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JERSEY chi Jersey Public Library 1736 ST AUBIN'S chi St Aubin's Newspaper Club 1810? Jersey & Guernsey Pocket Guide, 1811. ST HELIER chi Angot's Circulating Library 1790? [? Angot] ST HELIER chi British & Jersey Library 1821? ST HELIER chi Chevalier's Circulating Library 1809? [J.A. Chevalier] Summer Stroll, 1809. Chevalier also had a circulating library in St Peter Port. ST HELIER chi Collins' Circulating Library 1820? [Edwin Collins] J.E. Collins had a reading room and library in St Peter Port. ST HELIER chi De Fries' Circulating Library 1809? [J. De Fries] Summer Stroll ... Jersey & Guersney, 1809. ST HELIER chi Falle Library 1748 Subscriptions abolished in 1874 - but not a lending library. ST HELIER chi Le Feuvre's Beresford Library 1825? [C. Le Feuvre] Label in John Johnson. ST HELIER chi Mechanics' Institution 1849 ST HELIER chi Mourant's Circulating Library 1809? [Philippe Mourant] Summer Stroll, 1809. ST HELIER chi Stead's Circulating Library 1809? [? Stead] Summer Stroll, 1809. ST HELIER chi Vonberg's Circulating Library 1815? [D. Vonberg] ST HELIER chi Weston's Circulating Library 1840? [? Weston] Label in Priaulx Library. ST PETER PORT chi Barbet's Circulating Library 1840? [Stephen Barbet] Label in Priaulx Library. Barbet published a guide to the island ca. 1842. ST PETER PORT chi Bredthafft's Circulating Library 1820? [P. Bredthafft] Label in Priaulx Library. ST PETER PORT chi Chevalier's Circulating Library 1820? [J.A. Chevalier] French books presumably? Label in Priaulx Library. ST PETER PORT chi Church Visiting & Parochial Library 1840? Cat. (Guernsey, 1850) in Priaulx Library. ST PETER PORT chi Collins' Circulating Library 1825? [J.E. Collins] Label (with Rules) in Priaulx Library - "Fashionable Modern Circulating Library" - refers to catalogue. Collins also had a Reading Room. ST PETER PORT chi Dumaresq's Circulating Library 1820? [Ph. Dumaresq] French books - Label in Priaulx Library ("Bibliotheque Circulaire"). Printed advertisements in Priaulx Library. ST PETER PORT chi Elizabeth College 1563 Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. New charter in 1825. Printed label in Franks. ST PETER PORT chi Gray's Circulating Library 1830? [Mrs ? Gray] Label in Franks & Priaulx Library. ST PETER PORT chi Greffe Library 1605? The Greffe. ST PETER PORT chi Guerin's Circulating Library 1820? [? Guerin] Label in John Johnson; Priaulx Library [1840?]. ST PETER PORT chi Guernsey Mechanics' Institution 1832 Guille-Alles Library. Cat. 1852. ST PETER PORT chi Hicks' Circulating Library 1826 [J.G. Hicks] - 1840? BBTI. Guide to the Island of Guernsey, 1826. Rules [1826?] Priaulx Library; [1830?] Priaulx Library. ST PETER PORT chi Sarnian Library 1819 J. Jacob, Annals ... Guernsey, 1830. Report (1829) in Priaulx Library. Label in Priaulx Library. ST PETER PORT chi Vaudin's Circulating Library 1830?

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[? Vaudin] Presumably French books? Label in Priaulx Library. ST PETER PORT chi Whiteley's Circulating Library 1820? [Thomas Whiteley] Label in John Johnson. ST SAVIOUR chi St Saviour's Church Library 1650? MS list in Priaulx Library. Disappeared in War. ISLE OF MAN A most valuable websire for the history of the Isle of Man is that maintained by Frances Coakley. It provides full texts of all the important primary sources, many of which are rare or difcult to locate: www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/manx/fulltext/ ANDREAS iom Parochial Library 1699+ Perkin's list. ARBORY iom Parochial Library 1699+ Perkin's list. BALLAUGH iom Parochial Library 1699+ Perkin's list. BRADDAN iom Parochial Library 1699+ Perkin's list. CASTLETOWN iom Castletown Library Society 1805? Manx Advertiser, 12 December, 1807. CASTLETOWN iom King William's College 1833 (Archives) DOUGLAS iom Briscoe's Circulating Library 1790? [? Briscoe] Rules in John Johnson. Possibly Joseph or Christopher Briscoe? DOUGLAS iom Calvin's Circulating Library 1825 [John Calvin] BBTI. DOUGLAS iom Dillon's Circulating Library 1810? [William Dillon] Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1837. Isle of Man Guide; also Quiggin's Guide, 1839. DOUGLAS iom Douglas Public Library 1807 Cat. 1832 (Manx Museum). DOUGLAS iom Isle of Man Library 1830? Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1837. Listed in Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1847. DOUGLAS iom Isle of Man Museum 1830? Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1837. (Archives) DOUGLAS iom Jefferson's Circulating Library 1820? [George Jefferson] - 1837. Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1837. Isle of Man Guide; also Quiggin's Guide, 1839. DOUGLAS iom King William's College 1833. Fire in 1844. DOUGLAS iom Lane's Circulating Library 1798? [Luke Lane & Son] BL copy of Aberford, 1798. - 1825? DOUGLAS iom Mechanics' Institution 1830? Quiggin's Guide, 1839. DOUGLAS iom Mechanics' Institution 1840 Same as Mechanics' Library? DOUGLAS iom Mylrea's Circulating Library 1840? [John Mylrea] Listed in Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1847. DOUGLAS iom News Rooms 1830? Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1837. DOUGLAS iom Quiggin's Circulating Library 1840? [Mary A. Quiggin] Listed in Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1847. DOUGLAS iom Record Ofce 1830? Pigot's Directory of Scotland, 1837. GERMAN iom Parochial Library 1699+ Perkin's list. JURBY iom Parochial Library 1699+ Perkin's list. KIRK BRIDE iom Parochial Library 1699+ Perkin's list. LEZAYRE iom Parochial Library 1699+ Perkin's list. LONAN iom Parochial Library 1699+ Perkin's list. MALEW iom Parochial Library 1699+ Perkin's list. MAROWN iom Parochial Library 1699+ Perkin's list. MICHAEL iom Parochial Library 1699+ Perkin's list. ONCHAN iom Parochial Library 1699+

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Perkin's list. PATRICK iom Parochial Library 1699+ Perkin's list. RAMSEY iom Parochial Library 1699+ Perkin's list. RUSHEN iom Parochial Library 1699+ Perkin's list. SANTAN iom Parochial Library 1699+ Perkin's list. ISLE OF WIGHT ARRETON iow Parochial Library 1670? Chained library. Perkin's list. COWES iow Mechanics' Institution 1849 Short lived? COWES iow Moir's Circulating Library 1823 [Robert Moir] BBTI. FRESHWATER iow Freshwater School 1714 A.F. Leach, VCH, Hampshire, II, pp/ 251-408. GODSHILL iow Free Grammar School 1500? A.F. Leach, VCH, Hampshire, II, pp/ 251-408. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. LYMINGTON iow Grammar School 1668 A.F. Leach, VCH, Hampshire, II, pp/ 251-408. NEWPORT iow Athenaeum & Mechanics' Institution 1825 Defunct in 1865. NEWPORT iow Free Grammar School 1618 A.F. Leach, VCH, Hampshire, II, pp/ 251-408. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. History 1950 BL 8369.p.29. NEWPORT iow General Baptist Chapel 1728 In Pyle Street from 1728-74; then moved to High Street. Books bequeathed by Sarah Sparks in 1847. An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in South West England. HMSO, 1991. NEWPORT iow Isle of Wight Institution 1810 - 1889. Cats. 1818 (Isle of Wight RO), 1848 (Sothampton PL). Minyes (Isle of Wight RO). NEWPORT iow Literary & Scientic Institution 1848 1851 Census. NEWPORT iow Newport Subscription Library 1801 Short lived? NEWPORT iow Parochial Library 1834 A Bray library. NEWPORT iow Parochial Library 1834 Bray library. Perkin's list. NEWPORT iow Vectis Reading Society 1820? NEWPORT iow Waterworth's Circulating Library 1795 [E. Waterworth] NEWPORT iow Wise's Circulating Library 1790? [Mary & Ann Wise] > E. Waterworth. RYDE iow Banks' Circulating Library 1800? [? Banks] - 1811. > Williams & Collier. RYDE iow Browne's Circulating Library 1819 [? Browne] - 1828. RYDE iow Hellyer's Circulating Library 1828 [Philip F. Hellyer] - 1839. BBTI. RYDE iow Literary & Scientic Institution 1849 Defunct by 1858? RYDE iow Ryde & Cowes Mechanics' Institution 1841 Short lived? RYDE iow Williams & Collier's Circulating Library 1811 [Mrs Ann Williams & Henry Collier] - 1814. RYDE iow Williams' Circulating Library 1814 [Mrs Ann Williams] - 1819? RYDE iow Williams' Circulating Library 1839 [Miss Williams] SHORWELL iow Parochial Library 1670? Chained library. Perkin's list. VENTNOR iow Ventnor & Bonchurch Literary & Scientic Institution 1847 Survied till 1940. WEST COWES iow Coombes' Circulating Library 1793? [J. Coombes] - 1799. WEST COWES iow Coombes' Circulating Library 1799 [T. Coombes] - 1818. WEST COWES iow Moir's Circulating Library 1820?

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[Robert Moir] - 1839. Pigot, 1823. WEST COWES iow Seamen's Library 1821 Hampshire Chronicle, 14 May, 1821. YARMOUTH iow Bright's Circulating Library 1831? [Jane Bright] BBTI. YARMOUTH iow Bright's Circulating Library 1844? [Ann Bright] BBTI. ORKNEYS BIRSAY ork Parochial Library 1841 170 vols. by 1841 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XV, p. 154. KIRKWALL ork Congregational Library 1827 KIRKWALL ork Grammar [Burgh] School 1544? KIRKWALL ork Kirkwall Bibliothek 1683 Cats. 1816, 1844 (Kirkwall PL). Minutes 1817-90 (Kirkwall Museum). Became the Orkney Library in 1815. Sold in 1891; bought by Archdeacon Craven who compiled a catalogue in 1897. All books now in Aberdeen University. KIRKWALL ork Kirkwall Public Library 1815? [Orkney Library] - 1890. Listed in Pigot's New Commercial Directory of Scotland for 1826-7. Records (Tankerness Museum). SANDWICK ork Parochial Library 1830? Founded by Rev. Charles Clouston. The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XV, p. 67. STROMNESS ork Sabbath School 1830? The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XV, p. 38. STROMNESS ork Stromness Library 1819 - 1841. Cat. 1829 (Stromness PL). The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XV, p. 38. WESTRAY ork Itinerating Library 1825? Founded by Thomas Balfour. The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XV, p. 131. SCILLY ISLES ST MARY'S sci Parochial Library 1729 A Bray library. ST MARY'S sci St Mary's Reading Society 1820? - 1822? G. Wo SHETLANDS CUNNINGSBURGH she Parochial Library 1830? The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XV, p. 95. DUNROSSNESS she Parochial Library 1830? The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XV, p. 95. FETLAR she Parochial Library 1830? 200 vols. by 1841 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XV, p. 34. NORTH YELL she Parochial Library 1830? The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XV, p. 34. UNST she Parochial Library 1823 300 vols. by 1841 - The New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1845. Vol. XV, p. 95. SKYE SKYE sky Kyleakin Library 1820 Inverness Journal, 14 July, 1820. Last updated 02-07-99

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