Independent Libraries of the United Kingdom

Association of Independent Libraries Directory by foundation date

Here are the Association's member libraries in order of date of foundation. You can go back to the alphabetical list here.

1653 Chetham's Library
pre-1680 Innerpeffray Library
1704 Thomas Plume's Library
1768 The Leeds Library
1788 The Linen Hall Library
1793 The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne
1793 Westerkirk Parish Library
1797 Liverpool: The Athenaeum
1799 Tavistock Subscription Library
1800 The Langholm Library
1806 The Portico Library
1810 Plymouth Proprietary Library
1812 The Plymouth Athenaeum Library
1813 The Devon and Exeter Institution
1816 The Nottingham Subscription Library
1818 The Morrab Library
1823 Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, Library & Archives
1824 Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
1824 Ipswich Institute Reading Room and Library
1832 Bradford Mechanics' Institute Library
1832 Saffron Walden Town Library Society
1834 The Guildford Institute of the University of Surrey
1839 The Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution
1841 The London Library
1854 Birmingham and Midland Institute
1889 Saint Deiniol's Residential Library
1894 Bishopsgate Institute Reference Library
1912 The Armitt Library
1922 Central Catholic Library, Inc.
1928 Sybil Campbell Library

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