List of libraries in Leeds
This is a list of libraries in Leeds, England, United Kingdom.
Libraries
[edit]- Allerton Bywater Library
- Ardsley and Tingley Library[1]
- Armley Heights Library
- Armley Library[1]
- Beeston Library[1]
- Belle Isle Library
- Boston Spa Library[1]
- Bramley Library[1]
- Broad Lane Library
- Burley Branch Library[2]
- Calverley Library[1]
- Catholic Literary Institute library, est.1851 [3]
- Chapel Allerton Library[1]
- Chapeltown Library[1]
- Compton Road Library[2]
- Cow Close Community Corner
- Crossgates Library[1]
- Dewsbury Road Library[1]
- Drighlington Library
- Farsley Library[1]
- Foreign Circulating Library, est.1778[4]
- Garforth Library[1]
- Gildersome Library[1]
- Guiseley Library[1]
- Halton Library[1]
- Hawksworth library[1]
- Headingley Library[1]
- Heaton's Circulating Library[5]
- Hebrew Literary Society library, est.1907 [3]
- Holbeck Library[2]
- Holt Park Library[1]
- Horsforth Library[1]
- Hunslet Library[1]
- Hunslet Subscription Library[5]
- Industrial Co-operative Society Library[2]
- Ireland Wood Library
- Kippax Library[1]
- Kirkgate Market library[1]
- Kirkstall Library[2]
- Law Library[6]
- Leeds Arts University library[7]
- Leeds Beckett University library[7]
- Leeds Central Library[1][8]
- Leeds Conservatoire library[7]
- Leeds Institute of Science, Art and Literature library[9]
- Leeds Libraries
- Leeds Library, est.1768[10]
- Leeds Mechanics' Institute library, 1824-1940[6][3]
- Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society library[2][5]
- Leeds Trinity University library[7]
- Lofthouse Library
- Meanwood Library
- Medical Library, est.1768[4]
- Methley Library
- Middleton Library[1]
- Moor Allerton Library[1]
- Morley library[1]
- New Subscription Library, est.1793[4][11]
- Oakwood Library[1]
- Old Library, Dewsbury Road
- Osmondthorpe Library
- Otley Library[1]
- Pudsey Library[1]
- Quaker Meeting House library[3]
- Rawdon Community Library
- Richmond Hill Library
- Rothwell Library[1]
- Scholes Library, Leeds[1]
- Seacroft Library[1]
- Sheepscar Branch Library[2]
- St James's University Hospital Library
- Swarcliffe Library
- Swillington Library
- Swinnow Library
- Thoresby Society library[6]
- University of Leeds Library, est.1874[12][13][3]
- Wetherby Library[1]
- Whinmoor Library[1]
- Woodhouse Free Library
- Yeadon Library[1]
- York Road Library and Baths
- Yorkshire College Library[6]
- Yorkshire Naturalists' Society Library[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 "Libraries", libraries.leeds.gov.uk, UK: Leeds City Council, retrieved 2026-03-04
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Leeds", Libraries, museums and art galleries year book 1928-29 (6th ed.), London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1928, p. 56+ – via HathiTrust
- 1 2 3 4 5 Peter S. Morrish (2019), Libraries in Leeds: A Historical Survey, 1152 – c.1939, Leeds: Thoresby Society, ISBN 978-0-900741-79-1
- 1 2 3 Rebecca Bowd (2013). "Useful Knowledge or Polite Learning? A Reappraisal of Approaches to Subscription Library History". Library & Information History. 29 (3). UK: Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals. doi:10.1179/1758348913Z.00000000038. (Case study of Leeds)
- 1 2 3 Robin Alston, "Libraries in England to 1850", Library History Database, archived from the original on 2009-07-15 – via Wayback Machine
- 1 2 3 4 5 James Clegg, ed. (1899), "Public Libraries in the United Kingdom", International Directory of Booksellers and Bibliophile's Manual, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., pp. 234–253 – via HathiTrust
- 1 2 3 4 "Membership", academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk, UK: Academic Libraries North, retrieved 2026-03-04
- ↑ James Clegg, ed. (1899), "Municipal Free Libraries in the United Kingdom", International Directory of Booksellers and Bibliophile's Manual, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., pp. 207–233 – via HathiTrust
- ↑ Bob Duckett (1996). "Friend or Foe?: the Northern Counties Library Association 1900–1922". Library History. 12 (1). doi:10.1179/lib.1996.12.1.155.
Libraries represented in the Northern Counties Library Association 1900-1914
- ↑ "Our Libraries", independentlibraries.co.uk, UK: Independent Libraries Association, retrieved 2026-03-04
- ↑ Geoffrey Forster; Alan Bell (2006), Alistair Black; Peter Hoare (eds.), "The subscription libraries and their members", Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain & Ireland Volume 3: 1850–2000, Cambridge University Press, doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521780971.014
- ↑ "Institutions: United Kingdom", europeana.eu, Netherlands: Europeana Foundation, retrieved 2026-03-04
- ↑ "Members", rluk.ac.uk, London: Research Libraries UK, retrieved 2026-03-04
- 1 2 3 4 "Libraries", leeds.ac.uk, University of Leeds, retrieved 2026-03-04
Further reading
[edit]- Thomas Kelly (1973). "Some Case Studies". History of Public Libraries in Great Britain 1845-1965. London: Library Association. pp. 40–65. OCLC 898814 – via Internet Archive. (Includes section about Leeds)
External links
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