Independent Libraries of the United Kingdom

Association of Independent Libraries Directory by foundation date

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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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