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Warrington Circulating Library

The Warrington Circulating Library of Warrington, England, was a subscription library established in 1760. It became part of the Warrington Museum in 1848. Supporters included Joseph Priestley.

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The Warrington Circulating Library of Warrington, England, was a subscription library established in 1760.1nb 1 It became part of the Warrington Museum in 1848.34 Supporters included Joseph Priestley.5

Notes

Notes

  1. Historian Edward Baines referred to it as the "General Subscription Library at Warrington."2
References

References

  1. Paul Kaufman (1967). "The Community Library: A Chapter in English Social History". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 57. JSTOR 1006043. Check List of Subscription Libraries in England
  2. Edward Baines (1825). History, Directory, and Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster. Vol. 2. Liverpool: Wm. Wales & Co.
  3. Catalogue of the Leeds Library. 1889.
  4. Proposals for the establishment of a 'Warrington Museum and Library' under the 8th and 9th Vic. c. 43 by merging therewith the Warrington Town Library and the Museum of the Natural History Society, 1848
  5. "Dr. Priestly and his Relation to Proprietary Libraries". Monthly Notes of the Library Association of the United Kingdom (3). 15 March 1880.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Catalogue of Books in the Warrington Circulating Library. 1809.