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ABERDEEN abe Aberdeen Reading Society 1805
- 1834.
ABERDEEN abe Alford Mutual Improvement Society 1839
Aberdeen U.
ABERDEEN abe Caledonian Literary Society 1805
Cats. 1814, 1820? (Aberdeen U). Bookplate in Franks.
ABERDEEN abe Medico-Chirurgical Society 1789 [Medical Society]
Library begun in 1791. Marischal College. Changed name in 1811. Dispersed in 1967. Cats. 1792, 1796, 1803, 1812 (Aberdeen U). Records 1789-1985 - Private. NRA Scotland 2969.
ABERDEEN abe Philosophical Society 1758
-1939. Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Records 1758-1939 (Aberdeen UL).
ABINGDON ber Literary & Scientific Society 1844
1851 Census. Defunct in 1851.
ABINGDON ber Reading & Library Society 1810?
1812 MS cat. in Bodley (Top. Berks. e. 1.)
ALCESTER war Alcester Book Society 1798?
Subs. list5.
ALFORD lin Clergymen's Book Society 1725?
Subs. list. Notes & Queries, 29 September, 1877, p. 259.
ALLENDALE nob Allenmill Smelting Works Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
ALTERNON cnw Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
1851 Census.
ALTON ham Alton Book Society 1805?
Cats. 1806, 1811 (Hampshire RO).
ALTON ham Alton New Book Society 1822
Rules 1822 (Hampshire RO).
ALVESTON glo Convivio-Medical Society 1768
A medical book society, founded by John Fewster. Still going in 1789. Jenner was a member.
AMBLESIDE wes Book Society 1828
-1912. Records (Armitt Library).
AMPTHILL bed Literary Society 1845?
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
ANCASTER lin Ancaster Society 1729
Founded by William Stukeley. May have had a book club. Short lived. Stuart Pigott, William Stukeley. London, 1985.
ANDOVER ham Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
ARBROATH for Arbroath Museum Society 1843
Minutes &c. (Arbroath Museum).
ARDCLACH nai Literary Society 1825?
The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XIII, p. 42.
ARDSLEY yor Cooperative Society 1831
Fourth Cooperative Congress, London, 1 October, 1832.
ARMITAGE BRIDGE yor Cooperative Society 1830
Third Cooperative Congress, London, 23 April, 1832. 35 vols.
ARMLEY yor Philosophical & Literary Society 1790?
Label in Cook's Voyages, 1790, in Hull U.
ARMLEY yor Youths' Guardian Society 1840?
1851 Census.
ASHBOURNE der Literary & Scientific Society 1838
-1853. Proceedings (Derbyshire RO).
ASHBURTON dev Geological Society 1845?
Rules for library 1850 - Devon RO. J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
ASHBURTON dev Library Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
ASHBURTON dev Mental Improvement Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCHE lei Ashby Society 1755?
Subs. list (1757).
AUSTERLANDS yor Mental Improvement Society 1840?
1851 Census.
AYLESBURY buk Aylesbury Book Society 1810?
Bucks. Chronicle, 30 November, 1822.
AYR ayr Ayr Library Society 1762
- 1876. Cats. 1802, 1817 (Ayr PL). Minutes in Ayr PL.
BALDOCK her Baldock Reading Society 1825?
Subs. list (1826).
BALDOCK her Young Men's Improvement Society 1845?
1851 Census.
BALLINGDON suf Ballingdon Book Society 1797?
Subs. list. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
BALLYCROGHAN dow Ballycroghan Society 1810?
Subs. list, A. McKenzie, Poems, 1810. Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
BALLYCROON ant Ballycroon Reading Society 1825?
Subs. list in William Anderson, Collection, 1830. Adams, Popular Culture, 124. Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
BALLYGOSKIN dow Ballygoskin Reading Society 1790?
Survived till 20 century. Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
BALLYHALBERT dow Ballyhalbert Reading Society 1815?
Newtownards Chronicle, 28 November, 1896. Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
BALLYNAHINCH dow Ballynahinch Reading Society 1813
- 1834? Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster. Popular Culture, 123.
BALLYNAHINCH dow Ballynahinch Reading Society 1790
- 1815? Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
BAMPTON oxf Bampton Reading Society 1813?
Subs. list. Printed label in Franks.
BANBRIDGE dow Banbridge Reading Society 1795
- 1841. Sold in 1842. Adams RSU, Popular Culture, 122. John Gamble, A View of Society ... 1812, 1813.
BANBURY oxf Banbury Reading Society 1796?
Subs. list.
BANFF ban Banff Literary Society 1810
-1835. Cat. 1894, 1896 (NL Scotland). Minutes 1810-34 (Grampian Archives). Records (Moray RO). 2000 vols. by 1836 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XIII, p. 52.
BANGOR dow Bangor Reading Society 1815?
Hibernian Evangelical Magazine, 1816, 295. Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
BARNARD CASTLE dur Barnard Castle Book Society 1815?
Durham RO.
BARNARD CASTLE dur Mechanics' Institution & Literary Society 1832
- 1925. Rules, Papers &c. 1848-1925 (Durham RO).
BARNSLEY yor Cooperative Society 1829
Fourth Cooperative Congress, London, 1 October, 1832.
BARNSLEY yor Franklin Society 1843
1851 Census as Franklin Club.
BARNSTAPLE dev Barnstaple Book Society 1810?
Subscribers' list, J. Prince, Worthies of Devon, 1810.
BARTON yor Barton Society 1757?
Subs. list.
BATH som Bath & West & Southern Counties Society 1777
-1980. Records in Society's library. Cat. 1879 - 11900.bb.82.
BATH som Eclectic Society 1828
-1834. Minutes (Bath PL).
BATH som Royal Bath and West & Southern Counties Society 1777
Bath University. (Archives)
BATLEY yor Literary & Mental Improvement Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
BATTLE sus Battle Book Society 1800?
- 1824? Subs. list (1804).
BEDFORD bed Archaeological & Architectural Society 1847
Correspondence, registers, library cat., accounts, 1847-1987. Cat. Bedfordshire RO.
BEDFORD bed Protestant Book Society 1790?
BEESTON yor Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
BELFAST ant Artizans' Reading Society 1795?
J. Anderson, History ... Linen Hall Library, 1888.
BELFAST ant Belfast Book Society 1788
- 1792.
BELFAST ant Belfast Literary Society 1801
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.
BELFAST ant Belfast Medical Society 1806
Belfast Directory, 1808. Became the Ulster Medical Society in 1862.
BELFAST ant Belfast Reading & Discussing Society 1807
Bookplate in Adams collection (now?). Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
BELFAST ant Belfast Reading Society 1788 [Belfast Society for Promoting Knowledge]
Cats. 1793, 1795, 1808, 1814, 1819, 1820, 1825, 1836, 1851 (Linen Hall Library). Minutes 1788- (Linen Hall Library). History by J. Anderson, 1888.
BELFAST ant Belfast Society 1705
Set up by the New Light ministers of Belfast. J. Duchal, A Sermon, Belfast, 1741, 51-2. Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
BELFAST ant Belfast Society for Acquiring Knowledge 1805
Belfast Directory, 1808 - George Thompson, Librarian. Cat. 1809 (NL Ireland).
BELFAST ant Galvanic Society 1800?
Belfast Directory, 1808.
BELFAST ant Natural History & Philosophical Society 1821
-1947. Records (N Ireland RO). A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Ulster Museum. Cat. 1847.
BENENDEN ken Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Listed in Accounts & Papers: 1852-53. Population. Education. Census of 1851. Vol. 34, 1854.
BERMONDSEY msx Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
BERSTED ken Bersted Book Society 1792?
Subs. list.
BERWICK-UPON-TWEED bew Tweedside Physical & Antiquarian Society 1834
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.
BEVERLEY yor Beverley Book Society 1823
G. Oliver, History ... Beverley, 1829.
BEWDLEY wor Bewdley Book Society 1767
Minutes 1767-1896 (Worcester RO).
BEWDLEY wor Bewdley New Book Society 1798
Subs. list.
BEXLEY ken Society for Universal Knowledge 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
BIBURY glo Bibury Society 1790?
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
BILSTON sta Bilston Circulating Book Society 1845?
Listed in Slater's Royal National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
BIRMINGHAM war Birmingham Law Society 1818
BIRMINGHAM war Botanical & Horticultural Society 1829
Records (Birmingham PL).
BIRMINGHAM war Carr's Lane Brotherly Society 1845?
1851 Census.
BIRMINGHAM war Cooperative Society 1828
Third Cooperative Congress, London, 23 April, 1832. 170 vols.
BIRMINGHAM war Edgbaston Book Society 1815?
Rules in BL.
BIRMINGHAM war People's Instruction Society 1846
Defunct by 1858?
BIRMINGHAM war Philosophical Society 1811
-1843. Records (Birmingham City Archives). Listed in White's Directory of Warwickshire, 1850.
BIRMINGHAM war St George's Instruction Society 1845?
1851 Census.
BISHOPS LYDEARD som Gore Inn Reading Society 1808?
- 1860. Moved to Lethbridge Arms in 1824.
BITTERNE ham Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
Listed in Accounts & Papers: 1852-53. Population. Education. Census of 1851. Vol. 34, 1854.
BLACKHEATH ken Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge 1840
Defunct by 1849? Cat. 1843 (BL). Listed in Kelly's Directory of the Six Home Counties, 1851.
BLACKLEY lan Blackley Book Society 1777?
BBTI. Subs. list.
BLANDFORD FORUM dor Blandford Reading Society 1792
Rules 1792 (Dorset RO).
BOARDMILLS ant Boradmills Reading Society 1830?
- 1845? Subs. list - William Anderson, Collection, 1830. Adams, Popular Culture, 124. Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
BOCKING ess Bocking Book Society 1788?
BBTI. Subscriptions lists.
BOSTON lin Boston Book Society 1750
Subs. list (1757). Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
BOSTON lin Boston Clergy Society 1743?
Subs. list. - 1776.
BOSTON lin Boston Literary Society 1804
Minutes 1804-05 (Lincolnshire Archives).
BOSTON lin Boston Small Book Society 1820?
BRACKLEY noh Brackley Book Society 1780?
J.R. Greenhil diary - Bodley MS Eng.misc.e.200.
BRADFORD yor Bradford Amicable Book Society 1833
-1851. Minutes, rules, &c. (West Yorksire Archives Bradford).
BRADFORD yor Bradford Library & Literary Society 1775
-1980. Records (West Yorkshire Archives Bradford).
BRADFORD yor Bradford Literary & Philosophical Society 1808
Minutes 1808-14 (York Minster Archives). Minutes, accounts, 1839-74 (West Yorkshire Archives Bradford).
BRADFORD yor Cooperative Society 1829
Third Cooperative Congress, London, 23 April, 1832. 70 vols.
BRADFORD yor Oddfellows'Literary Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
BRADFORD yor Philosophical Society 1840
BBTI.
BRAINTREE ess Book Society 1798
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Minute books, 1856-1944 (Essex RO).
BRAINTREE ess Braintree & Bocking Mutual Improvement Society 1830?
Developed into the Mechanics' Institute. Started by someone called Jordan.
BRAMLEY sur Mechanics' Institution & Literary Society 1845
1851 Census.
BREWOOD sta Brewood Book Society 1764?
Subs. list.
BRIDGNORTH shr Society for the Promotion of Religious & Useful Knowledge 1848?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Gloucestershire, 1856.
BRIDGNORTH shr Society of Clergymen 1742?
- 1838. MS cat. (BL), 1838 (Bodley).
BRIGG lin Brigg Society 1795
Subs. list. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
BRIGHTON sus Brighton Book Society 1827
Rules 1836 in East Sussex RO.
BRIGHTON sus Brighton Literary Society 1812?
- 1840?
BRIGHTON sus Royal Literary & Scientific Society 1839?
BBTI. Minutes, subscriptions books, &c. (Brighton PL).
BRIGHTON sus Unitarian Book Society 1819?
For dissenters. Subs. list.
BRISTOL glo Bristol Incorporated Law Society 1819
BRISTOL glo Bristol Infirmary Reading Society 1795?
Still going in 1820.
BRISTOL glo Bristol Library Society 1773
Took over the old City Library (1613) in 1773. Borrowing registers for 1773-1853 exist (Bristol RO and Bristol PL). Merged with Bristol Institution in 1871.
BRISTOL glo Bristol Medical Book Society 1796
BRISTOL glo Bristol Medical Reading Society 1807
Still going in 1914.
BRISTOL glo Bristol Medical Society 1788?
Ceased by 1793?
BRISTOL glo Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society 1812
Still going in 1825.
BRISTOL glo Broadmead Vestry Library Society 1820
Minutes 1820-27 (Bristol RO).
BRISTOL glo Bristol Education Society1790?
Cat. 1795 (BL).
BRISTOL glo Friendly Society 1790?
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
BRISTOL glo Philosophical & Literary Society 1820
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Bristol City Museum. Records 1823-68 (Bristol RO).
BRISTOL glo Society of Merchant Venturers 1730?
BROMPTON ken Brompton Book Society 1795?
Subs. list (1799).
BROTHERTON yor Mutual Improvement Society 1840?
1851 Census.
BUCHAN abe Buchan Medical Society 1846
-1935. Records (Aberdeen UL).
BUCKINGHAM buk Literary & Scientific Society 1849?
Defunct in 1888.
BURTON-ON-TRENT sta Literary Society 1844
Listed in Bagshaw's Directory of Derbyshire, 1846.
BURY lan Bury Book Society 1777
BBTI. Subs. list.
BURY ST EDMUNDS suf Bury & Suffolk Medical Society 1830?
Cat. 1833. Library History, viii/5, p. 148.
BURY ST EDMUNDS suf Bury Book Society 1785?
Subs. list. - 1817.
BUTTERLEY der Literary Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
CAMBERWELL sur Camberwell Book Society 1819?
Subs. list.
CAMBRIDGE cam Cambridge Book Society 1821
Rules 1823; cat. 1825 - Cambridge UL.
CAMBRIDGE cam Cambridge Philosophical Society 1819
Cambridge University.
CAMBRIDGE cam Cambridge Union Society 1815
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 Society for Promoting Useful Knowledge 1784
Known as the Cambridge Book Club by 1813. Cambridge PL. Cats. 1796, 1813, 1838.
CAMBRIDGE cam Society for Promotion of Philosophy & Literature 1784 [Book Club]
Founded by Isaac Milner. Defunct by 1787.
CAMPBELTOWN arg Relief Society 1830?
The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. VII, p. 467.
CANONBURY msx Canonbury Book Society 1810?
J. Nelson, History ... Islington, 1811.
CANTERBURY ken Historical Society for the Cultivation of Useful Knowledge 1769
Cat. 1801 (Greenwich PL). 1815 Rules in Canterbury PL. Labels in Canterbury PL. Founded by John Callaway. The library was housed in the Guildhall Tavern.
CANTERBURY ken Mental Improvement Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
CANTERBURY ken Select Reading Society 1810?
Subs. list (1813).
CARDIFF gla Cardiff Book Society 1814
- 1825? Lists (Cardiff PL).
CARDIGAN cad Cardigan Book Society 1820?
CARLISLE cum Carlisle Law Society 1831
- 1941. Records (Cumbria RO).
CARLISLE cum Society of Friends 1740?
Cumbria Record Office.
CARLUKE lak Universal Knowledge Society 1836
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Defunct by 1852?
CARMARTHEN cat Carmarthen Reading Society 1750?
Diary, Thomas Morgan (NLW MS. 5457). Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969, p. 182.
CARMARTHEN cat Carmarthen Reading Society 1815
List in Cardiff PL. Accounts (Carmarthen RO).
CARNAMONEY ldy Carnamoney Reading Society 1810?
Subs. list - A. McKenzie, Poems, 1810.
CARR dow Carr Reading Society 1825?
Subs. list, W. Anderson, 1830. Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
CASTLE HEDINGHAM ess Castle Hedingham Book Society 1795?
Subscribers' list, C.E. Stewart, Collection of Trifles, 1797.