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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.
CASTLETOWN iom Castletown Library Society 1805?
Manx Advertiser, 12 December, 1807.
CAVENDISH suf Cavendish Literary Society 1797
Subs. list. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH der Improvement Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
CHATHAM ken Chatham Friendly Book Society 1815?
Sub. list in History & Antiquities of Rochester, 1817.
CHATHAM ken Chatham Select Book Society 1807?
Subs. list in History & Antiquities of Rochester, 1817.
CHAWTON ham Chawton Book Society 1810?
Mostly a ladies club (Jane Austen was a member).
CHEADLE sta Cheadle Book Society 1807?
Subs. list.
CHELMSFORD ess Chelmsford Book Society 1780?
Ceased in 1790. Chelmsford Chronicle, 8 October, 1790.
CHELMSFORD ess Philosophical Society 1828
-1880. Register of books lent 1836-80 (Essex RO). Listed in White's Essex Directory, 1848.
CHESHUNT her Cheshunt Book Society 1785?
Subs. list.
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 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.
CHESTERFIELD der Chesterfield Book Society 1815
Cat. 1815, 1827 (Derby PL) - 1,000+ vols. Derbyshire Courier, 18 February, 1843. Library History, vi,2, p. 30.
CHICHESTER sus Chichester Library Society 1794
- 1930. Cat. 1855 (Chichester PL). Bookplate in Franks.
CHICHESTER sus Literary & Philosophical Society 1831
F. Steer, History, 1962 - WP.16055/29. Accessions register (West Sussex RO).
CHICHESTER sus Literary Society 1790?
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
CHIPPING NORTON oxf Chipping Norton Reading Society 1790?
Subs. list (1796). Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
CHOWBENT lan Chowbent Book Society 1753?
Subs. list. Still going in 1788.
CHOWBENT lan Congregational Dissenters Book Society 1790?
Subs. list (1792).
CHOWBENT lan Congregational Dissenters New Book Society 1792?
Subs. list.
CHRISTCHURCH ham Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
Listed in Accounts & Papers: 1852-53. Population. Education. Census of 1851. Vol. 34, 1854.
CHUDLEIGH dev Literary Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
CHURCH STRETTON shr Stretton Book Society 1790?
Subs. list.
CHURWELL yor Mental Improvement Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
CLAPHAM sur Clapham Book Society 1779?
- 1813. D. Knott, Library, xxiv, 1969, pp. 243-46.
CLAPHAM sur Literary Society 1841
Became the Athenaeum after 1850. Wandsworth PL.
CLARE suf Clare Book Society 1797
Subs. list. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
CLAVERING ess Clavering Book Society 1786
1786-1932. Essex RO. Essex Review, 1935, pp. 109-12. Congregational Historical Society Transactions, xii, 1934. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Minute books 1787-1932 (Saffron Walden PL).
CLAYDON suf Claydon Book Society 1775?
Subs. list. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
CLIPSTON noh Clipston Book Society 1792?
Subs. list.
CODDENHAM suf Coddenham Book Society 1795?
- 1818? Subs. list. BBTI. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Label in Franks. B.N. Lee, Early Printed Book Labels, 1976, 484.
COLCHESTER ess Botanical & Horticultural Society 1823
Listed in White's Essex Directory, 1848.
COLCHESTER ess Castle Society Book Club 1750?
Founded by Charles Gray. Formed from the Harsnet Library. White's Essex Directory, 1845. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Colchester PL; Essex RO; Essex Archaeological Society.
COLCHESTER ess Medical Society 1774
Listed in White's Essex Directory, 1848. Still exists.
COLCHESTER ess Philosophical Society 1820
Listed in White's Essex Directory, 1848.
COLEFORD glo Coleford Reading Society 1820?
Sub. list.
COLESHILL war Coleshill Book Society 1766?
Subs. list. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
COLNE lan Colne Book Society 1793
- 1853. Transactions of the Historical Society of Lancashire & Cheshire, 1958, pp. 148-55.
COMBER dow Comber Society for Acquiring Knowledge 1806
- 1828? Rules, 1828 (Linen Hall L). Cat. in Linen Hall L? Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
CORK cor Cork Library Society 1792
- 1941. Cats. 1808, 1813, 1816, 1852 (NL Ireland, BL). Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
CORK cor Cuvierian Society 1836
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.
CORK cor Literary & Scientific Society 1820?
Records (Cork Archives).
CORK cor Scientific & Literary Society 1819
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Proceedings 1836-37 - 741.b.36.
COTTINGHAM yor Cottingham Reading Society 1788?
Subs. list.
COUPAR ANGUS for Mental Improvement Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
COVENTRY war Coventry Book Society 1767?
Subs. list. raries & their Users, 1969.
COVENTRY war Coventry Library Society 1791
- 1868. Accounts & minutes (Coventry PL). Cats. 1812, 1823, 1840, 1848 (Coventry PL). Listed in White's Directory of Warwickshire, 1850.
COVENTRY war Coventry New Book Society 1781?
Subs. list.
COVENTRY war Medical Book Society 1820?
COVENTRY war Philographic Society 1807
- 1821? Engravings. Notes by George Eld (Coventry RO).
COVENTRY war Religious & Universal Knowledge Society 1835
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850. Merged with Coventry Institute 1855-88.
COWBRIDGE gla Cowbridge Book Society 1736
- 1750? Became the Diocesan Library. Rees p. 252. Papers (Glamorgan RO, NLW MS. 6517). The former SPCK library (1711). Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
CRANBROOK ken Cranbrook Book Society 1800?
Subs. list (1819) - 11602.e.23.
CRANFIELD bed Cranfield Book Society 1705?
SPCK Archives, 4 April, 1709.
CRAWFORDSBURN dow Crawfordsburn Reading Society 1810?
Subs. list, A. McKenzie, Poems, 1810. Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
CREATON noh Creaton Reading Society 1805?
Subs. list.
CREDITON dev Mechanics' Institution & Literary Society 1832
1851 Census.
CROSSGAR dow Crossgar Reading Society 1830?
Subs. list - William Anderson, Collection, 1830. Adams, Popular Culture, 124.
CROSSGAR dow Crossgar Religious Reading Society 1828?
Northern Whig, 2 April, 1829. Adams, Popular Culture, 129.
CROYDON sur Croydon Book Society 1788
- 1953. Papers 1902-54 (Croydon PL).
CULLOMPTON dev Cullompton Book Society 1810?
Subscribers' list, G.G. Freemman, Devonshire Advertiser, 1814.
CULLOMPTON dev Mechanics' Improvement Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
CULLOMPTON dev Mental Improvement Society 1848?
I. Maxted, The Devon Book Trade, 1991.
CUMBERWORTH yor Cooperative Society 1831
Third Cooperative Congress, London, 23 April, 1832.
CUPAR fif Fife Medico-Chirurgical Society 1825
Fife & Kintross Register, 1827.
DARLINGTON dur Cooperative Society 1829
Third Cooperative Congress, London, 23 April, 1832.
DARTFORD ken Book Society 1823?
G. Admiral Pocock's Day Book, October 1823 and 1824.
DARTFORD ken Society for the Advancement of Useful Knowledge 1842
Dartford PL. Short lived.
DARTON yor Darton Book Society 1757?
Subs. list.
DAVENTRY noh Daventry Book Society 1773?
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
DAVENTRY noh Medical Society 1780?
DAVENTRY noh Society of Clergymen 1746?
- 1780.
DAWLISH dev Literary Knowledge Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
DEDHAM ess Dedham Book Society 1739?
Subscribers' list, J. Warren, Sermons, 1739.
DENBIGH den Denbigh Reading Society 1794?
J.L. Clifford, Piozzi's diary, 1952.
DEPTFORD ken King's Head Society 1730 [Homerton College]
Dr Williams's Library.
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 Drewry's Book Society 1790? [John Drewry]
Pigot, 1822. BLC has imprints 1789-1832.
DERBY der Philosophical Society 1787
-1845. Records (Derby PL).
DERBY der Pritchard's New Book Society 1792? [William Pritchard]
Rules in S.S. Banks collection (BL). Met at the Talbot Inn.
DERBY der Roome's Book Society 1780? [Francis Roome]
Roome died in 1812. BLC has 1781 imrpint.
DERBY der Union Book Society 1784
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Label in John Johnson.
DEVONPORT dev Civil & Military Society 1824
I. Maxted, The Devon Book Trade, 1991. Merged with Mechanics' Institution. Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census. Over 5,600 vols.
DEVONPORT dev Dock Literary Society 1800?
Subscribers' list, T.H. Williams, Picturesque Excursion, 1804. May be the same as the Dock Minerva Society.
DEVONPORT dev Dock Reading Society 1800?
Subscribers' list, T.H. Williams, Picturesque Tour, 1804. Still going in 1827.
DEVONPORT dev Stoke Reading Society 1810?
Used by naval officers. Plymouth Directory, 1830.
DISLEY che Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
DISS nor Diss Book Society 1777
BBTI. Cats. 1831, 1879 (Norwich PL). White, 1836. Library History, viii/5, p. 146.
DISS nor Subscription Library & Book Society 1845?
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
DITCHLING sus Ditchling Library Society 1824?
Subs. list.
DONAGHMORE ant Donaghmore Reading Society 1830?
Subs. list - William Anderson, Collection, 1830. Adams, Popular Culture, 124.
DONCASTER yor Doncaster Society Library 1714 [St George's Subscription Library]
Listed by Perkins as a parochial library. Started as the Clergymen's Society. A clerical subscription library. Several hundred volumes in 1726. Fire in 1853. Cat. 1821. Records in Doncaster Archives.
DONINGTON lin Medical Book Society 1796
DORKING sur Dorking Book Society 1810?
- 1823. Subs. list. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
DORKING sur Dorking Magazine Society 1820
Timbs, 1823.
DORKING sur Magazine Society 1820?
Monthly Magazine, 1820, p. 430. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
DOVER ken Dover Book Society 1792?
W. Boys, Collections for a History of Sandwich, 1792; sub. list.
DOWLAIS gla Literary & Bardic Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
DOWNHAM MARKET nor Downham Book Society 1775
Subs. list.
DOWNPATRICK dow Downpatrick Literary Society 1793
- 1856? Slater's Directory of Ireland, 1856. Adams RSU. Rules ptd. Downpatrick, 1801 (Linen Hall L).
DOWNPATRICK dow Downpatrick Reading Society 1825?
- 1845? Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
DRAYTON sta Drayton Book Society 1817?
Subs. list.
DRIFFIELD yor Driffield Book Society 1823?
Baines, 1823.
DROGHEDA lou Drogheda Library Society 1824?
Drogheda Journal, 27 March, 1824.
DROMORE dow Dromore Reading Society 1794?
Probably founded by Thomas Percy? Northern Star, 21 November, 1796. 1794 bookplate in Franks.
DRONFIELD der Society for Literature 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
DUBLIN dbl Dublin Library Society 1791
Ceased in 1884. Cats. 1792, 1810, 1857 (RI Academy, NL Ireland).Cat. 1857 (BL). Post Office Dublin Directory, 1849. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
DUBLIN dbl Dublin Philosophical Society 1684
Records 1684-1708 (BL) - Add. 4811-12. Records (Royal Irish Academy) & (Trinity Dublin).
DUBLIN dbl Kildare Place Society 1811
Church of Ireland College, Dublin. History 1904 8310.d.23.
DUBLIN dbl Natural History Society 1838
Minutes &c. in Royal Irish Academy (1838-53).
DUBLIN dbl Physico-Historical Society 1744
Short lived - ceased in 1752.
DUBLIN dbl Royal Dublin Society 1796
Cat. 1797, 1807. National Botanic Garden; NL Ireland. (Archives)
DUDLEY wor Dudley Book Society 1732
Still in existence, with ca. 20 members. Meets once/twice a year. Founded by Samuel Bayliss and other dissenters.
DUKINFIELD che Dukinfield Book Society 1805
Founded by Rev. J. Hawkes. 460 vols. by 1816. A. Parkinson, Beneficial Effects of a Sunday School, 1816.
DULWICH sur Dulwich Book Society 1792?
Subs. list.
DUNDALK lou Dundalk Literary Society 1810?
With a library. - 1844. Became the Mechanics' Institution.
DUNGANNON tyr Literary Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
DUNGANNON tyr Society for Promoting Science, Literature & Arts 1845?
Slater's Directory of Ireland, 1856.
DUNMURRY ant Dunmurry Reading Society 1823
Cats. 1842, 1849 (Linen Hall L). Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
DUNSCORE duf Monkland Friendly Society 1789
- 1791. Kaufman.
DURHAM dur Blaydon, Stella & District Society 1847
A co-operative society library.
DURSLEY glo Dursley Reading Society 1818
Rules 1818 (Bodley).
EARL SOHAM suf Earl Soham Book Society 1795?
Subs. list. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
EAST DEREHAM nor Dereham Literary Society 1769?
Subs. list. - 1798?
EAST DEREHAM nor East Dereham Book Society 1810
Label in Norfolk RO.
EAST GRINSTEAD sus East Grinstead Literary Society 1824?
Subs. list.
EDALE der Edale Society 1700
Rules &c. (Derbyshire RO).
EDGELEY che Book Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
EDINBURGH edi Anatomical Society of Edinburgh 1833
Minutes 1833-43 (Edinburgh UL).
EDINBURGH edi Belles-Lettres Society of Edinburgh 1759
-1764. Minutes (NL Scotland).
EDINBURGH edi Botanical Society 1836
-1906. Minutes 1838-1906 (Royal Botanic Garden). Books transferred to Royal Botanic Garden in 1872. A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.
EDINBURGH edi Edinburgh Literary Society 1816
Minutes 1816-21 (Edinburgh PL).
EDINBURGH edi Geological Society 1834
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Edinburgh U. Minutes, Accounts (Edinburgh U).
EDINBURGH edi Harveian Society 1782
Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1837.
EDINBURGH edi Hunterian Medical Society 1824
Cat. 1830.
EDINBURGH edi Juridical Society 1773
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Advocates' Library?
EDINBURGH edi Royal Medical Society 1737
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1778. Cats. 1812, 1822, 1823 (BL), 1837. Laws 1823 (BL). A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Sold in 1969-70. (Archives)
EDINBURGH edi Royal Physical Society 1771
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Edinburgh U. (Archives)
EDINBURGH edi Royal Society of Edinburgh 1737 [Philosophical Society of Edinburgh]
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Scottish Science Library. (Archives)
EDINBURGH edi Scots Law Society 1815
Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1837.
EDINBURGH edi Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 1780
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. National Museum.
EDINBURGH edi Society of Arts 1821
Survived till 1879.
EDINBURGH edi Speculative Society 1825?
Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1837.
EDINBURGH edi Wernerian Natural History Society 1808
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.
ENGLEFIELD GREEN sur Englefield Green Book Society 1822
EPPING ess Epping Book Society 1779?
Subscribers' list. J. Duche, Discrourses, 1779.
EVERTON lan Everton Book Society 1820?
R. Syers, History of Everton, 1830.
EVESHAM wor Evesham Reading Society 1800?
- 1819.
EXETER dev Devon Agricultural Society 1835
I. Maxted, The Devon Book Trade, 1991.
EXETER dev Exeter Book Society 1795?
BBTI. Subscribers' list, S. Whyte, Poems, 1795. Also referred to as Exeter Reading Society.
EXETER dev Exeter Library Society 1776?
I. Maxted, The Devon Book Trade, 1991. Ceased in 1789. Minute books, 1776-89 (Devon RO). Devon & Cornwall N & Q, 1970, xxxi, 222-24. Exeter Flying Post, 10 November, 1785. 1785 printed label in Franks. Minutes, Accounts (Devon RO).
EXETER dev Exeter Literary Society 1841
I. Maxted, The Devon Book Trade, 1991.
EXETER dev Reading Society 1792
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
EYE suf Clerical Book Society 1752?
Subs. list.
FAIRFORD glo Fairford Book Society 1790?
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
FALKIRK sti Society of Arts 1827
Survived till 1887. Falkirk PL. 600 vols. by 1841 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. VIII, p. 35.
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.
FARSLEY yor Young Mens' Mental Improvement Society 1845?
1851 Census.
FAVERSHAM ken Faversham Book Society 1791
Minute Book covers 1791-1802 - Faversham PL.
FENSTANTON hun Fenstanton Religious Society 1790?
Subs. list (1791).
FINNINGHAM suf Finningham Book Society 1750?
Subs. list.
FORRES mor Literary Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
FOSTERBOOTH noh Fosterbooth Book Society 1809
- 1845. Accounts in Northamptonshire RO.
FOSTERBOOTH noh Society of Clergymen 1777?
Clay ledgers in Northamptonshire RO.
FRAMLINGHAM suf Framlingham Book Society 1825
FRAMLINGHAM suf Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
Listed in Accounts & Papers: 1852-53. Population. Education. Census of 1851. Vol. 34, 1854.
FRANKTON war Frankton Book Society 1755?
Subs. list.
FROME som Frome Reading Society 1813?
GAINSBOROUGH lin Gainsborough Book Society 1820?
GAINSBOROUGH lin Mutual Improvement Society 1820
GALWAY gal Amicable Literary Society 1791
Hardiman, History ... Galway, 1820.
GEE CROSS che Gerard's Reading Society 1830?
Subscribers' list, S. Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of England, 1831.
GILNAHIRK ant Gilnahirk Religious Reading Society 1833?
Rules and cat. Belfast, [1833?] (Linen Hall L). Adams, Popular Culture, 130.
GLASGOW lak Chemical Society 1800
Minutes 1800-01 (Strathclyde U Archives).
GLASGOW lak Glasgow Friendly Library Society 1802
- 1825? Cats. 1802, 1805 (Glasgow PL).
GLASGOW lak Glasgow Literary Society 1826
Minutes 1826-39 (Mitchell L).
GLASGOW lak Philosophical Society 1802
Cat. 1846 (BL).A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.
GLOSSOP der Literary Society for the Working Class 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
GLOUCESTER glo Gloucester Reading Society 1800?
Subs. list.
GOSBERTON lin Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
GRANTHAM lin Clergyman's Society 1739?
- 1811. Sale cat. 1811 (Grantham PL). Subs. list. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
GRANTHAM lin Clerical Society Library 1838
Minutes 1838-1944 in Lincolnshire Archives.
GRANTHAM lin Grantham Society 1751
BBTI.
GRAVESEND ken Gravesend Book Society 1825?
Subs. list (1831).
GREAT GRIMSBY lin Great Grimsby Book Society 1821
Rules in Lincolnshire Archives.
GREAT PAXTON hun Clergymen's Society 1704?
SPCK Archives, 1704. Presumably a book club.
GREAT WYMONDLY her Wymondly Book Society 1815?
Subs. list (1819).
GREAT YARMOUTH nor Yarmouth Book Society 1772
Subs. list. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Cp. Monthly Book Club.
GREENOCK ren Eclectic Library Society 1815?
Greenock Advertiser, 10 January, 1815.
GREENWICH ken Society for the Acquisition & Diffusion of Useful Knowledge 1837
Survived till 1875. Cat. And Rules 1841 (BL). Listed in Kelly's Directory of the Six Home Counties, 1851. Greenwich PL.
GUTHLAXTON lei Guthlaxton Book Society 1822
Precise location unknown. Guthlaxton Hundred covers several towns. Wigston?
HACKNEY msx Hackney French Book Society 1810?
HACKNEY msx Hackney New Reading Society 1814?
Subs. list.
HACKNEY msx Hackney Reading Society 1815
- 1910. Minute books 1815-1910 (Hackney PL). VCH Middlesex.
HACKNEY msx Literary & Philosophical Society 1811 [Hackney Literary Institute]
- 1817. Rules, 1811 - T.183(4). Cats. 1811, 1816 (London U). Minute books 1815-17 (Hackney PL). Literary & Scientific Society 1853-75 (Hackney Archives). VCH Middlesex.
HADDINGTON had East Lothian Agricultural Society 1819
Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1837.
HADLEIGH suf Hadleigh Book Society 1819?
Subs. list.
HAILSHAM ham Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
Listed in Accounts & Papers: 1852-53. Population. Education. Census of 1851. Vol. 34, 1854.
HALESWORTH suf Halesworth Book Society 1773?
Subs. list.
HALIFAX yor Cooperative Society 1829
Third Cooperative Congress, London, 23 April, 1832. 50 vols.
HALIFAX yor Halifax Clergy Society 1805?
Subs. list.
HALIFAX yor Literary & Philosophical Society 1830
Records 1830-1961 (West Yorkshire Archives Halifax).
HALSTEAD ess Halstead Book Society 1818
Rules (Essex RO).
HALSTOCK dor Halstock Reading Society 1770?
Subscribers' list, D. Rowland, Eight Sermons, 1774.
HAMPSTEAD msx Hampstead Book Society 1798?
Subs. list.
HAMSTERLEY dur Hamsterly Book Society 1790
BBTI.
HANWELL msx Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
Listed in Accounts & Papers: 1852-53. Population. Education. Census of 1851. Vol. 34, 1854.
HARLESTON nor Tradesmen's Book Society 1815?
Subs. list (1819).
HARROW msx Harrow Reading Society 1810?
Subs. list (1813).
HARTINGTON der Hartington Union Book Society 1787
Accounts 1787-1821 in Derbyshire RO.
HATHERLOW che Young Mens' Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
1851 Census.
HAWICK rox Society of Arts 1824
Short lived?
HAYLE cnw Reading Society 1830?
Listed in Report of the State of Literary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institutions [SDUK], 1841.
HEADINGLEY yor Improvement Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
HEBDEN BRIDGE yor Hebden Bridge Co-operative Society Library 1848
HEMSWORTH yor Hemsworth Book Society 1809?
Subs. list.
HEREFORD hef Hereford Reading Society 1796
BBTI.
HEREFORD hef Reading Society 1796
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
HERNE HILL sur Herne Hill Book Society 1819
Subs. list.
HERTFORD her Hertford Book Society 1815
- 1859. Minutes (Hertfordshire RO).
HERTFORD her Philosophical, Antiquarian & Literary Society 1848?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Gloucestershire, 1856.
HETTON-LE-HOLE dur Literary & Scientific Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
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.
HIGHGATE msx Highgate Book Society 1790?
- 1922. Subs. list (1811). Minute books 1828-1922 in Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution.
HITCHIN her Hitchin Book Society 1800?
- 1824. Accounts (Hertfordshire RO).
HITCHIN her Hitchin Circulating Book Society 1840
Minutes 1840-63 (Hertfordshire RO).
HITCHIN her Hitchin New Book Society 1813
Cat. 1819. Hitchin Museum.
HOLBECK yor Adult Instruction Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
HOLBORN msx Cooperative Society 1827
Third Cooperative Congress, London, 23 April, 1832. 200 vols.
HOLBORN msx Hatton garden Reading Society 1799?
Subs. list.
HOLBORN msx Social Missionary Society Cooperative Society 1832
Owenite Society. Fourth Cooperative Congress, London, 1 October, 1832.
HOLLINGBOURNE ken Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
Listed in Accounts & Papers: 1852-53. Population. Education. Census of 1851. Vol. 34, 1854.
HOLMFIRTH yor Cooperative Society 1832
Fourth Cooperative Congress, London, 1 October, 1832.
HOLSTOCK dev Holstock Society 1774
BBTI. Possibly a book club?
HOLSWORTHY dev Holdsworthy Book Society 1810?
Subscribers' list, J. Price, Worthies of Devon, 1810. In some sources spelled Holdsworthy [Manley = Holdsworthy].
HOLT nor Amicable Book Society 1796?
Subs. list. - 1846. Norfolk RO.
HOLYWELL fli Holywell Reading Society 1820?
List (1823) in Clwyd RO.
HOMERTON msx Homerton Ladies Reading Society 1810?
Subs. list (1812).
HOPTON nor Book Society 1845?
1851 Census.
HORNCASTLE lin Clergy Society 1744?
Subs. list. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
HORNCASTLE lin Horncastle Clerical Book Society 1823
Lincoln Diocesan Library in 1892.
HORNCASTLE lin Horncastle Literary Society 1790
- 1834. Cats. 1801, 1808, 1819, 1820, 1828 (Lincoln PL).
HORNINGSHAM wil Instruction Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
HORSHAM sus Horsham Library Society 1810?
- 1820.
HUDDERSFIELD yor Cooperative Society 1829
Third Cooperative Congress, London, 23 April, 1832.
HUDDERSFIELD yor Springfield Book Society 1849
Minutes 1849-50 (West Yorkshire Archives Huddersfield).
HULME lan Cooperative Society 1831
Third Cooperative Congress, London, 23 April, 1832. 150 vols.
HUMSHAUGH nob Reading Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
HUNGERFORD ber Medical Reading Society 1825?
Taunton Courier, 3 November, 1830. Met in The Bear.
HUNMANBY yor Hunmanby Book Society 1829?
Subs. list.
HUNSTONWORTH dur Literary Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
HUNTINGDON hun Ladies' Book Society 1824?
Listed in History of Huntingdon, 1854.
HUNTINGDON hun Literary Society 1817
- 1830. Listed in History of Huntingdon, 1854.
HURSTMONCEAUX sus Hurstmonceaux Library Society 1824?
Subs. list.
HYDE che Literary Society 1823?
1851 Census.
HYTHE ham Literary & Reading Society 1840?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Listed in Accounts & Papers: 1852-53. Population. Education. Census of 1851. Vol. 34, 1854. Listed in Kelly's Directory of the Six Home Counties, 1851.
IDLE yor Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
ILFRACOMBE dev Ilfracombe Reading Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
INSHEWAN per Reading Society 1810
Typescript of Minutes (1810-54) in Perth County Library.
INVERNESS inv Medical Society of the North 1820?
Inverness Courier, 6 June, 1822.
IPSWICH suf Chapel Book Society 1794
For Congregationalists. Ipswich RO.
IPSWICH suf Ipswich Book Society 1764
Subs. list. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Minutes &c. (Suffolk RO).
IPSWICH suf St Nicholas Chapel Book Society 1799
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
IPSWICH suf Suffolk Medical Book Society 1824
- 1909. Cats. 1841 (Ipswich RO). Minutes 1824-1909 (Ipswich RO). Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
IPSWICH suf Tacket Street Chapel Book Society 1794
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
ISLINGTON msx Barnsbury Park Cooperative Society 1831
Third Cooperative Congress, London, 23 April, 1832. 70 vols.
ISLINGTON msx Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
Listed in Accounts & Papers: 1852-53. Population. Education. Census of 1851. Vol. 34, 1854.
ITCHIN ABBAS ham Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
Listed in Accounts & Papers: 1852-53. Population. Education. Census of 1851. Vol. 34, 1854.
JARROW dur Literary Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
JEDBURGH rox Jedburgh Reading Society 1830?
The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. III, p. 20.
KELSO rox Society of Arts 1825
KELVEDON ess Mutual Instruction Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
KENDAL wes Kendal Book Society 1820
For dissenters. - 1850.
KENILWORTH war Kenilworth Reading Society 1795
John Johnson. Listed in Slater's Royal National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
KENSINGTON msx Kensington Book Society 1801
Subs. list (1823).
KENSINGTON msx Kensington Select Book Society 1819
T. Faulkner, History ... Kensington, 1820.
KENTISH TOWN msx Kentish Town Literary Institution 1849
First Annual Report 1850 (BL).
KER ant Ker Reading Society 1830?
Subs. list - William Anderson, Collection, 1830. Adams, Popular Culture, 1830.
KESWICK cum Literary Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
KESWICK cum Young Men's Instruction Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
KETTERING noh Kettering Reading Society 1772?
Subs. list. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
KIBWORTH lei Kibworth & Harborough Book Society 1772
Shakespeare Birthplace Library. Accounts 1772-1889 in Leicester RO.
KIBWORTH lei Kibworth Book Society 1724?
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
KIDDERMINSTER wor Kidderminster Reading Society 1756?
Subs. list.
KIDDERMINSTER wor Methodist Reading Society 1820?
Label in John Johnson.
KILKENNY kiy Kilkenny Archaeological Society 1849
Royal Society of Antiquaries.
KILKENNY kiy Kilkenny Library Society 1811
- 1911. Minutes 1811-1911 (Kilkenny PL).
KILLEIGH kig Killeigh Book Society 1824?
Accounts 1840-68 (NL Ireland).
KILSBY noh Kilsby Book Society 1758?
Subs. list.
KILSYTH sti Kilsyth Reading Society 1818?
- 1841. Cat. 1818 (NL Scotland). The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. VIII, p. 166.
KING'S LYNN nor Lynn Literary Society 1770?
Subs. list.
KING'S LYNN nor Religious Society for Mutual Improvement 1679
Library added in 1704. Ceased in 1750?
KINGSTON-UPON-HULL yor Literary & Philosophical Society 1822
Inaug. address, 1823 - 10347.e.19(2). Laws & Regulations, 1823 - 10347.e.35(7). A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Listed in White's Lincoln, 1826. Records (Hull RO).
KINGSTON-UPON-HULL yor Theological Book Society 1716
- 1883. Label in John Johnson.
KINGTON hef Kington Reading Society 1802
LAMBETH sur Mutual Instruction Society 1840 [Mutual Improvement Society]
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Listed in Report of the State of Literary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institutions [SDUK], 1841.
LANARK lak New Lanark Reading Society 1820?
- 1860. Also known as the New Lanark Library. Many books in Lindsay Institute, Lanark.
LAUNCESTON cnw Mutual Instruction Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
LAVENHAM suf Lavenham Book Society 1786
Subs. list. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
LAVERICK ant Laverick Reading Society 1830?
Subs. list - William Anderson, Collection, 1830. Adams, Popular Culture, 124.
LEADHILLS lak Leadhills Reading Society 1741 [Scotch Mining Company]
For local miners. Rules 1761 (Hornel L). Cats. 1800, 1893, 1904. Defunct by 1940. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Minutes (Wanlockhead Museum). The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. VI, p. 334. 1700 vols. by 1835.
LEDBURY hef Ledbury Reading Society 1821
BBTI.
LEEDS yor Clergymen's Society 1760?
Subs. list.
LEEDS yor Holbeck Book Society 1820?
Leeds Directory, 1830.
LEEDS yor Leeds Incorporated Law Society 1831
LEEDS yor Literary & Philosophical Society 1820
Intro lecture, 1821 - 8309.h.2. A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Records 1819-1959 (Leeds UL).
LEEDS yor Mutual Improvement Society 1844
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
LEEDS yor Philosophical & Literary Society 1819?
Listed in Slade & Roebuck's Leeds Directory, 1851.
LEEK sta Leek Reading Society 1759?
Subs. list.
LEICESTER lei Blue Bell Inn Society 1743
Defunct by 1823? Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
LEICESTER lei Church of Englandman's Book Society 1845 [? Brown & ? Hewitt]
White's Directory of Leicestershire, 1846.
LEICESTER lei Friends Book Society 1845
Records 1845-1937 (Leicestershire RO).
LEICESTER lei Independent Reading Society 1805?
Subs. list.
LEICESTER lei Leicester Book Society 1743
Subs. list (1748). Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Still going?
LEICESTER lei Leicester Literary Society 1790
Fire in 1795. Rules 1790 in Leicester RO.
LEICESTER lei Literary & Philosophical Society 1835
White's Directory of Leicestershire, 1846. Records 1835-1954 (Leicestershire RO).
LEICESTER lei New Medical Society 1830?
Cat. 1839. Library History, vi/2, p. 32.
LEICESTER lei Old Mitre Book Society 1780?
Subs. list.
LEOMINSTER hef Leominster Reading Society 1811
BBTI. Hereford Journal, 12 June, 1811.
LESSONS ant Lessons Reading Society 1830?
Subs. list - William Anderson, Collection, 1830. Adams, Popular Culture, 124.
LEVEROGE dow Leveroge Reading Society 1825?
Subs. list, Anderson, 1830. Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
LEWANNICK cnw Improvement Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
LEWES sus Lewes Library Society 1785
- 1912. Lewes Library. Bodley has 1793 Articles (not cat) Gough Sussex 9(2). Cats. 1841, 1864 (Brighton PL). Records (E Sussex RO).
LEWES sus Sussex Archaeological Society 1846
LICHFIELD sta Lichfield Book Society 1780?
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
LICHFIELD sta Lichfield New Book Society 1786?
Subs. list.
LIMERICK lim Limerick Literary Society 1815?
Slater's Directory of Ireland, 1856.
LINCOLN lin Lincoln Book Society 1758
- 1860. Records (Lincolnshire Archives).
LINCOLN lin Lincoln Literary Society 1787?
Subs. list.
LINCOLN lin Lincoln Medical Society 1787
Subs. list.
LINCOLN lin Lincoln Monthly Book Society 1792
Records 1792-1865 (Lincolnshire Archives).
LINCOLN lin Literary Society 1790?
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
LINCOLN lin Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1810?
Cat. 1812 (Lincoln PL).
LINDLEY yor Cooperative Society 1832
Third Cooperative Congress, London, 23 April, 1832.
LINTON cam Linton Book Society 1797?
Subscribers' list, W. Watson, Historical Account of Wisbech, 1827.
LISBURN ant Lisburn Reading Society 1824?
Permanent library. Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
LISKEARD cnw Reading Society 1791
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
LITCHAM nor Litcham Book Society 1796?
Subs. list.
LITTLE DUNKELD per Inshewan Reading Society 1796?
- 1854. Rule 1810 (Sandeman L). Minutes 1810-54 (Sandeman L).
LIVERPOOL lan Amicable Book Society 1812
BBTI. Minutes 1812-29 (Liverpool RO).
LIVERPOOL lan Incorporated Law Society 1827
LIVERPOOL lan Literary & Philosophical Society 1812
History, 1847 - MicA7191(28). Ed. A. Hume. A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Records (Liverpool RO).
LIVERPOOL lan Liverpool Philomathic Society 1823
Members list (Leeds UL).
LIVERPOOL lan Polytechnic Society 1838
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.
LIVERPOOL lan Society for the Promotion of Literature, Science & the Fine Arts 1814
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
LLANCARFAN gla Llancarfan Book Society 1798?
LONDON msx Askesian Society 1801
-1808. Minutes (Wellcome Institute).
LONDON msx Baptist Missionary Society 1792
LONDON msx Botanical Society of London 1836
Minutes 1844-51 (Linnean Society). A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Listed in Accounts & Papers: 1852-53. Population. Education. Census of 1851. Vol. 34, 1854. Proceedings 1724-26 (Natural History Museum).
LONDON msx British & Foreign Bible Society 1804
LONDON msx British & Foreign School Society 1808
West London Institute. History 1908 BL 8310.g.29.
LONDON msx British Homoeopathic Society 1844
London Homoeopathic Hospital.
LONDON msx Chemical Society 1841
LONDON msx City of London Catholic Literary Society 1830?
Listed in Accounts & Papers: 1852-53. Population. Education. Census of 1851. Vol. 34, 1854.
LONDON msx Cymmrodorion Society 1755
There were three societies: 1755-; 1822-43; and 1873-. The books that went to the BM in 1844 were from the first two. MS cat. - BL MS Add. 15089 (c. 1833).
LONDON msx Eclectic Book Society 1812
Minutes 1812-20 (Guildhall L).
LONDON msx Entomological Society of London 1833
Royal Entomological Society.
LONDON msx Ethnological Society of London 1843
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.
LONDON msx Geological Society of London 1807
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.
LONDON msx Hunterian Society of London 1819
Cambridge University.
LONDON msx Incorporated Law Society 1827
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.
LONDON msx Linnean Society 1788
Duplicates sold on July 29, 1831.
LONDON msx London Library Society 1785
- 1810. For dissenters. Cat. 1786 (London L), 1791 (Guildhall), [1798?] (Westminster PL). Many books in London L, and Boston Athnaeum?
LONDON msx London Literary Society 1820
Pigot, 1824.
LONDON msx London Missionary Society 1795
SOAS.
LONDON msx Lord's Day Observance Society 1831
LONDON msx Marine Society 1756
LONDON msx Medical & Philosophical Society 1795
St Bartholomew's Hospital.
LONDON msx Medical Society of London 1773
Wellcome Institute. Cat. 1803; 1829.
LONDON msx Numismatic Society 1836
LONDON msx Numismatic Society of London 1840?
Listed in Accounts & Papers: 1852-53. Population. Education. Census of 1851. Vol. 34, 1854.
LONDON msx Paul's Head Reading Society 1787
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
LONDON msx Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain 1841
LONDON msx Philosophical Society 1810
Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1837.
LONDON msx Physical Society 1771
Guy's Hospital.
LONDON msx Prayer Book & Homily Society 1812
Founded 1812 - 134 Salisbury Square, Fleet Street. Label in Franks.
LONDON msx Religious Tract Society 1799
LONDON msx Roome's Book Society 1790?
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
LONDON msx Royal Asiatic Society 1823
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. (Archives)
LONDON msx Royal Astronomical Society 1820
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. (Archives)
LONDON msx Royal Geographical Society 1830
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. (Archives)
LONDON msx Royal Horticultural Society 1804
Sold in 1859. (Archives)
LONDON msx Royal Medical & Chirurgical Society 1805
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.
LONDON msx Royal Society 1660
(Archives)
LONDON msx Royal Society of Arts 1840
Greater London Record Office. (Archives)
LONDON msx Royal Society of Literature 1823
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. (Archives)
LONDON msx Royal Statistical Society 1834
(Archives)
LONDON msx Society for Practical Knowledge 1830? [Brook Street]
Listed in Report of the State of Literary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institutions [SDUK], 1841.
LONDON msx Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1699
LONDON msx Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge 1826
University College London.
LONDON msx Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts 1701
LONDON msx Society of Antiquaries 1717
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.
LONDON msx Society of Apothecaries 1400?
Guildhall. Chelsea Physic Garden.
LONDON msx Society of Arts 1753 [Society for the Encouragement of Arts]
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.
LONDON msx Society of Attorneys 1830?
Listed in Accounts & Papers: 1852-53. Population. Education. Census of 1851. Vol. 34, 1854.
LONDON msx Society of Mathematicians of Spitalfields 1717
Royal Astronomical Society.
LONDON msx Society of the Sacred Heart 1800
LONDON msx Statistical Society of London 1834
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Royal Statistical Society.
LONDON msx Theological Society of London 1836
LONDON msx Trinitarian Bible Society 1831
LONDON msx Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society 1786
SOAS.
LONDON msx Zoological Society of London 1826
LONDONDERRY ldy Natural History Society 1837
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.
LONG BUCKBY noh Buckby Reading Society 1796?
Subs. list.
LONGHIRST nob Reading Society 1840?
1851 Census.
LOUGHBOROUGH lei Loughborough Book Society 1790?
Subs. list (1794).
LOUTH lin Louth Literary Society 1813
Merged with Book Club in 1821. - 1867. Minute book 1813-21 (Louth PL).
LUDLOW shr Ludlow Literary Society 1769
Gloucester Journal, 16 October, 1769.
LUDLOW shr Ludlow Reading Society 1787?
1801 printed sheet in Cambridge U (Munby Collection). Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
LURGAN arm Literary Society 1850?
Slater's Directory of Ireland, 1856.
LUTTERWORTH lei Lutterworth Book Society 1758
- 1792. BBTI. Subs. list.
LYMINGTON ham Lymington Reading Society 1825?
Subs. list (1827).
LYMPSFIELD sur Lympsfield Book Society 1820?
Subs. list (1823).
MACCLESFIELD che Useful Knowledge Society 1835
Ceased in 1890. Macclesfiedl PL. Minutes &c. 1839-1880. Library catalogue. Cheshire RO - D 4908.
MAIDSTONE ken Maidstone Book Society 1780?
Subs. list (1785).
MAIDSTONE ken Maidstone Reading Society 1800?
Subs. list (1803).
MALDON ess Maldon Book Society 1826?
Subscribers' list, H. Chauncy, Historical Antiquities, 1826.
MALLING ken Malling Book Society 1780?
Subs. list (1785).
MANCHESTER lan Economical Cooperative Society 1830
Third Cooperative Congress, London, 23 April, 1832.
MANCHESTER lan Geological Society 1838
CAt. 1875. A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.
MANCHESTER lan Incorporated Law Society 1820
MANCHESTER lan Literary and Philosophical Society 1781
Account, 1783 - T.35(9). Lists &c, 1896 - Ac.1360/4. Rules, 1782 - Ac1360/3. W.E.A. Axon, Handbook of the Public Libraries of Manchester & Salford, 1877. Cat. 1877. A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Records 1785-1951 (Business Archives Council).
MANCHESTER lan Manchester Book Society 1770?
Subs. list (1772). Stll going in 1811.
MANCHESTER lan Manchester Reading Society 1792
Also known as the Jacobin Library; then the Royal Exchange Subscription Library. Ceased in 1904. Cats. 1813, 1834, 1844, 1855. Manchester Mercury, 25 September, 1792; Manchester Chronicle, 5 January, 1793.
MANCHESTER lan Mathematical Society 1718
MANCHESTER lan Medical Society 1834
W.E.A. Axon, Handbook of the Public Libraries of Manchester & Salford, 1877. Slater's Directory of Manchester, 1850. Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852.
MANCHESTER lan Owenian Cooperative Society 1830
Third Cooperative Congress, London, 23 April, 1832. 150 vols.
MANSFIELD not Cooperative Society 1830
Third Cooperative Congress, London, 23 April, 1832.
MANSFIELD not Mansfield Book Society 1790?
Subs. list.
MARGATE ken Book Society 1750?
Defunct in 1768. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
MARGATE ken Book Society 1833
Different from the earlier one. Kelde's Companion to the Alamanacks, 1852.
MARKET DRAYTON shr Society for the Acquirement of Useful Knowledge 1850
Short lived?
MARKET HARBOROUGH lei Vestry Book Society 1820?
MARKET OVERTON rut Market Overton Society 1732
An antiquarian society.
MARKET RASEN lin Market Rasen Book Society 1820?
Rules in Lincolnshire Archives.
MARKFIELD lei Markfield Society 1754?
Subs. list.
MARYLEBONE msx Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge 1834
Short lived.
MASHAM yor Masham Book Society 1814
Label in John Johnson.
MAUCLINE ayr Religious Tract Society 1825?
The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. V, p. 166.
MELFORD suf Melford Book Society 1836?
BBTI.
MELKSHAM wil Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
MELTON MOWBRAY lei Melton Mowbray Society 1747?
Subs. list.
MERTHYR TYDVIL gla Young Men's Improvement Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
MIDDLEWICH che Middlewich Book Society 1814
Ceased in 1817. Cheshire RO has minute book.
MILE END msx Eclectic Reading Society 1815?
Subs. list (1819).
MILE END msx Stepney Book Society 1800?
For dissenters. Subs. list.
MILLWALL ess Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
MINCHINHAMPTON glo Minchinhampton Reading Society 1820?
Label in John Johnson.
MODBURY dev Modbury Reading Society 1825?
Devon RO.
MONEYREA ant Moneyrea Reading Society 1830?
Subs. list - William Anderson, Collection, 1830. Adams, Popular Culture, 124. Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
MONKWEARMOUTH dur Monkwearmouth Reading Society 1815?
Subscribers' list, G. Garbutt, History ... Sunderland, 1819.
MONTROSE for Montrose Reading Society 1819
- 1904. Became the Montrose Trades Library in 1855. Minutes 1837-1904 (Montrose PL). The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XI, p. 287.
MORETONHAMPSTEAD dev Literary Society 1846
I. Maxted, The Devon Book Trade, 1991.
MORETONHAMPSTEAD dev Society for the Promotion of Knowledge 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
NAILSWORTH glo Nailsworth Reading Society 1818
Bills, Minutes, &c. 1818-37 (Gloucestershire RO).
NANTWICH che Nantwich Book Society 1795?
John Johnson.
NEATH gla Philosophical Society 1845?
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
NETHER STOWEY som Stowey Book Society 1793
- 1807. Elizabeth Sandford, Thomas Poole and his Friends. London, 1888, I, 44-45, 85-86, 201.
NETHEREND wor Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
NEW ROMNEY ken New Romney Book Society 1763?
Subs. list.
NEWARK-ON-TRENT not Ladies' Book Society 1810
Subs. list. - 1823.
NEWARK-ON-TRENT not Medical Book Society 1795
Short lived?
NEWARK-ON-TRENT not Newark Book Society 1777? [King's Arms]
BBTI. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
NEWARK-ON-TRENT not Newark Book Society 1777 [Kingston Arms]
- 1872. Accounts 1777-1872 (Newark Museum).
NEWARK-ON-TRENT not Newark Literary Society 1816
Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury, 29 March, 1816.
NEWBROUGH nob Reading Room & Mutual Improvement Society 1840?
1851 Census.
NEWBURY ber Literary & Scientific Society 1843
- 1904. 1851 Census. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854. (Berkshire RO).
NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME sta Newcastle Literary Society 1800?
Subs. list (1804).
NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME sta Permanent Book Society 1815
Staffordshire Advertiser, 8 July, 1815.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE nob Literary & Philosophical Society 1793
History, 1897 - 10352.d.33. Cat. 1848 - 823.b.40. 1829 - 1509/3960.Reports - C.152.e.9(3). Rules, 1801 - 432.a.15(11). Plan, 1793 - 432.a.15(1). Members, 1793 - 432.a.15(1*)
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE nob Loyal Northumbrian Social Society 1816
Founded October 1, 1816. Bookplate in Franks.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE nob Natural History Society 1829 [Hancock Museum]
Hancock Museum.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE nob Newcastle Literary Society 1756?
Subs. list.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE nob Society of Antiquaries 1813
Archives in Northumberland Record Office.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE nob Society of Friends 1820
Cat. 1857 - RB.23.a.4865.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE nob Typographical Society 1819
Dated bookplate in Franks. Founded January 18, 1819.
NEWCHURCH-IN-ROSSENDALE lan Newchurch Book Society 1801?
Subs. list.
NEWMARKET suf Newmarket Book Society 1800?
Label in John Johnson. Librarian was Robert Rogers, bookseller/printer.
NEWPORT iow Vectis Reading Society 1820?
NEWPORT PAGNELL buk Baptist Society Subscription Library 1799?
Subscribers' list to J. Wilson, Missionary Voyage, 1799.
NEWPORT PAGNELL buk Newport Pagnell Book Society 1767?
F.G. Stokes, The Blecheley Diary ... William Cole, 1931, p. 176.
NEWRY dow Newry Book Society 1786
Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster. Founded by William Drennan. Rules (Linen Hall L?)
NEWRY dow Newry Literary Society 1797
Books destroyed in 1798. Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster. Newry Magazine, 1815.
NEWRY dow Newry Literary Society 1835
A new society. Newry Commercial Telegraph, 6 November, 1835. Short lived? Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
NEWRY dow Newry Reading Society 1809
- 1832. Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
NEWTON ABBOT dev Society for the Attainment of Useful Knowledge 1836
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. 1851 Census.
NEWTOWNARDS dow Newtownards Book Society 1830?
Royal Irish Academy, Box 24, Down III,ii. Adams, Popular Culture, 123.
NEWTOWNARDS dow Newtownards Society for Acquiring Knowledge 1789?
- 1830? Permanent library. Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
NORTHAMPTON noh Amicable Book Society 1779
Subs. list. Rules, Accounts, &c. 1779-1830 (Northamptonshire RO).
NORTHAMPTON noh Archaeological & Architectural Society 1845?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854.
NORTHAMPTON noh Society for the Diffusion of Religious & Universal Knowledge 1839
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850. Survived till 1860.
NORWICH nor Foreign Book Society 1810?
Books donated to the Literary Institution in 1823.
NORWICH nor Grey Friars Society 1785
A charitable society. Ceased in 1828. Minutes 1785-1828 (Norfolk RO).
NORWICH nor Literary Society 1775? [White Swan]
Subs. list (1779).
NORWICH nor New Jerusalem Society 1823
Cat. 1839 (Norwich PL). Library History, viii/5, p. 147.
NORWICH nor Norfolk & Norwich Clerical Society 1830?
Cat. 1838. Library History, viii/5, p. 147.
NORWICH nor Norfolk & Norwich Law Society 1820?
Listed in White's Directory of Norfolk, 1845. University of East Anglia.
NORWICH nor Norwich Book Society 176O
Subs. list (1762). BBTI.
NORWICH nor Norwich Chapter Book Society 1836?
BBTI.
NORWICH nor Norwich Reading Society 1830?
Subs. list (1831).
NORWICH nor United Medical Book Society 1824
Cats. 1826, 1832, 1845 (Norwich PL). Library History, viii/5, p. 147.
NOTTINGHAM not Clerical Book Society 1808?
Nottingham Journal, 25 June, 1808.
NOTTINGHAM not Medical Book Society 1814?
Nottingham University. Cat. 1831. Rules 1828 (Nottingham PL).
NOTTINGHAM not Medico-Chirurgical Book Society 1839?
Rules 1839 (Nottingham PL). Merged with Medical Book Society.
NOTTINGHAM not Nottingham Book Society 1758?
Subs. list. - 1812?
NOTTINGHAM not Nottingham New Book Society 1780?
Subs. list. - 1822?
NOTTINGHAM not Vestry Book Society 1775? [St Mary's Church]
Subs. list (1776).
NUNEATON war Nuneaton Book Society 1782?
BBTI. Subs. list.
ODIHAM ham Odiham Literary Society 1844?
BBTI.
ODIHAM ham Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture & Industry 1770?
Account - recently acquired by BL. Includes list of books.
OKEHAMPTON dev Literary Society 1834
I. Maxted, The Devon Book Trade, 1991.
OLDHAM lan Mathematical Society 1794
ONGAR ess Ongar Book Society 1779?
Subscribers' list, J. Duche, Discourses, 1779.
ORFORD lin Clergyman's Society 1795?
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
ORMISTON had Ormiston Friendly Society 1784 [Rogue Money Club]
Small library - 100 vols. by 1835! The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. II, p. 150.
ORMSKIRK lan Established Church Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
OSSETT yor Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
OTLEY yor Useful Instruction Society 1839
Survived till 1913. Mechanics' Institution from 1851.
OTTERY ST MARY dev Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
OVING sus New Book Society 1845?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854.
OVINGHAM nob Reading Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
OXFORD oxf Oxford Teachers' Reading Society 1821?
Subs. list.
OXFORD oxf Oxford Union Society 1823
OXFORD oxf Society for Promoting the Study of Gothic Architecture 1839
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.
PACKINGTON lei Packington Society 1754?
Subs. list.
PAINSWICK glo Painswick Book Society 1804
F.A. Hyett, Memento of the Painswick Book Society, 1904.
PAISLEY ren Medical Society 1825?
Listed in Pigot's New Commercial Directory of Scotland for 1826-7
PAISLEY ren Paisley Library Society 1802
Merged with Public Library in 1871. Cats. 1822, 1830, 1858 (Paisley PL). Rules 1802 (BL).
PATRINGTON yor Mutual Instruction Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
PEMBROKE pem Pembroke Society 1740?
- 1791? Cats. 1776, 1791 (NL Wales). Rees p. 253. Cats. pr. Hereford (1776) and Pembroke (1791). Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
PENRITH cum Book Society 1787?
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Wordsowrth was a member in 1787. Merged with PL in 1870s.
PENRITH cum New Church Library Society 1794?
Subscribers' list, W. Hutchinson, History ... Cumberland, 1794.
PENTREVOELAS den Literary Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
PENZANCE cnw Ladies' Reading Society 1826
E.A. Rees, Old Penzance, 1956, pp. 69-70.
PENZANCE cnw Natural History & Antiquarian Society 1839
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Minutes 1839-72. Cat. of library (1903). 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)
PERTH per Literary & Antiquarian Society 1824
Cat. 1850 - Cup.410.f.579. A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Listed in Marshall's Perth Directory, 1852. Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Records (Perth Museum).
PERTH per Reading Society Library 1797
- 1849. Books in Anderson Institution, then to Sandeman L. Cat. 1829 (Sandeman L). Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1837. Listed in Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1827.
PERTH per Society of Procurators' Library 1845?
Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852.
PETERBOROUGH noh Peterborough Gentleman's Society 1730
Founded by Rev. Timothy Neve. - 1900. Books and accounts in Peterborough PL. According to Brian Hubber (State L of Victoria, Melbourne) the club met in the bookshop of ? Knapp in Peterborough. Article forthcoming in Bulletin of Bib. Soc. A/NZ, 1997, No. 3.
PETERHEAD abe Peterhead Reading Society 1808
- 1932. Books given to Public Library in 1893. Cat. 1832, 1846 (Aberdeen PL). 1849 Report. Records (NE Scotland L). 1500 vols. by 1840 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XII, p. 385.
PINCHBECK lin Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
PITTINGTON dur Literary Society & Reading Institute 1842
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Defunct by 1858?
PLYMOUTH dev Medical Society 1794
Plymouth Medical Library. Still exists.
PLYMOUTH dev Plymouth Institution & Natural History Society 1812
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.
PLYMOUTH dev Plymouth Reading Society 1795?
Subscribers' list, J. Bidlake, The Sea, 1796 includes the First to Fifth Reading Society. A Sixth Reading Society was started c. 1825.
PLYMOUTH dev Plymouth Sixth Reading Society 1825?
Subscribers' list, S. Dixon, Castalian Hours, 1829.
PLYMPTON dev Plympton Reading Society 1795?
Subscribers' list, J. Bidlake, The Sea, 1796.
POOLE dor Poole Book Society 1790?
Rules 1807 (Bodley copy of Reading Permanent Library).
PORT MADOC cae Mariners' & Mechanics' Reading Society 1848
Rules, 1848. BL 1578/8653.
PORTAFERRY dow Portaferry Literary Society 1786
- 1846. Permanent library. Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster, Popular Culture, 123. Castlereagh was a member.
PORTSMOUTH ham Philosophical Society 1825?
Listed in Pigot's National Commercial Directory 1830
PORTSMOUTH ham Portsmouth Reading Society 1805?
Subs. list (1806).
PORTSMOUTH ham Sober Society 1750?
Subs. list (1752).
POWDERHAM dev Literary Society 1795?
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Subscribers' list, Fanny Burney, Camilla, 1796.
PRESTEIGNE rad Presteigne Book Society 1815?
Label in Hamilton, 1895.
PULBOROUGH sus Pulborough Reading Society 1807
- 1818. Minutes (Surrey RO).
PURDYSBURN dow Purdysburn Reading Society 1797?
Subs. list. Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
PWLLHELI cae Pwllheli Reading Society 1820
Met at the Crown & Anchor.
RADCLIFFE lan Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
RAMSBOTTOM lan Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
RAMSGATE ken Thanet Book Society 1765?
RATCLIFF msx Ratcliff Amicable Reading Society 1807
Label in Hamilton, 1895, 123.
RATHFRILAND dow Rathfriland Book Society 1810?
Adams RSU, Popular Culture, 122.
RAWDON yor Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
1851 Census.
READING ber Medico-Chirurgical Society 1824
Merged in 1899 with the Pathological Society. Royal Berks. Hospital.
READING ber Reading Pathological Society 1841
Royal Berks. Hospital.
REDRUTH cnw Literary Society 1840?
- 1864. Listed in Report of the State of Literary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institutions [SDUK], 1841. Minutes (Cornwall RO).
RETFORD not Retford Book Society 1790?
Subs. list.
RETFORD not Retford Book Society 1820?
Nottingham Directory, 1822.
RICHMOND yor Richmond Book Society 1814?
RICHMOND yor Richmond Scientific Society 1820?
Cat. 1839 (BL).
ROCHDALE lan Equitable Pioneers' Society 1849
A co-operative society library.
ROCHESTER ken Rochester Book Society 1797
Subs. list. Cp. H. Smetham, History of Strood, 1899 - BL 010360.ee.18. Still going in 1899. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Minutes, Records, &c. (Rochester City Archives).
ROCHESTER ken Society for the Cultivation of Useful Knowledge 1797
- 1898. Medway Archives.
ROSS-ON-WYE hef Mental Improvement Society 1830?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Listed in Report of the State of Literary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institutions [SDUK], 1841.
ROSTREVOR dow Rostrevor & Warrenpoint Reading Society 1830?
- 1836? Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
SAFFRON WALDEN ess Saffron Walden Book Society 1790?
Rules 1814 listed in VCH, Essex.
SAFFRON WALDEN ess Saffron Walden Ladies' Book Society 1824
Saffron Walden PL.
SAINTFIELD dow Saintfield Reading Society 1815?
Adams RSU.
SALISBURY wil Literary & Scientific Society 1830
- 1855. Records (Wiltshire RO).
SALTERFORTH yor Literary Society 1845?
1851 Census.
SANDBACH che Literary & Philosophical Society 1842
D. Nuttall, Book Trade in Cheshire to 1850, 1992.
SANDWICH ken Sandwich Book Society 1765?
Subs. list. Still going in 1800.
SAXMUNDHAM suf Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
Listed in Accounts & Papers: 1852-53. Population. Education. Census of 1851. Vol. 34, 1854.
SCARBOROUGH yor Scarborough Book Society 1813
Subs. list.
SCARBOROUGH yor Scarborough Philosophical Society 1830
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.
SCOLE nor Scole Inn Book Society 1784
- 1845. Moved to Diss, where it was known as the University Book Club.
SEDGEFIELD dur Book Society 1797?
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
SEDGEFIELD dur Sedgefield Book Society 1795?
Subscribers' list.
SELBY yor Mechanics' Institution & Literary Society 1846
Survived till 1897.
SETTLE yor Literary Society 1770
- 1925. Cat. 1805?, 1864 (BL).Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
SEVENOAKS ken Sevenoaks New Book Society 1777?
Subs. list.
SHADWELL yor Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
SHEFFIELD yor Book Society 1790?
Survived till 1951. Minutes 1806-1944 (Sheffield Archives). Cats. 1791, 1792, 1798, 1802, 1816 (Sheffield PL).
SHEFFIELD yor Church of England Instruction Society's Library 1840?
Listed in Slater's Directory of Scotland, 1852. Listed in Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1847. Cat. 1841 (Sheffield PL).
SHEFFIELD yor Cooperative Society 1830
Third Cooperative Congress, London, 23 April, 1832.
SHEFFIELD yor Literary & Philosophical Society 1822
Reports, 1824-88. 1609/3052. History, 1922 - 11858.c.49. A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853. Records 1822-1934 (Sheffield Archives).
SHEFFIELD yor Sheffield Book Society 1771
Known as the Sheffield Library after 1818. Cats. 1772 (York Minster), 1792, 1798, 1802, 1816, 1831, 1837, 1846 (Sheffield PL). Minutes 1818-1929 (Sheffield Archives). T.A. Ward, A Short Account, 1825. Library History, ii, 1971, pp. 91-116.
SHEFFIELD yor Sheffield New Book Society 1806
SHERBORNE dor Sherborne Book Society 1815?
SHERBORNE dor Western Medical Society 1800?
Probably a medical book club. Western Flying Post, 12 June, 1809.
SHIPSTON-ON-STOUR wor Shipston Reading Society 1800
Rules 1828 (Warwickshire RO).
SHREWSBURY shr Ladies' Reading Society 1756?
Subs. list.
SHREWSBURY shr Shrewsbury Reading Society 1756?
BBTI. Subs. list.
SHREWSBURY shr Shropshire & North Wales Natural History & Antiquarian Society 1835
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.
SITTINGBOURNE ken Sittingbourne & Milton Book Society 1797
Subs. list in History & Antiquities of Rochester, 1817. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Sittingbourne & Milton. Became a subscription library in 1799? Still there in 1887. Bagshaw's Kent Directory, 1847.
SKIPTON yor Skipton Literary Society 1805?
Subs. list.
SLEAFORD lin Sleaford Society 1747
Subs. list.
SOLIHULL war Solihull Book Society 1790?
Subs. list.
SOUTH ELMSALL yor Mental Improvement Society 1840?
1851 Census.
SOUTH MIMMS msx Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
1851 Census.
SOUTHAM war Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
SOUTHAMPTON ham Southampton Literary Society 1784 [James Linden]
Label in John Johnson.
SOUTHAMPTON ham Southampton Reading Society 1805?
- 1828? Southampton Guide, 1812.
SOUTHGATE msx Reading Society 1845?
1851 Census.
SOUTHOWRAM yor Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
1851 Census.
SOUTHWARK sur Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
SOUTHWARK sur Southwark Literary Society 1836?
BBTI.
SOUTHWARK sur Southwark Reading Society 1792?
Subs. list
SOUTHWARK sur St Thomas's Book Society 1827?
Label in John Johnson.
SPALDING lin Spalding Gentleman's Society 1710
Records (Spalding GS Museum). Cats. 1808, 1893 (BL). Journal of the British Archaeological Association, v, 1899, pp. 39-50. John Nichols, Bibliotheca, iii, no. 20, 1784.
SPILSBY lin Spilsby Society 1750?
- 1829. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
ST ALBANS her St Albans Book Society 1739?
For dissenters? Still going in 1786.
ST ASAPH fli Useful Knowledge Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
ST BURYAN cnw Church of England Mutual Instruction Society 1845?
1851 Census.
ST IVES hun Society for the Acquisition of Useful Knowledge 1849
Short lived? New Institution in Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
ST KEVERNE cnw Reading Society 1845?
1851 Census.
ST MARY'S sci St Mary's Reading Society 1820?
- 1822? G. Woodley, View ... Scilly Islands, 1822.
ST NEOTS hun St Neots Book Society 1816?
Subs. list. Notes & Queries, 13 June, 1914, pp. 461-62.
ST NEOTS hun Vestry Book Society 1795
Cat. 1838 (St Ives PL).
STAFFORD sta Permanent Book Society 1798
- 1828. Cats. 1800, 1802, 1807 (Salt L). Walt Library. Cat. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
STAFFORD sta Stamford Reading Society 1766?
BBTI.
STAMFORD lin Stamford Clerical Book Society 1730
Founded by William Stukeley. - 1748.
STAMFORD lin Stamford Reading Society 1766?
Subs. list.
STAMFORD lin Stamford Society 1721
Founded by Maurice Johnson. Many books now in the Parish library (St Mary's). Francis Howgrave, Essay ... Stamford. Stamford, 1726.
STEVENTON ham Steventon & Manydown Book Society 1790?
- 1813. Jane Austen was a member.
STIRLING sti Agricultural Society 1830?
Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1837.
STOCKTON-ON-TEES dur Literary & Philosophical Society 1835
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census. T. Sowler, Tom Sowler's Stockton, 1972.
STOCKTON-ON-TEES dur Mechanics' Institution & Reading Society 1825
Originally Stockton, Yarm & Norton Mechanics' Institution
STOKE NEWINGTON msx Conversation Society 1842
Attached to the Unitarian Chapel. H.G. Pritchard, Stoke Newington and its Associations, 1898 (Stoke Newington PL). VCH Middlesex.
STOKE NEWINGTON msx Mutual Instruction Society 1848
Founded by Quakers. H.G. Pritchard, Stoke Newington and its Associations - paper read in 1898 (copy in Stoke Newington PL). VCH Middlesex.
STONEHAVEN kin Literary Society 1828
Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1837.
STOURBRIDGE wor Stewponey Agricultural Society 1836?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
STOURBRIDGE wor Stourbridge Book Society 1777
Subs. list.
STOURPORT wor Stourport Book Society 1820?
Pigot, 1822.
STOURPORT wor Stourport Reading Society 1820?
Pigot, 1822.
STOW-ON-THE-WOLD glo Book Society 1833
Purchase book (Cambridge UL).
STRATFORD-ON-AVON war Medical Book Society 1820?
Subs. list. Known after 1824 as the Medical Library.
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON war Stratord Book Society 1787?
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
STRETTON-ON-DUNSMORE war Stretton Society 1792?
Subs. list.
STROUD glo Stroud Book Society 1790?
Lasted till 1904.
SUDBURY suf Sudbury Book Society 1797?
Subs. list.
SUNDERLAND dur Literary & Philosophical Society 1835
Report, 1835 - PP.1424.kl.
SUNDERLAND dur Subscription Library & Literary Society 1795
- 1905. Moved to Monkwearmouth in 1801. Cats. 1802, 1806, 1812, 1825, 1845 (Sunderland PL, Newcastle PL). Sold in 1938 (Sunderland PL). Minutes &c. (Tyne & Wear Archives).
SUNDERLAND dur Sunderland Friends Book Society 1838
Records 1838-1932 (Durham RO).
SUNDERLAND dur Sunderland Medical Society 1810?
Cat. 1811 (Newcastle PL).
SUNDERLAND dur Sunderland Reading Society 1803
Founded by Methodists. Also known as Wesleyan Library.
SUTTON VALENCE ken Sutton Valence Book Society 1825
Rules in Kent Archives.
SWAFFHAM nor Swaffham Literary Society 1776? [Swaffham Assembly House]
Subs. list. - 1791. Records (Norfolk RO).
SWANSEA gla Society for the Acquisition of Universal Knowledge 1847
SWANSEA gla Unitarian Book Society 1822
Accounts 1822-32 (West Glamorgan Archives).
SYDNEY --- Australian School Society 1839
NB BL 8305.bb.19.
TAMWORTH sta Tamworth Book Society 1760?
Subs. list.
TAUNTON som Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society 1849
Accounts, records, cats. and library registers in Somerset Archives.
TAUNTON som Taunton Medical Society 1807
Books kept at Hospital. - 1822.
TAUNTON som Taunton Reading Society 1766
- 1822. Toulmin, History of Taunton, 1822. Other clubs? Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
TAUNTON som Taunton Reading Society 1787
Label in John Johnson.
TENTERDEN ken Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
TENTERDEN ken Tenterden Book Society 1815?
Subs. list. Label in John Johnson.
TETBURY glo Tetbury Book Society 1805?
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Subs. list (1810).
TEWKESBURY glo Tewkesbury Reading Society 1795?
Subs. list (1798).
THAME oxf Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
Listed in Accounts & Papers: 1852-53. Population. Education. Census of 1851. Vol. 34, 1854.
THAXTED ess Thaxted Book Society 1805
Founded by Rev. John Jennings. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Minute books 1805 - in Essex RO.
THETFORD nor Thetford Literary Society 1766?
Subs. list.
THIRSK yor Thirsk Book Society 1820?
Listed in Baines' Yorkshire Directory, 1822.
THORNBURY glo Thornbury Book Society 1820?
Gloucester RO.
THORNE yor Unitarian Society Library 1818?
BBTI.
THORNEY cam Thorney Book Society 1825?
Subscribers' list, W. Watson, Histroical Account of Wisbech, 1827.
THURSTONLAND yor Cooperative Society 1830
Fourth Cooperative Congress, London, 1 October, 1832.
TILLICOULTRY cla Tillicoultry Reading Society 1793
Scots Chronicle, 21 February, 1797.
TIVERTON dev Literary & Scientific Society 1849
Lasted till 1900.
TIVERTON dev Tiverton Reading Society 1795
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
TONAGHMORE dow Tonaghmore Reading Society 1825?
Subs. list, Anderson, 1830. Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
TORQUAY dev Natural History Society 1844
TORQUAY dev Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge 1842
1851 Census. Defunct by 1865.
TORRINGTON dev Torrington Book Society 1795?
Subscribers' list, W. Woollcombe, Sermons, 1798.
TROWBRIDGE wil Trowbridge & Warminster Book Society 1797?
Subs. list.
TROWBRIDGE wil Trowbridge Literary Society 1813
- 1830.
TROWBRIDGE wil Trowbridge Reading Society 1808
- 1825.
TULLYKEVIN dow Tullykevin Reading Society 1816
Northern Whig, 1829. Adams, Reading Societies in Ulster.
TUNBRIDGE WELLS ken Society for the Cultivation of Literature & Science 1830?
Listed in Report of the State of Literary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institutions [SDUK], 1841.
TUNSTALL sta Literary & Reading Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851. Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
TURRIFF abe Mutual Improvement Society 1838
Cat. 1914.
TYNEHEAD cum Tynehead Library Society 1794?
Subscribers' list, W. Hutchinson, History ... Cumberland, 1794.
UTTOXETER sta Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge 1839
Short lived?
UTTOXETER sta Uttoxeter Book Society 1820?
Staffordshire Advertiser, 12 May, 1821.
UXBRIDGE msx Uxbridge Book Society 1811
Minute books 1811-36 (Uxbridge PL). Cat. 1830 (Uxbridge PL).
UXBRIDGE msx Uxbridge Reading Society 1815
- 1818? Redford & Riches, History ... Uxbridge, 1818.
VAUXHALL sur Mutual Improvement Society 1847
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
WAINFORD lin Wainford Book Society 1776?
Subs. list.
WAKEFIELD yor Gentlemen's Book Society 1820
- 1870.
WAKEFIELD yor Literary & Philosophical Society 1830
Rules, 1830 - 10347.ee.25(2).
WALMER ken Parochial Reading Society 1845?
Listed in Accounts & Papers: 1852-53. Population. Education. Census of 1851. Vol. 34, 1854.
WALSALL sta Walsall Book Society 1764?
Subs. list. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
WALTHAM ABBEY ess Mental Improvement Society 1845?
1851 Census.
WALWORTH sur Walworth Book Society 1836
Minutes 1836-46 (Southwark PL & London Metropolitan Archives).
WAREHAM dor Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
WAREHAM dor Wareham Book Society 1790?
Dorset RO.
WARMINSTER wil Warminster Book Society 1797?
Subs. list.
WARWICK war Warwick & Leamington Phrenological Society 1834
County Museum, Warwick.
WARWICK war Warwick Book Society 1795?
"A Catalogue of Society books. For the year 1795. ESTC t163928 - location WRW (?). A list of redundant books with original prices noted. A circulating book society?
WATERFORD wat Literary & Scientific Society 1845?
Slater's Directory of Ireland, 1856.J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
WATH-UPON-TYNE yor Improvement Society 1828
WATTON nor Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
1851 Census.
WELLINGBOROUGH noh Society for Universal Knowledge 1832
Defunct by 1842?
WELSHPOOL moy Welshpool Reading Society 1819?
WEST MALLING ken Book Society 1795?
Subs. list in F. Greensted, Fugitive Pieces, 1796 [14 copies].
WESTBURY glo Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
WESTMINSTER msx Cooperative Society 1829
Third Cooperative Congress, London, 23 April, 1832. 100 vols.
WESTMINSTER msx Literary Society of Friends 1820?
Cat. London, 1825 (Friends House).
WESTMINSTER msx Metropolitan Cooperative Society 1829
Third Cooperative Congress, London, 23 April, 1832.
WESTMINSTER msx Western Union Cooperative Society 1830
Third Cooperative Congress, London, 23 April, 1832. 50 vols.
WESTMINSTER msx Westminster Literary Society 1791
Also known as the Westminster Library. - 1821. Cat. 1803 (Westminster PL). Sale cat. 1821 (BL). K. Manley, Library, 1985.
WHITBY yor Literary & Philosophical Society 1822
History, 1946 - 10359.d.15. A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.
WHITECHAPEL msx Whitechapel Book Society 1815?
Subs. list (1819).
WHITEHAVEN cum Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1793
Existed earlier, but re-formed in 1793. For Methodists. Rules 1793 (Carlisle PL).
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.
WIGSTON MAGNA lei Dissenters' Reading Society 1799?
Subs. list.
WILLENHALL sta Reading & Library Society 1845?
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
WILLINGHAM cam Reading & Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
1851 Census.
WILLITON som Mutual Improvement Society 1845?
1851 Census.
WILMSLOW che Wilmslow Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
WIMBORNE dor Society for the Acquisition of Useful Knowledge 1836
Defunct by 1870?
WIMBORNE dor Wimborne New Book Society 1800?
Presumably an earlier one? Book labels in library at Kingston Lacy.
WINCANTON som Reading Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
WISBECH cam Literary Society 1781
Listed in Gardner's Directory of Cambridge, 1851. Became the Wisbech Museum & Literary Society in 1847. Wisbech Museum. Cats. 1790, 1797, 1804, 1815, 1821, 1836, 1849. VCH Cambridgeshire, IV, p. 268. Wisbech Society, 32nd Annual Report, 1971.
WITHAM ess Witham Book Society 1787?
Subscribers' list, J. Jebb, Works, 1787.
WOLVERHAMPTON sta Church of England Tract Society 1845?
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
WOLVERHAMPTON sta Philosophical Society 1845?
Listed in Slater's Royal National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
WOLVERHAMPTON sta Wolverhampton Book Society 1785?
Subs. list.
WOLVERTON sta Literary & Scientific Society 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
WOODBRIDGE suf Woodbridge Book Society 1792
Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969. Minute books 1845-1931 sold by Quaestor Books, 1992, lot 477.
WORCESTER wor Law Society's Library 1845?
Listed in Slater's Royal National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
WORCESTER wor Lees' Reading Society 1825?
Run by Edwin Lees, a bookseller. Worcester Journal, 2 November, 1826.
WORCESTER wor Natural History Society's Library 1845?
Listed in Slater's Royal National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
WORKSOP not Reading Society & Mechanics' Institution 1840?
Refounded in 1852.
WORTLEY yor Mental Improvement Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
WREXHAM den Wrexham Book Society 1810?
E. Rees, 1987.
WROTHAM ken Wrotham Book Society 1759
Subscribers' list, J. Bunce, St Chrysostom, 1759. Subs. list in Kent Poll Book, 1791.
WYE ken Wye Book Society 1755
- 1884. Papers &c. (Lambeth Palace). Rules in W.S. Morris, History ... Wye, 1842. Kaufman, Libraries & their Users, 1969.
WYLAM nob Reading Society 1849
YEADON yor Mental Improvement Society 1845?
J.W. Hudson, History of Adult Education, 1851.
YORK yor Society of Ringers 1736?
Subs. list
YORK yor York Agricultural Society 1776?
BBTI.
YORK yor York Book Society 1794 [> Subscription Library]
- 1917. Started as a book club. Subscription library by 1796. Cats. 1796, 1797, 1799, 1802, 1803, 1823, 1842, 1851 (York PL, Bodley, York Minster).
YORK yor York French Book Society 1819
- 1823. Rules 1823 (BL).
YORK yor York Medical Society 1832
York County Hospital.
YORK yor Yorkshire Law Society 1828
YORK yor Yorkshire Philosophical Society 1822
A. Hume, The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, 1853.

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