Sources for Contemporary Libraries

Circulating Libraries

Aberdeen Public Library, Broad Street, Aberdeen. (Catalogue: 1821)
Aberdeen Public Library, Broad Street, Aberdeen. Additions 1. (Catalogue: c. 1838)

Barry and Son’s Circulating Library, 21 High Street, Bristol. (Catalogue: c.1824)
Barry and Son’s Circulating Library, 21 High Street, Bristol. Additions 1. (Catalogue: 1827)
Barry and Son’s Circulating Library, 21 High Street, Bristol. Additions 2. (Catalogue: 1829)
Barry and Son’s Circulating Library, 21 High Street, Bristol. Additions 3. (Catalogue: 1830)

Bettison’s Library, High Street, Cheltenham. (Catalogue: 1817)
Bettison’s Library, High Street, Cheltenham. Additions 1. (Catalogue: 1829)

J. Brown’s Circulating Library, Standishgate, Wigan. (Catalogue: 1821)

C. Fellows’s Circulating Library, Catherine Street, Salisbury. (Catalogue: 1817)
Fellows’s Circulating Library, Catherine Street, Salisbury. Additions 1. (Catalogue: c. 1817)

W. Fish’s Circulating Library, 38 London Lane, Norwich. (Catalogue: c. 1817)

Gilmour’s Circulating Library, Silver Street, Salisbury. (Catalogue: 1819)
Gilmour’s Circulating Library, Silver Street, Salisbury. Additions 1. (Catalogue: 1819)

Godwin’s Circulating Library, Upper Corner of Milson Street, Bath. (Catalogue: 1819)
Godwin’s Circulating Library, Upper Corner of Milsom Street, Bath. Additions 1. (Catalogue: c.1821)
Godwin’s Circulating Library, Upper Corner of Milsom Street, Bath. Additions 2. (Catalogue: c.1824)

John Hodgson’s Circulating Library, Belfast. (Catalogue: 1838)

Horne’s Public Library, Queen Street, Cheapside, London (Catalogue: 1824)
Horne’s Public Library, Queen Street, Cheapside, London. Additions 1. (Catalogue: 1827)

Jones and Parry’s Circulating Library, High Street, Caernarvon. (Catalogue: 1837)

Robert Kinnear’s Circulating Library, 29 Frederick Street, Edinburgh. (Catalogue: 1808)
Kinnear’s Circulating Library, 29 Frederick Street, Edinburgh. Additions 1. (Catalogue: 1814)
Kinnear’s Circulating Library, 29 Frederick Street, Edinburgh. Additions 2. (Catalogue: 1819)
Kinnear’s Circulating Library, 29 Frederick Street, Edinburgh. Additions 3. (Catalogue: 1823)
Kinnear’s Circulating Library, 29 Frederick Street, Edinburgh. Additions 4. (Catalogue: 1825)

Mackay’s Edinburgh Circulating Library, 154 High Street, Edinburgh. (Catalogue: 1810)
Mackay’s Edinburgh Circulating Library. 124 High Street, Edinburgh. Additions 1. (Catalogue: 1816)

Mackenzie’s Circulating Library, 129 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. (Catalogue: 1832)

Marshall’s Circulating Library, Upper Corner of Milsom-Street, Bath. (Catalogue: 1808)
Marshall’s Circulating Library, Upper Corner of Milsom-Street, Bath. Additions 1. (Catalogue: 1808)

A. K. Newman and Co’s Circulating Library, Minerva Office, 32 & 33 Leadenhall Street, London (Catalogue: 1814)
A. K. Newman’s Circulating Library, Minerva Office, 32 & 33 Leadenhall Street, London. Additions 1. (Catalogue: 1814)
A. K. Newman’s Circulating Library, Minerva Office, 32 & 33 Leadenhall Street, London. Additions 2. (Catalogue: 1815-16)

Richard’s Library, Queen Street, Cheapside, London. (Catalogue: 1807)

Showell’s Select Circulating Library, 46, New Street, Birmingham. (Catalogue: c. 1835)

Gerrard Tyrrell Circulating Library, Lower Sackville Street, Dublin. (Catalogue: 1834)

Subscription Libraries

Edinburgh Subscription Library, Edinburgh. (Catalogue: 1833)

Liverpool Subscription Library at the Lyceum, Bold-Street, Liverpool. (Catalogue: 1814)
Liverpool Subscription Library at the Lyceum, Bold-Street, Liverpool. Additions 1. (Catalogue: 1820)

Macclesfield Subscription Library, Macclesfield. (Catalogue: 1823)

Manchester Subscription Library, Manchester. (Catalogue: 1818)
Manchester Subscription Library, Manchester. Additions 1. (Catalogue: 1831)

Sheffield Library, Surrey Street, Sheffield. (Catalogue: 1816)
Sheffield Library, Surrey Street, Sheffield. Additions 1. (Catalogue: 1821)
Sheffield Library, Surrey Street, Sheffield. Additions 2. (Catalogue: 1831)

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