Manchester Library & Information Service

Famous figures such as Charles Dickens and William Thackeray attended and spoke at its inauguration.

The number of volumes altogether exceeded half a million and the stock of the lending libraries was arranged according to the Dewey Decimal Classification.

The library was housed in temporary buildings in Piccadilly on the site of the former Manchester Royal Infirmary.

[5] After the vacation of the first town hall in King Street the building was reused for the public lending library.

[8] The community library occupies Elliott House (between Lloyd Street and Jackson's Row).

North City Library, Manchester, UK
Didsbury Library
The original Manchester Town Hall
Coat of arms as used by the libraries in 1899
Seal as used by the libraries in 1899
Chorlton Library