived till 1913.
HACKNEY msx Literary & Mechanics' Institution 1825
Short lived?
HALIFAX yor Mechanics' Insitution 1825
Survived till 1932. Halifax PL.
HALSTEAD ess Mechanics', Literary & Scientific Institution 1844
Survived till 1929.
HAMILTON lak Mechanics' Institution 1828
Survived till 1907.
HAMMERSMITH msx Hammersmith, Kensington & Chiswick Mechanics' Institution 1825
Short lived?
HAMMERSMITH msx Literary, Scientific and Mechanics' Institution 1837
Defunct by 1858?
HAMSTERLEY dur Mechanics' Institution 1825
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Defunct by 1858?
HANLEY sta Potteries Mechanics' Institution 1826
Survives to date?
HARROGATE yor Mechanics'& Literary Institution 1841?
Survived till 1882.
HARTLEPOOL dur Literary, Scientific & Mechanics' Institution 1833
Refounded as Mechanics' Institution in 1844. Defunct6 by 1858?
HARWICH ess Mechanics' Institution 1847
Short lived?
HASLINGDEN lan Mechanics' Institution 1846
Survied till 1904. Records 1846-60 (Lancashire RO).
HASTINGS sus Hastings & St Leonards Mechanics' Institution 1833
Survived till 1885.
HATCHAM sur Mechanics' Institution 1841
Short lived?
HAWICK rox Mechanics' Institution 1845?
Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852.
HAWORTH yor Mechanics' Institution 1844
Listed in the 1849 Public Library Report. Survived till 1906.
HAY-ON-WYE bre Mechanics' Institute 1842
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850. Ceased in 1849?
HEANOR not Artisans' & Mechanics Library 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
HECKMONDWIKE yor Mechanics' Institution 1841
Survives to date? Working Men's Club?
HEDON yor Hedon & Holderness Mechanics' Institution 1844
1851 Census.
HELMSLEY yor Mechanics' Institution 1850
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD her Literary & Mechanics' Institute 1839
Listed in Kelly's Directory of the Six Home Counties, 1851.
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD her Mechanics' Institution 1839
Survived till 1920.
HENHAM ess Mechanics' Institution 1825
Listed in Report of the State of Literary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institutions [SDUK], 1841. Defunct by 1842?
HEREFORD hef Mechanics' Institution 1840
Later became the Athenaeum & Mechanics' Institution. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Gloucestershire, 1856.
HEXHAM nob Mechanics' & Scientific Institution 1825
Survived till 1892. Reports 1826. BL 8282.c.87. Cat. 1831. BL 820.f.44(2).
HEYWOOD lan Mechanics' Institution 1839
Defunct by 1874? Listed in Kelly's Directory of Lancashire, 1858.
HIGH GREEN nor Mechanics' Institution 1846
Short lived?
HINCKLEY lei Mechanics' Institution 1840
Survived till 1874.
HITCHIN her Working Men's & Mechanics' Institution 1835
Took over the Tradesmen's & Apprentice's Library. Hitchin Museum. Survived till 1908.
HOBART --- Van Diemen's Land Mechanics' Institution 1842
Reports 1842-. BL 8308.cc.59.
HOLBECK yor Mechanics' Institution 1846
1851 Census as Youth's Guardian Society?
HOLMFIRTH yor Mechanics' Institution 1844
1851 Census.
HOLYWELL GREEN yor Mechanics' Institution 1850
Survived till 1933.
HONLEY yor Mechanics' Institution 1845
Survived till 1885.
HORNCASTLE lin Mechanics' Institution 1834
Survived till 1890.
HORSFORTH yor Mechanics' Institution 1850
Survived till 1917.
HORSHAM sus Mechanics' Institution 1829
1851 Census. Defunct in 1862?
HORTON yor Mechanics' Institution 1839
1851 Census.
HOWDEN yor Mechanics' Institution 1849
Survived till 1872?
HOYLAND yor Mechanics' Institution 1840
1851 Census. Survived till 1876.
HUDDERSFIELD yor Mechanics' Institute 1843
Survived till 1903. Records (Huddersfield U).
HYDE che Mechanics' Institution 1850
Census 1851.
ILKESTON not Mechanics' Library 1834
Became MI in 1851.
INVERNESS inv Mechanics' Institution 1831
Survived till 1871. The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XIV, p. 31.
IPSWICH suf Mechanics' Institute 1824
Defunct by 1864. Listed in White's Directory of Suffolk, 1844. Ipswich PL.
IRONBRIDGE shr Mechanics' Institution 1845?
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
JEDBURGH rox Mechanics' Institution 1845?
Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852.
JOHNSTONE ren Mechanics' Institution 1825
1851 Census.
KEIGHLEY yor Mechanics' Institution 1825
Survived till 1944. Records 1829-1944 (Keighley PL).
KETTERING noh Mechanics' Institution 1841
Short lived?
KIDDERMINSTER wor Mechanics' Institution 1837
Survived till 1878.
KILMARNOCK ayr Mechanics' Institution 1836
1851 Census. Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852.
KINGSBRIDGE dev Mechanics' Institution 1841
Lasted till 1890.
KINGSTON-UPON-HULL yor Mechanics' Institution 1825?
- 1866? Listed in White's Lincoln, 1826. Records (Hull RO).
KINGSTON-UPON-HULL yor Literary, Scientific & Mechanics' Institution 1825
Survived till 1899. Hull PL.
KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES sur Mechanics' Institution 1841
Survived till 1876.
KINGTON hef Mechanics' Institution 1841
Short lived.
KIPPAX yor Mechanics' Institution 1850
Survived till 1866?
KIRKBURTON yor Mechanics' Institute 1848
BBTI.
KIRKBY MALZEARD yor Mechanics' Institution 1848
Survives to date?
KIRKCALDY fif Mechanics' Institution 1825
1851 Census. 1500 vols. by 1843 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. IX, p. 768.
KIRKHEATON yor Mechanics' Institution 1825
1851 Census.
KIRKSTALL yor Mechanics' Institution 1845
1851 Census.
KIRKUDBRIGHT kik Mechanics' Institute 1842
Founded in 1777?
KNARESBOROUGH yor Mechanics' Institution 1843
Survived till 1877?
LANARK lak Mechanics' Institution 1825
1851 Census.
LANCASTER lan Mechanics' Institution 1824
Started as the Apprentices' & Mechanics Library. Survived till 1886. Listed in Mannex's Directory of Westmorland, 1851.
LAUDER bew Mechanics' Institution 1840?
The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. II, p. 14.
LAUNCESTON cnw Mechanics' Institution 1841
LEEDS yor Mechanics' Institution 1824
Survived till 1939. Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Reports 1844-. BL 8305.cc.7. Cat. 1854. BL 824.h.30(3). Leeds PL.
LEEDS yor Hunslet Mechanics' Institution 1846
Survived till 1920.
LEEK sta Mechanics' Institution 1837
Survioved till 1929. Leek Town Hall.
LEICESTER lei Mechanics' Institution 1833
Survived til 1871. Leicester PL. Leicester City Museum. Minutes &c (Leicestershire RO).
LEIGH lan Mechanics' Institution 1842
Defunct by 1861? Leigh PL.
LEISTON suf Mechanics' Institution 1850
Defunct by 1861?
LEITH edi Mechanics' Institution 1850?
Short lived? Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852.
LEVEN fif Mechanics' Institution 1830?
LEWES sus Mechanics' Institution 1825
Survived till 1892. Sussex Archaeological Society. Bodley has 1839 Laws.
LINCOLN lin Mechanics' Institution 1833
Survived till 1900. Lincoln PL.
LINDLEY yor Mechanics' Institution 1849
Survived till 1900.
LISKEARD cnw Mechanics' Institution 1832
In 1851 renamed the Literary & Scientific Institute. Lasted till 1939.
LIVERPOOL lan Mechanics' & Apprentices' Library 1824
Account & Rules 1824. BL 8364.b.24(3). Cat. 1836 - Liverpool University.
LIVERPOOL lan Mechanics' School of Arts 1825 [Mechanics' Institution]
Called MI from 1832. Survied till 1905. Liverpool PL.
LIVERPOOL lan Northern Mechanics' Institution 1839
Lapsed in 1842. Revived in 1849.
LLANDILO cat Mechanics' Institution 1839
1851 Census.
LLANELLY cat Mechanics' Institution 1840
Survived till 1897. Started as a library?
LLANGOLLEN den Mechanics' Institution & Public Library 1845?
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
LOCKWOOD yor Mechanics' Institution 1844
Survived till 1904.
LONDON msx City of London Mechanics' Institute 1846
1851 Census. Defunct by 1854.
LONDON msx Westminster Literary, Scientific & Mechanics' Institution 1837
Survived till 1860. Westminster PL.
LONDON msx London Mechanical Institution 1817
Founded by Timothy Claxton, who participated in MIs in America.
LONGTON sta Athenaeum & Mechanics' Institution 1848
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Survived till 1891. Stoke PL.
LONGTOWN cum Mechanics' Institution 1840
Defunct in 1861?
LOUGHBOROUGH lei Mechanics' Institution 1845?
LOUTH lin Mechanics' Institution 1833
- 1945. Cat. 1837. BL 11918.bb.4. Records (Lincolnshire Archives).
LOW MOOR yor Mechanics' Institution 1848
Short lived.
LOWESTOFT suf Mechanics' Institution 1843
1851 Census.
LUDLOW shr Literary Association & Mechanics' Institution 1849
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850. Defunct by 1858.
LUTTERWORTH lei Mechanics' Institution 1841
1851 Census.
MAIDENHEAD ber Literary, Scientific & Mechanics' Institution 1844
1851 Census. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854.
MAIDSTONE ken Mechanics' Institution 1840?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of the Six Home Counties, 1851.
MAIDSTONE ken Literary & Mechanics' Institution 1837
Defunct by 1851?
MALDON ess Literary & Mechanics' Institution 1841
Survived till 1887.
MALMESBURY wil Mechanics' Institution 1841
Short lived?
MALTON yor Mechanics' Institution 1838
Short lived?
MANCHESTER lan Mechanics' Institute 1824 [Municipal Technical School]
-1 884. W.E.A. Axon, Handbook of the Public Libraries of Manchester & Salford, 1877. Survived till 1883. Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Manchester PL. UMIST. Minutes (Manchester U).
MANCHESTER lan Platting Mechanics' Library 1848?
Slater's Directory of Manchester, 1850. Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Listed in Whellan's Manchester Directory, 1853.
MANCHESTER lan New Mechanics' Institution 1829
Defunct by 1837.
MANCHESTER lan Miles Platting Mechanics' Institution 1834
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Defunct by 1858?
MANNINGTREE ess Manningtree & Mistley Mechanics' Institution 1847
Survived till 1912.
MANSFIELD not Mechanics' Institution 1831
Survives to date?
MARCH cam Mechanics' Institution 1845
1851 Census. Listed in Gardner's Directory of Cambridge, 1851.
MARKET DRAYTON shr Mechanics' Institution 1848?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Gloucestershire, 1856.
MARKET RASEN lin Mechanics' Institution 1842
Survived till 1882?
MARKET WEIGHTON yor Mechanics' Institution 1848
1851 Census.
MARSDEN lan Mechanics' Institution 1842
Survived till 1881?
MARYLEBONE msx Royal Polytechnic Institution 1838
Survived til 1881.
MARYLEBONE msx Marylebone & Paddington Mechanics' Institution 1845
Succeeded by the Literary & Scientific Institution
MARYPORT cum Mechanics' Institution 1849
To date?
MASHAM yor Mechanics' Institution 1848
Defunct by 1867?
MELBOURNE der Mechanics' Institution 1841
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Also known as the People's College.
MELTHAM yor Mechanics' Institution 1849
Survived till 1898.
MELTON MOWBRAY lei Mechanics' Institution 1845
Defunct by 1865?
MERTHYR TYDVIL gla Mechanics' Institution 1830
Defunct by 1851?
MIDDLEHAM yor Mechanics' Institution 1850
Short lived.
MIDDLESBROUGH yor Mechanics' Institution 1836?
Survived till 1911. Middlesbrough PL.
MIDDLETON-IN-TEESDALE dur Mechanics' Institution 1847
Defunct by 1858?
MIDDLEWICH che Mechanics' Institution 1845
1851 Census. Ceased in 1851?
MILNGAVIE dub Mechanics' Institute 1836
MONTROSE for Mechanics' Institution 1828
MORLEY yor Mechanics' Institution 1849
Survived till 1874.
MORPETH nob Mechanics' & Scientific Institute 1825
Survived till 1918.
MOSSLEY lan Mechanics' Institution 1840
Survived till 1887.
MOUNTSORREL lei Mechanics' Institution 1845
MUSSELBURGH edi Mechanics' Institution 1825
NAFFERTON yor Mechanics' Institution 1848
Listed in the 1849 Public Library Report. Short lived.
NANTWICH che Mechanics' Institution 1846
Ceased in 1874.
NEATH gla Mechanics' Institution 1843
1851 Census. Survived till 1880.
NETHERTON lan Mechanics' Institution 1846
Survived till 1900.
NEWARK-ON-TRENT not Mechanics' Institution 1836
Survived till 1923.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE nob Literary, Scientific & Mechanics' Institution 1824
Survived till 1879.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE nob Mechanics' Institute 1834
- 1879. Papers &c. (Newcastle PL).
NEWPORT shr Mechanics' Institution 1848?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Gloucestershire, 1856.
NEWPORT iow Athenaeum & Mechanics' Institution 1825
Defunct in 1865.
NEWPORT PAGNELL buk Mechanics' Institution 1829
1851 Census.
NEWTON lan Mechanics' Institution 1848?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Lancashire, 1858.
NORTH BERWICK had Mechanics' Institution 1825
Short lived.
NORTH SHIELDS dur Scientific & Mechanics' Institution 1825
Survived till 1869. Also called the Tradesmen's & Mechanics' Institute.
NORTH SHIELDS nob Mechanics' Institution 1832
- 1869. Records (Tyne & Wear Archives).
NORTHALLERTON yor Mechanics' Institution 1848
Survived till 1874?
NORTHAMPTON noh Mechanics' Institution 1833
Survived till 1860. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854.
NORWICH nor Mechanics' Institution 1825
Succeeded by the Athenaeum.
NOTTINGHAM not Mechanics' Institution 1837
Survives to date? History 1837-1887. 1887. BL 8277.d.14.
OAKWORTH yor Mechanics' Institution 1850
Survived till 1911.
ODIHAM ham Mechanics' Institution 1844
Defunct by 1860? 1851 Census.
OLDHAM lan People's Institute 1845?
Listed in Slater's Directory of Manchester and Salford, 1851.
OLDHAM lan Mechanics' Institution 1830
OLDHAM lan Greenacres Moor Mechanics' Institution 1843
1851 Census.
OSWESTRY shr Mechanics' Institution 1841
Short lived?
OVENDEN yor Ovenden & Mixenden Mechanics' Institution 1849
1851 Census - Mixenden MI.
OVER DARWEN lan Mechanics' Institution 1848?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Lancashire, 1858.
PAISLEY ren Mechanics' Institution 1847
1851 Census.
PATELEY BRIDGE yor Mechanics' Institution 1839
Survived till 1904.
PATRICROFT yor Mechanics' Institution 1847
Survived till 1870.
PEEBLES pee Mechanics' Institution 1832
PEMBROKE DOCK pem Mechanics' Institution 1850
1851 Census. Survived till 1875.
PENDLETON lan Pendleton Mechanics' Institution 1850
Defunct by 1875.
PENISTONE yor Mechanics' Institution 1849
Short lived.
PERSHORE wor Mechanics' Institution 1849
1851 Census. Survived till 1866. Papers 1849-66 (Hereford & Worcester RO).
PERTH per Mechanics' Institution 1824
- 1897. Cats. 1832, 1859. Listed in Marshall's Perth Directory, 1852. Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Listed in Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1827. Minutes 1824-97 (Perth & Knross Archives).
PETERBOROUGH noh Mechanics' Institution 1831
Survived till 1860.
PETERHEAD abe Mechanics' Institution 1836
Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. 200 vols. by 1840 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XII, p. 385.
PLEASLEY der Mechanics' Institution 1846
Defunct in 1850? Not in 1851 Census.
PLYMOUTH dev Mechanics' Institute 1825
Lasted till 1902.
POCKLINGTON yor Mechanics' Institution 1847
Short lived?
PONTEFRACT yor Mechanics' Institution 1843
Survived till 1872.
POOLE dor Mechanics' Institution 1848
1851 Census. Short lived?
POPLAR msx East London Mechanics' Institution 1826
Short lived?
PORTAFERRY dow Mechanics' Institution 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
PORTSEA ham Mechanics' Institution 1826
PORTSMOUTH ham Mechanics' Institution 1825
Defunct by 1871? From 1841 called the Portsmouth, Portsea & Gosport Athenaeum & Mechanics' Institution
PRESCOT lan Mechanics' Institution 1839
1851 Census.
PUDSEY yor Mechanics' Institution 1833
Survives to date?
RADCLIFFE lan Radliffe & Pilkington Mechanics' Institution 1844
Probably succeeded by the Lyceum in 1856.
RASTRICK yor Mechanics' Institution 1845
Revived in 1860.
RAWDON yor Mechanics' Institution 1847
Survived till 1886.
RAWTENSTALL lan Mechanics' Institution 1848?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Lancashire, 1858.
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 Mechanics' Institution 1826
Defunct in 1831. Revived in 1842-3.
REIGATE sur Mechanics' Institution 1830
Survived till 1924.
RICHMOND sur Mechanics' Institution 1838
Short lived?
RIPLEY sur Mechanics' Institution 1845
Survived till 1878.
RIPON yor Mechanics' Institute 1831
Survived till 1891.
ROCHESTER ken Mechanics' Institution 1840?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of the Six Home Counties, 1851.
ROSS-ON-WYE hef Mechanics' Institution 1825
Short lived?
ROTHERHAM yor Mechanics' Institution 1825
Short lived.
ROTHESAY but Mechanics' Institute 1833
The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. V, p. 115.
RUGBY war Mechanics' Institution 1845
Short lived? Replaced by Rugby Institute 1846-90.
RUGELEY sta Mechanics' Institution 1850
Survived till 1890.
RYDE iow Ryde & Cowes Mechanics' Institution 1841
Short lived?
RYE sus Mechanics' Institution 1841
1851 Census.
SADDLEWORTH yor Mechanics' & Literary Institution 1841
Survived till 1930.
SALFORD lan Royal Mechanics' Institute 1838
Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Listed in Whellan's Manchester Directory, 1853. Listed in Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1847.
SALFORD lan Literary & Mechanics' Institution 1842
1851 Census.
SALISBURY wil Mechanics' Institution 1834
Short lived? Replaced by Literary & Scientific Society 1851-85.
SCARBOROUGH yor Mechanics' Institution 1825
Survived till 1929. Scarborough PL.
SELBY yor Mechanics' Institution & Literary Society 1846
Survived till 1897.
SETTLE yor Mechanics' Institution 1831
Survived till 1884. Settle Museum.
SHEERNESS ken Mechanics' Institution 1839
Defunct by 1873?
SHEFFIELD yor Mechanics' Institution 1832
Survived till 1890. Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Rules 823.a.4(5). Sheffield PL. Records (Sheffield Archives).
SHELLEY yor Mechanics' Institution 1847
Survived till 1898. Records 1847-96 (W Yorkshire Archives).
SHERBORNE dor Mechanics' Institution 1835
1851 Census. Short lived?
SHIFNAL shr Mechanics' Institution, Library & News Room 1848?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Gloucestershire, 1856.
SHILDON dur Mechanics' Institution 1846
Defunct by 1858?
SHOTLEY BRIDGE dur Mechanics' Institution 1846
Short lived?
SHREWSBURY shr Shropshire Mechanics' Institution 1822
- 1844. Were there two MIs? Listed in Kelly's Directory of Gloucestershire, 1856. Papers (Shropshire RO).
SHREWSBURY shr Shropshire Mechanics' Institution 1825
Shrewsbury PL. Defunct by 1863.
SKIPTON yor Mechanics' Institution 1825
Survived till 1910.
SLAITHWAITE yor Mechanics' & Literary Institution 1847
Survived till 1906.
SLOUGH buk Mechanics' Institution 1847
1851 Census.
SOUTH SHIELDS dur Literary, Mechanics' & Scientific Institution 1825
To 1872. Mewrged with Working Men's Club in 1870.
SOUTHAMPTON ham Polytechnic Institute 1839
Southampton U.
SOUTHPORT lan Mechanics' Institution 1837?
SOUTHPORT lan Literary & Scientific Institution 1847
Defunct by 1855?
SOUTHWARK sur Mechanics' Institution 1826
Became Literary & Scientific Institution after 1828.
SOWERBY BRIDGE yor Mechanics' Institution 1838
Survived till 1880.
SPALDING lin Mechanics' Institute 1845
- 1903. Records (Spalding Gentleman's Society).
SPITALFIELDS msx Mechanics' Institution 1825
Defunct before 1851.
SPOFFORTH yor Mechanics' Institution 1850
Survived till 1898.
ST AGNES cnw Miner's & Mechanics' Institution 1849
1851 Census.
ST ALBANS her Mechanics' Institution 1837
Short lived?
ST ANDREWS fif Mechanics' Library 1825?
The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. IX, p. 493.
ST HELENS lan Mechanics' Institution 1848?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Lancashire, 1858.
ST HELIER chi Mechanics' Institution 1849
ST LEONARD'S sus Mechanics' Institution 1848
Survived till 1898.
ST PETER PORT chi Guernsey Mechanics' Institution 1832
Guille-Alles Library. Cat. 1852.
STAFFORD sta Mechanics' Institution 1843
Survived till 1896.
STALYBRIDGE che Mechanics' Institute 1825
STANNINGLEY yor Mechanics' Institution 1847
Survived till 1903.
STEPNEY msx Mechanics' Institution 1826
Short lived?
STOCKPORT che Mechanics' Institution 1837
Formed from Institute for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Ceased in 1912. Stockport PL.
STOCKTON-ON-TEES dur Mechanics' Institution & Reading Society 1825
Originally Stockton, Yarm & Norton Mechanics' Institution
STONEHOUSE glo Mechanics' Institution 1846
1851 Census.
STOURBRIDGE wor Mechanics' Institution 1834
Survives to date? Papers (Hereford & Worcester RO).
STOWMARKET suf Mechanics' Institution 1848?
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
STRATFORD ess Mechanics' Institution 1846
Short lived?
STRATFORD ess Stratford & Bow Mechanics' Institution 1836
1851 Census lists Startford & Bow General Institute.
STROUD glo Mechanics' Institution 1835?
Closed in 1840. Cp. the Athenaeum.
SUDBURY suf Mechanics' Institution 1834 [Sudbury Institute Club}
- 20c. 1851 Census. Records (Sudbury Club).
SUNDERLAND dur Mechanics' Institution 1825
Did not survive beyond 1840? There was also a Sunderland Mechanics' & Apprentices Institution, 1847-58.
SWANSEA gla Mechanics' Institution 1826 [Tradesmen's & Mechanics' Institution]
Revived in 1839 and 1848. Records (Private owner - NRA 28631).
SWINDON wil Great Western Railway Mechanics' Institute 1844
SWINDON wil Mechanics' Institution 1843
- 1947. Records (PRO - RAIL 276).
SYDNEY --- Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts 1833
Laws. 1833 BL 8705.bb.18. Cat. 1869 BL 11901.aaa.19.
TADCASTER yor Mechanics' Institution 1850
Short lived?
TAUNTON som Mechanics' Institution 1830
Defunct by 1866.
TAVISTOCK dev Mechanics' Institution 1832
Originally Mechanics' Library. Also known as the Literary & Scientific Institution. Amalgtamated?
TEIGNMOUTH dev Mechanics' Institution 1840
Lasted till 1906. Amalgamated with the Useful Knowledge Society about 1848.
THETFORD nor Mechanics' Institution 1841
Survived till 1949.
THIRSK yor Mechanics' Institution 1846
Survived till 1905.
THORNTON yor Mechanics' Institution 1834
Survives to date?
THORP ARCH yor Mechanics' Institution 1849
1851 Census.
TODMORDEN yor Mechanics' Institution 1836
Short lived?
TONBRIDGE ken Mechanics' Institution 1826
Defunct by 1851.
TOPCLIFFE yor Mechanics' Institution 1850
Short lived?
TORPOINT cnw Mechanics' Institution 1844
1851 Census.
TOTNES dev Mechanics' Institution 1844
1851 Census. Defunct by 1857?
TOTTENHAM msx Tottenham & Edmonton Mechanics' Institutio 1840
Defunct by 1860?
TRANENT had Mechanics' Institution 1825
Short lived?
TRING her Mechanics' Institution 1840?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of the Six Home Counties, 1851.
TROWBRIDGE wil Mechanics' Institution 1839
1851 Census.
TRURO cnw Institute for the Advancement of Science, Literature & the Arts 1835
Defunct in 1886.
TUAM gal Mechanics' Institution 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
TUNBRIDGE WELLS ken Mechanics' Institution 1828
Short lived?
TWICKENHAM sur Mechanics' Institution 1835
TYLDESLEY lan Mechanics' Institution 1827
Survived till 1908.
ULVERSTON lan Mechanics' Library & Reading News Room 1845? [John Kirkby]
Listed in Mannex's Directory of Westmorland, 1851.
VALE OF LEVEN fif Mechanics' Institution 1834
Survived till 1907.
VENTNOR iow Ventnor & Bonchurch Literary & Scientific Institution 1847
Survied till 1940.
WAKEFIELD yor Mechanics' Institute 1825
Survived till 1936. Records (Wakefield PL).
WALKER nob Iron Works Mechanics' Institution 1836
Survived till 1922. Newcastle PL.
WALLINGFORD ber Mechanics' Institution 1849
1851 Census. Defunct in 1866.
WALLSEND nob Mechanics' Institution 1850
WALSALL sta Mechanics' Institution 1839
1851 Census.
WARMINSTER wil Mechanics' Institution 1839
Short lived?
WARRINGTON lan Mechanics' Institution 1825
Records 1838-68 (Warrington PL). Survived til 1868. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Lancashire, 1858.
WARWICK war Warwick & Leamington Mechanics' Institution 1832
WATH-UPON-DEARNE yor Mechanics' Institution 1828
Survived till 1914. Minutes &c. (Rotherham Archives).
WEDNESBURY sta Mechanics' Institution 1838
Survived till 1877.
WELLINGBOROUGH noh Mechanics' Institution 1840
Defunct by 1860?
WENTWORTH yor Mechanics' Institution 1825
Survives to date?
WEST AUCKLAND dur Mechanics' Institution 1845
1851 Census. Defunct by 1858?
WEST BROMWICH sta Hill Top Mechanics' Institution 1849
WESTERHAM ken Mechanics' Institution 1835
Short lived?
WESTON-SUPER-MARE som Mechanics' Institution 1846
Hunt's Directory of Dorsetshire, 1851. 1851 Census.
WETHERBY yor Mechanics' Institution 1847
1851 Census.
WHITCHURCH glo Mechanics' Institution 1848?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Gloucestershire, 1856.
WHITEHAVEN cum Mechanics' Institution 1825
Refounded in 1845. Defunct in 1887. Whitehaven PL.
WIGAN lan Mechanics' Institution 1825
Wigan PL. Survived till 1882. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Lancashire, 1858.
WIGSTON MAGNA lei Mechanics' Institution 1839
Short lived?
WIGTON cum Mechanics' Institution 1848
Defunct in 1931.
WILSDEN yor Mechanics' Institution 1826
Listed in the 1849 Public Library Report. Survived till 1905.
WINCHESTER ham Mechanics' Institution 1835
Survied till 1921. Records (Hampshire RO).
WINDSOR ber Mechanics' Institution 1835
Defunct in 1861. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854.
WINLATON dur Literary & Mechanics' Institution 1847
1851 Census. Defunct by 1858?
WIRKSWORTH der Mechanics' Institution 1849
Not in 1851 Census.
WISBECH cam Mechanics' Institution 1841
1851 Census.
WOLVERHAMPTON sta Athenaeum & Mechanics' Library 1847
- 1869. Listed in White's Directory of Staffordshire, 1851. 1851 Census. Defunct by 1858? Listed in White's Staffordshire Directory, 1850. Listed in Slater's Royal National & Commercial Directory, 1850. Records (Wolverhampton Archives).
WOLVERTON sta Mechanics' Institution 1840
Survived to 1926.
WOODBRIDGE suf Woodbridge Literary & Mechanics' Institution 1837
Prospectus BL 10351.g.18(24). Cat. 1837 BL 824.i.49(11).
WOODHOUSE lei Mechanics' Institution 1847
Survived till 1940.
WOODLESFORD yor Woodlesford & Oulton Mechanics' Institution 1847
Survived till 1881.
WOOLER nob Mechanics' Institution 1849?
Short lived?
WOOLTON lan Mechanics' Institution 1846
Survived till 1928. Records (Lancashire RO).
WOOLWICH ken Mechanics' Institution 1838
Listed as such in Kelly's Directory of the Six Home Counties, 1851. Had different title?
WORCESTER wor Mechanics' Institution 1829
1851 Census.
WORKSOP not Reading Society & Mechanics' Institution 1840?
Refounded in 1852.
YEADON yor Mechanics' Institution 1832
Short lived?
YEOVIL som Mechanics' Institution 1838
1851 Census.
YORK yor Mechanics' Institution 1827
- 1890. By 1843 had 1500 vols. Catalogue, York, 1829. 10347.ee.23(2). Records (York Archives).

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