AMPTHILL Giberne's Circulating Library 1773 [Daniel Giberne]
Northampton Mercury, 27 December, 1773.
AMPTHILL Literary Society 1845?
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
AMPTHILL Mechanics' Institution 1850
1851 Census.
BEDFORD Archaeological & Architectural Society 1847
Correspondence, registers, library cat., accounts, 1847-1987. Catalogue: Bedfordshire RO.
BEDFORD Assembly & Reading Room 1845?
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854.
BEDFORD Barnes' Circulating Library 1805? [J. Barnes]
Northampton Mercury, 29 October, 1808. Succeeded by J. Bedford.
BEDFORD Bedford Reading Room 1825
J.H. Matthiason, Bedford, 1831, p. 169.
BEDFORD Bedford's Circulating Library 1809? [J. Bedford]
Northampton Mercury, 11 February, 1809. Catalogue: 1809.
BEDFORD Free Grammar School 1160
A.F. Leach, VCH, Bedfordshire, II, pp. 149-180. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861. History 1925 BL 08364.g.26.
BEDFORD Grant's Circulating Library 1821 [W.P. Grant]
Northampton Mercury, 14 July, 1821. Catalogue: 1821.
BEDFORD Gray's Circulating Library 1829 [William Gray]
BBTI.
BEDFORD Independent Book Club 1820?
See R. Phillips, Personal Tour, 1829, pp. 17-18. 791.h.32.
BEDFORD Literary & Scientific Institute 1700
1851 Census. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854.
Catalogue: 1892 - 11900.bb.76. Minutes, reports, loans, rules &c. (Bedfordshire RO).
BEDFORD Merry's Circulating Library 1825? [C.B. Merry]
BEDFORD Old Library 1700 [Bedford General Library]
The deed of gift reprinted by Thomas Fisher in Gentleman's Magazine, 1817, ii, 135-36, 578.
Originally kept in the Vestry of St John's Church. Listed in Kelly's Directory of Berkshire,
Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, 1854. Bedford County Library. 550 survive.
BEDFORD Protestant Book Society 1790?
BEDFORD Reading Room & Library 1826 -1859.
Minutes, catalogue (Befordshire RO).
BEDFORD Sharp's Circulating Library 1780? [George Sharpe]
BEDFORD Smart's Circulating Library 1753? [William Smart]
Northampton Mercury, 9 July, 1753.
BEDFORD Smith's Circulating Library 1791 [William Smith]
Northampton Mercury, 8 October, 1791. Succeeded by James Webb.
BEDFORD Town & County Library 1839
BBTI.
BEDFORD Webb's Circulating Library 1790? [James Webb]
1790?-1840? BBTI.
BEDFORD Webb's Circulating Library 1805 [James Webb]
Northampton Mercury, 9 November, 1805. Succeeded William Smith.
Labels in Bedford RO; Franks; John Johnson. Catalogue: 1805. Label in Franks.
BEDFORD Wood's Circulating Library 1810? [John Wood]
Bill in Bedford RO.
BIGGLESWADE Free School 1557
A.F. Leach, VCH, Bedfordshire, II, pp. 149-180.
BIGGLESWADE Gardiner's Circulating Library 1839 [W.W. & C.T. Gardiner]
BBTI.
BIGGLESWADE Mechanics' Institution 1850
1851 Census.
BROMHAM Parochial Library 1740
Founded by Thomas Lord Trevor in 1740. N & Q, 1882,vi,258. Catalogue: 1961 - 2724.c.4. 860+ survive. Perkin's list.
CADDINGTON Caddington School 1666
Founded by Sir George Coppin. William Cowper was a pupil. VCH Bedfordshire. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
CADDINGTON Parochial Library 1720?
All gone. Perkin's list.
CARDINGTON Parochial Library 1788
Bedford County Library. 157 survive. Perkin's list.
CRANFIELD Cranfield Book Society 1705?
SPCK Archives, 4 April, 1709.
CRANFIELD Parochial Library 1715
All gone.
DUNSTABLE Dunstable School 1200?
A.F. Leach, VCH, Bedfordshire, II, pp. 149-180.
DUNSTABLE Reading Room 1845?
1851 Census.
GREAT GRANSDEN Parochial Library 1793?
1 survives. Perkin's list.
HOUGHTON CONQUEST Free School 1632
A.F. Leach, VCH, Bedfordshire, II, pp. 149-180. Crockford's Scholastic Directory for 1861.
KEMPSTON Crowsley's Circulating Library 1839 [Samuel Crowsley]
BBTI.
LUTON Hill's Circulating Library 1825? [William Hill]
R. Phillips, Personal Tour, 1829, p. 7.
LUTON Parochial Library 1650?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
MEPPERSHALL Meppershall Book Club 1704?
Started by Rev. Thomas Salmon. E. McClure, Chapter in English Church History, 1888, pp. 271-2.
PODINGTON Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
SHEFFORD Literary Institute 1845?
Slater's National & Commercial Directory, 1850.
SHEFFORD Stafford's Circulating Library 1839? [Charles Stafford]
BBTI.
STREATLEY Parochial Library 1729
A Bray library.
TURVEY National School Institute 1845?
Accounts & Papers. 1852-53. Education. 1854. Based on 1851 Census.
WOBURN Croft's Circulating Library 1839? [William Croft]
BBTI.
WOBURN Parochial Library 1670?
Chained library. Perkin's list.
YELDEN Parochial Library 1849
Founded by E.S. Buntin, the Vicar. 400 survive - Bedford County Library. Perkin's list.