LIBRARIES IN ENGLAND TO 1850This a complete listing of all libraries so far identified in England.This is a large file!The arrangement is by county, and within county by place and name.
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BEDFORDSHIRE
AMPTHILL
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Giberne's Circulating Library
1773
[Daniel Giberne]
Northampton Mercury, 27 December, 1773.
AMPTHILL
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Literary Society
1845?Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
AMPTHILL
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Mechanics' Institution
18501851 Census.
BEDFORD
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Archaeological & Architectural Society
1847 Correspondence, registers, library cat., accounts, 1847-1987. Catalogue: Bedfordshire RO.
BEDFORD
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Assembly & Reading Room
1845? Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854.
BEDFORD bed Barnes' Circulating Library
1805?
[J. Barnes]
Northampton Mercury, 29 October, 1808. Succeeded by J. Bedford.
BEDFORD
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Bedford Reading Room
1825 J.H. Matthiason, Bedford, 1831, p. 169.
BEDFORD bed Bedford's Circulating Library
1809?
[J. Bedford]
Northampton Mercury, 11 February, 1809. Catalogue: 1809.
BEDFORD
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Free Grammar School
1160 A.F. Leach, VCH, Bedfordshire, II, pp. 149-180. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. History 1925 BL 08364.g.26.
BEDFORD bed Grant's Circulating Library
1821
[W.P. Grant]
Northampton Mercury, 14 July, 1821. Catalogue: 1821.
BEDFORD bed Gray's Circulating Library
1829
[William Gray]
BBTI.
BEDFORD
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Independent Book Club
1820?See R. Phillips, Personal Tour, 1829, pp. 17-18. 791.h.32.
BEDFORD
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Literary & Scientific Institute
17001851 Census. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854. Catalogue: 1892 - 11900.bb.76. Minutes, reports,loans, rules &c. (Bedfordshire RO).
BEDFORD bed Merry's Circulating Library
1825?
[C.B. Merry]BEDFORD bed Old Library
1700
[Bedford General Library]
The deed of gift reprinted by Thomas Fisher in Gentleman's Magazine, 1817, ii, 135-36, 578. Originally kept in the Vestry of St John's Church. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854. Bedford County Library. 550 survive.
BEDFORD
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Protestant Book Society
1790?
BEDFORD
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Reading Room & Library
1826 -1859. Minutes, catalogue (Befordshire RO).
BEDFORD bed Sharp's Circulating Library
1780?
[George Sharpe]BEDFORD bed Smart's Circulating Library
1753?
[William Smart]
Northampton Mercury, 9 July, 1753.
BEDFORD bed Smith's Circulating Library
1791
[William Smith]
Northampton Mercury, 8 October, 1791. Succeeded by James Webb.
BEDFORD
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Town & County Library
1839 BBTI.
BEDFORD bed Webb's Circulating Library
1790?
[James Webb]
1790?-1840? BBTI.
BEDFORD bed Webb's Circulating Library
1805
[James Webb]
Northampton Mercury, 9 November, 1805. Succeeded William Smith. Labels in Bedford RO; Franks; John Johnson. Catalogue: 1805. Label inFranks.
BEDFORD bed Wood's Circulating Library
1810?
[John Wood]
Bill in Bedford RO.
BIGGLESWADE
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Free School
1557 A.F. Leach, VCH, Bedfordshire, II, pp. 149-180.
BIGGLESWADE bed Gardiner's Circulating Library
1839
[W.W. & C.T. Gardiner]
BBTI.
BIGGLESWADE
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Mechanics' Institution
18501851 Census.
BROMHAM
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Parochial Library
1740Founded by Thomas Lord Trevor in 1740. N & Q, 1882,vi,258. Catalogue: 1961 - 2724.c.4. 860+ survive. Perkin's list.
CADDINGTON
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Caddington School
1666 Founded by Sir George Coppin. William Cowper was a pupil. VCH Bedfordshire. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
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CADDINGTON
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Parochial Library
1720? All gone. Perkin's list.
CARDINGTON
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Parochial Library
1788 Bedford County Library. 157 survive. Perkin's list.
CRANFIELD
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Cranfield Book Society
1705?SPCK Archives, 4 April, 1709.
CRANFIELD
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Parochial Library
1715 All gone.
DUNSTABLE
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Dunstable School
1200? A.F. Leach, VCH, Bedfordshire, II, pp. 149-180.
DUNSTABLE
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Reading Room
1845?1851 Census.
GREAT GRANSDEN
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Parochial Library
1793?1 survives. Perkin's list.
HOUGHTON CONQUEST
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Free School
1632 A.F. Leach, VCH, Bedfordshire, II, pp. 149-180. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
KEMPSTON bed Crowsley's Circulating Library
1839
[Samuel Crowsley]
BBTI.
LUTON bed Hill's Circulating Library
1825?
[William Hill]
R. Phillips, Personal Tour, 1829, p. 7.
LUTON
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Parochial Library
1650?Chained library. Perkin's list.
MEPPERSHALL
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Meppershall Book Club
1704?Started by Rev. Thomas Salmon. E. McClure, Chapter in English Church History, 1888, pp. 271-2.
PODINGTON
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Parochial Library
1670?Chained library. Perkin's list.
SHEFFORD
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Literary Institute
1845?Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
SHEFFORD bed Stafford's Circulating Library
1839?
[Charles Stafford]
BBTI.
STREATLEY
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Parochial Library
1729 A Bray library.
TURVEY
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National School Institute
1845? Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
WOBURN bed Croft's Circulating Library
1839?
[William Croft]
BBTI.
WOBURN
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Parochial Library
1670?Chained library. Perkin's list.
YELDEN
bed
Parochial Library
1849Founded by E.S. Buntin, the Vicar. 400 survive - Bedford County Library. Perkin's list.
BERKSHIREABINGDON
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Belcher's School
1713Founded by Richard Belcher. A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
ABINGDON
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Free Grammar School
1400? A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284. History[1830] - 8365.aa.11(1). Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
ABINGDON ber Harding's Circulating Library
1800?
[John Harding]
Catalogue: 1804 - Bodley. Bankrupt 1806. Reading Mercury, 18 August, 1806.
ABINGDON ber King's Circulating Library
1810
[James King]
Jackson's Oxford Journal, 14 April, 1810.
ABINGDON
ber
Literary & Scientific Society
18441851 Census. Defunct in 1851.
ABINGDON
ber
Parochial Library
1618Chained library. Reading University.
ABINGDON ber Parsons' Circulating Library
1840?
[Richard Parsons]
Listed in Robson's Directory, 1842.
ABINGDON ber Payne's Circulating Library
1825?
[John & Charles Payne]
Listed in Robson's Directory, 1842. Listed in Pigot's National Commercial Directory 1830. Reading Mercury, 14 November, 1825.
ABINGDON
ber
Radley College
1847 (Archives)
ABINGDON
ber
Reading & Library Society
1810?1812 MS Catalogue: in Bodley (Top. Berks. e. 1.)
ABINGDON ber Reading Rooms
1845?
[Richard Parsons]
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854.
APPLETON
ber
Appleton School
1604 A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
BINFIELD
ber
Binfield School
1652 A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
BINFIELD
ber
Parochial Library
1670?Chained library. Perkin's list.
BLEWBURY
ber
Blewbury School
1700 A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
BLEWBURY
ber
Parochial Library
1670?Chained library. 6 survive. Perkin's list.
BRADFIELD
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Parochial Library
1800?Perkin's list.
BRAY
ber
Free School
1705 A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
BUCKLAND
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Parochial Library
1660? Reading University. 58 survive. Perkin's list.
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CHADDLEWORTH
ber
Chaddleworth School
1719 A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
CHILDREY
ber
Free School
1526 A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
DENCHWORTH
ber
Parochial Library
1693Catalogue: 1875. Ker p. 76. 150 (?) survive. Perkin's list. Built 1693 by Rev Ralph Kedden. N & Q, 1881,iv,304-05.
DIDCOT
ber
Parochial Library
1670?Chained library. 9 survive. Perkin's list.
FARINGDON ber Knapp's Circulating Library
1840?
[Richard Knapp]
Listed in Robson's Directory, 1842.
FARINGDON ber Knapp's Circulating Library
1814?
[Richard Knapp]
Jackson's Oxford Journal, 16 July, 1814.
HARWELL
ber
Harwell School
1644 A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
HUNGERFORD
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Free Grammar School
1653 A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
HUNGERFORD
ber
Medical Reading Society
1825?Taunton Courier, 3 November, 1830. Met in The Bear.
HUNGERFORD
ber
Parochial Library
1841 A Bray library.
HURLEY
ber
Parochial Library
1634 All gone.
LANGBOURNE
ber
Free School
1685Schools Inquiry Commission, 1867-68.
MAIDENHEAD
ber
Literary, Scientific & Mechanics' Institution
18441851 Census. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854.
MAIDENHEAD ber Meggy's Circulating Library
1840?
[W. Meggy]
Label in John Johnson.
MAIDENHEAD
ber
Spoore's School
1686 A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284.
MAIDENHEAD ber Wetton's Circulating Library
1811?
[George W. Wetton]
-1822? Listed in Pigot's National Commercial Directory 1830. Succeeded by W. Meggy. Label in John Johnson. BL has imprints 1811-22.
MAIDENHEAD ber Wyvill's Circulating Library
1812?
[R. Wyvill]
Reading Mercury, 8 August, 1814.
NEWBURY ber Andrews' Circulating Library
1820?
[Jane Andrews]
BBTI. Berkshire Chronicle, 29 January, 1825.
NEWBURY
ber
Free Grammar School
1466? A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
NEWBURY ber Fuller's Circulating Library
1788
[Benjamin Fuller]
Rules in BL copy of The Ramble of Philo, 1788, vol. 2. 1154.g.9. BL has imprints for 1796-99.
NEWBURY ber Harold's Circulating Library
1800
[Ann Harold]
Reading Mercury, 17 February, 1800.
NEWBURY ber Lewis' Circulating Library
1825?
[Francis Lewis]
Listed in Pigot's National Commercial Directory 1830. Founded by John Lewis in 1795.
NEWBURY ber Lewis' Circulating Library
1820?
[Winifred Lewis]
Listed in Robson's Directory, 1842. Widow of John Lewis. BL has imprint for 1841 - 701.c.38(4).
NEWBURY ber Lewis' Circulating Library
1795
[John Lewis]
Reading Mercury, 1 June, 1795. Succeeded by his widow, Winifred.
NEWBURY
ber
Literary & Scientific Society
1843- 1904. 1851 Census. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854. (Berkshire RO).
NEWBURY ber Mayo's Circulating Library
1805?
[Mrs A. Mayo]
Reading Mercury, 23 April, 1810. Died in 1822.
NEWBURY
ber
Newbury Book Club
1800? Berkshire RO D/ENm2 C5.
NEWBURY
ber
Parochial Library
1695 Bray library. Perkin's list.
NEWBURY ber Roe's Circulating Library
1840?
[William Roe]
Listed in Robson's Directory, 1842.
NEWBURY ber Willis & Fuller's Circulating Library
1787
[John Willis & Benjamin Fuller]
Reading Mercury, 3 September, 1787.
RADLEY
ber
Radley College
1847 A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284. (Archives)
READING
ber
Athenaeum
1842 Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854. Minutes, accounts, &c. (Berkshire RO).
READING ber Beasley's Circulating Library
1826
[Ebenezer Beasley]
Berkshire Chronicle, 27 May, 1826. Succeeded - Mattacks. Succeeded by Richard Parsons in 1830.
READING
ber
Berkshire Athenaeum Club
1776 -1995. Minutes, accounts &c. (Berkshire RO).
READING
ber
Berkshire County Club
1776 -1887. Minutes, accounts &c. (Berkshire RO).
READING ber Binfield's Musical Circulating Library
1819?
[- Binfield]
Reading Mercury, 12 April, 1819.
READING ber Blackman's Circulating Library
1772
[Samuel Blackman]
Died 1774. Succeeded by Mrs Waugh, sister of John Waugh, then her husband George.
READING
ber
Blue Coat School
1646 A.F. Leach, VCH, Berkshire, II, pp. 245-284. History, 1977 - X525/2190.
READING ber Brown's Circulating Library
1827?
[John B. Brown]
Succeeded Knight & Dredge.
READING ber Carnan's Circulating Library
1780?
[John Carnan]
Reading Mercury, 24 July, 20 November, 1780. May have taken over Newbery's library? Died 1785. K.G. Burton, Early Newspaper Press in
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