INSTITUTIONAL & COMMERCIAL LIBRARIES TO 1850
Parochial Libraries = 1162 9.44 %
Sunday School Libraries = 90 0.73 %
Chained libraries = 306 2.49 %
Endowed, Grammar & Charity Schools = 1846 15.00 %
1000-1600 = 1167 9.48 %
1601-1700 = 604 4.91 %
1701-1800 = 678 5.51 %
Circulating Libraries = 5481 44.54 %
Musical Circulating Libraries = 48 0.39 %
Juvenile Circulating Libraries = 10 0.08 %
Religious Circulating Libraries = 1 0.01 %
Subscription Libraries = 1005 8.17 %
Juvenile Subscription Libraries = 1 0.01 %
Religious Subscription Libraries = 117 0.95 %
Public Libraries = 21 0.17 %
Libraries of Societies = 923 7.50 %
Hospitals & Infirmaries = 105 0.85 %
Literary Societies = 525 4.27 %
Book Clubs & Reading Societies = 1183 9.61 %
Professional Societies = 89 0.72 %
Science & Technology Libraries = 43 0.35 %
Law Libraries = 46 0.37 %
Medical Libraries = 85 0.69 %
Religious Libraries = 191 1.55 %
College Libraries = 97 0.79 %
University Libraries = 10 0.08 %
Private Clubs = 13 0.11 %
Coffee House Libraries = 15 0.12 %
Cathedral Libraries = 30 0.24 %
Government Libraries = 32 0.26 %
Record Offices = 3 0.02 %
Inn Libraries = 4 0.03 %
Mechanics' Institutions = 538 4.37 %
Museum Libraries = 20 0.16 %
Agricultural Libraries = 28 0.23 %
Factory & Shop Libraries = 26 0.21 %
Itinerating Libraries = 2 0.02 %
Cooperative Society Libraries = 23 0.19 %
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Libraries to 1640 = 872 7.09 %
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Libraries 1640-1850 = 11434 92.91 %
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Libraries 1600-1699 = 1177 9.56 %
Libraries 1700-1799 = 3071 24.95 %
Libraries 1800-1850 = 7683 62.43 %
Libraries in England = 9930 80.69 %
Libraries in Wales = 367 2.98 %
Libraries in Scotland = 1421 11.55 %
Libraries in Ireland = 448 3.64 %
Libraries in the Islands = 114 0.93 %
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Libraries from uncertain date = 6229 50.61 %
Partner Circulating Libraries = 389 3.16 %
Women Librarians = 761 6.18 %
Libraries - surviving catalogues = 898 7.30 %
Libraries - surviving records = 641 5.21 %
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TOTAL = 12307
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Statistics on: 19/08/98 [Last Update]
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