Leeds Library

Leeds Library

The Leeds Library is the oldest surviving subscription library in the UK. It was founded in 1768 following an advertisement placed in the Leeds Intelligencer earlier that year. The first secretary was Joseph Priestley. The library moved several time in its early years before settling in the purpose built premises on Commercial Street, Leeds on 4 July 1808. This building is grade II* listed.

The library has 500 proprietary members as well as a number of associate members who pay an annual subscription. The library is estimated to have a stock of over 140 000 volumes. It also contains more modern items such as audiobooks and DVDs. The library's extensive collection is frequently used by researchers who are not members.

The library holdings also incorporate the stock of the short lived Leeds Foreign Library. The Foreign Library was founded in 1782 and incorporated into the Leeds Library in 1814.

Further reading

*cite book
last =Forster
first =Geoffrey
title ='A Very Good Public Library': early years of the Leeds Library
publisher =Allenholme Press
year =2001
location =Wylam
isbn = 1873383096
*cite book
last =Beckwith
first =Frank
title =The Leeds Library 1768-1968
year =1968
location =Leeds?

External links

* [http://www.independentlibraries.co.uk/dir_leeds.htm Association of Independent Libraries directory entry]
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