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A B C D E G H I K L M N O P R S T W Y
Accrington Carnegie Public Library, Lancashire, 1908, Designed by: William J. Newton (Borough Engineer), open library
Accrington Carnegie Public Library, 1908
Almondbury Library, Kirklees, 1906, Designed by: K.F. Campbell (Borough Engineer), open library
Annfield Plain Library, Durham, 1908, Architect: Edward Cratney, open library
Annfield Plain Library, 1908
Ashton in Makerfield Library, Wigan, 1906, Architects: J. B. & W. Thornley, open library
Ashton in Makerfield Library, 1906
Askam Library, Cumbria, 1905, Designed by: W. Richardson (District Surveyor), open library
Banbridge Free Library and Technical School, 1902
Bangor Carnegie Library, County Down, 1910, Designed by: Ernest L. Woods (town surveyor), open library
Bangor Carnegie Library, 1910
Barnoldswick (Earby) Library, 1935
Barrow in Furness Library, Cumbria, 1922, Architect: Alderman John Charles, open library
Barrow in Furness Library, 1922
Batley Library, Kirklees, 1907, Architects: Walter Hanstock & Son, open library
Belfast - Carnegie Old park, Belfast, 1906
Belfast - Donegall Road Carnegie Library, 1909
Belfast - Falls Road Library, Belfast, 1908, Architects: Watt and Tullock, open library
Belfast - Falls Road Library, 1908
Benwell and Fenham Library, 1909
Blackpool Central Library, Blackpool, 1911, Architects: Alex Cullen, Lochhead & Brown, open library
Blackpool Central Library, 1911
Bolton - Astley Bridge Branch Library, 1910
Bolton - Farnworth Library, Bolton, 1911, Architect: W.J. Lomax, open library
Bolton - Farnworth Library, 1911
Bolton - Great Lever, 1910
Bolton upon Dearne (Dearne and Wombwell Boxing Club), 1905
Castleford Forum Library & Museum, 1905
Castleford Forum Library & Museum, Castleford, 1905, Architect: G.H. Vernon Cale, open library
Castleton Carnegie Library, 1905
Cleator Moor Library, Cumbria, 1906, Architect: E.M. Martindale, open library
Cleator Moor Library, 1906
Clitheroe Library, Lancashire, 1905, Architects: S. Butterworth & W.H. Duncan, open library
Cockermouth Library, Cumbria, 1904, Architect: A. Marsh (Son of Cockermouth District Surveyor), open library
Cockermouth Library, 1904
Dalton in Furness Library, Cumbria, 1905
Darwen Library and Theatre, Lancashire, 1908, Architects: Fred Harrison & Charles Spencer Haywood, open library
Darwen Library and Theatre, 1908
Doncaster - Mexborough library, 1907
Eccles Gateway Library, Salford, 1907, Architect: Edward Potts (Potts Son & Hennings), open library
Eccles Gateway Library, 1907
Ellesmere Port Library, 1910
Gainsborough Library, Lincolnshire, 1905, Architect: H.G. Gamble, open library
Gainsborough Library, 1905
Gateshead Central Library, Gateshead, 1926, Architect: David William Ditchburn, open library
Gateshead Central Library, 1926
Harrogate Library, North Yorkshire, 1906, Architect: Henry Thomas Hare, open library
Hartlepool Headland Library, 1904
Haslingden Library, Lancashire, 1905, open library
Haslingden Library, Lancashire, 1905
Heckmondwike Library, Kirklees, 1911, Architect: Henry Stead, open library
Heckmondwike Library, 1911
Heywood Library, Rochdale, 1906, Architects: North & Robin, open library
Horbury Library, Wakefield, 1906, Architect: Benjamin Watson, open library
Horbury Library, Wakefield, 1906
Hull - Kingston-upon-Hull Carnegie Library, 1905
Hull - Sproatley Institute, 1912
Ilkley Library, Bradford, 1907, Architect: William Bakewell, open library
Keighley Library, Bradford, 1904, Architects: Arthur Ernest McKewan & James Arthur Swan, open library
Kendal Library, Cumbria, 1909, Architect: T.F. Pennington, open library
Larne Carnegie Library, 1906
Leeds - Bramley Library, Leeds, 1927, Architects: George Herbert Foggitt & J. Addison, open library
Leeds - Bramley Library, Leeds, 1927
Leeds - Burley Library, 1926
Leeds - Compton Road Library (Harehills), Leeds, 1927, Architect: Arthur William Kenyon, open library
Leeds - Compton Road Library (Harehills), Leeds, 1927
Leeds - Morley Library, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1906, Designed by: W.E. Putman (Borough Engineer), open library
Leeds - Morley Library, 1906
Lindal & Marton Reading Room, Cumbria, 1905
Littleborough Library, Rochdale, 1903, Architects: S. Butterworth & W.H. Duncan, open library
Littleborough Library, 1903
Liverpool - Crosby Library, Liverpool, 1905
Liverpool - Garston Library, Liverpool, 1909, Designed by: Thomas Shelmerdine (Corporation Architect and Surveyor), open library
Liverpool - Garston Library, 1909
Liverpool - Old Swan Library, Liverpool, 1913, Designed by: Thomas Shelmerdine (Corporation Architect and Surveyor), open library
Liverpool - Old Swan Library, 1913
Liverpool - Sefton Park Library, Liverpool, 1911, Designed by: Thomas Shelmerdine (Corporation Architect and Surveyor), open library
Liverpool - Sefton Park Library, 1911
Liverpool - Walton and Fazakerley Library, 1911
Liverpool - Waterloo Library, 1908
Liverpool - West Derby (Tue Brook), 1905
Lurgan Library, County Armagh, 1906, Architect: Henry William Edward Hobart, open library
Manchester - Chorlton Library, Manchester , 1914, Designed by: Henry Price (City Architect), open library
Manchester - Chorlton Library, 1914
Manchester - Didsbury Library, Manchester, 1915, Designed by: Henry Price (City Architect), open library
Manchester - Didsbury Library, 1915
Manchester - Failsworth Library, Manchester, 1909, Architects: Ernest Ogden & Percy Cartwright Hoy, open library
Manchester - Failsworth Library, 1909
Manchester - Levenshulme Library, 1904
Manchester - Radcliffe library, Manchester, 1907, Architect: Henry Lord, open library
Manchester - Radcliffe library, 1907
Manchester - Withington Library, Manchester, 1927, Designed by: Henry Price (City Architect), open library
Manchester - Withington Library, 1927
Middlesbrough Central Library, Middlesbrough, 1912, Architect: Sir Thomas Edwin Cooper, open library
Middlesbrough Central Library, 1912
Milnrow Library, Rochdale, 1908, Architects: S. Butterworth & W.H. Duncan, open library
Neston Library, Cheshire West and Chester, 1907, Architects: Green Knowles & Russell, open library
Neston Library, Cheshire West and Chester, 1907
New Mills Library, Derbyshire, 1910, Architect: Richard Bassnett Preston, open library
Newton-le-Willows Library (Newton in Makerfield)(Earlestown), St Helens, 1909, Architect: J. Myrtle Smith, open library
Newton-le-Willows Library (Newton in Makerfield)(Earlestown), 1909
Normanton Library, West Yorkshire, 1907
Oswaldtwistle Carnegie Library, Lancashire, 1915, Architect: Frank Quentery Farmer, open library
Oswaldtwistle Carnegie Library, 1915
Portadown Library, Portadown UDC, 1905
Rawmarsh Carnegie Library, 1905
Rawtenstall Library, Lancashire, 1906, Architects: Crouch Butler & Savage, open library
Rawtenstall Library, 1906
Royton Library, Oldham, 1907, Architects: S. Butterworth & W.H. Duncan, open library
Scarborough Library, North Yorkshire, 1904, open library
Scarborough Library, North Yorkshire, 1904
Shipley Library, Shipley, West Yorkshire, 1906
Skipton Library, North Yorkshire, 1910, Architects: J. W. Broughton & J. Hartley, open library
Sowerby Bridge Library, Sowerby Bridge, 1905, Designed by: C.L. Whitehead (council surveyor), open library
Sowerby Bridge Library, Sowerby Bridge, 1905
St Anne's on Sea Library, Lancashire, 1906, Architect: John Dent Harker, open library
St Anne's on Sea Library, 1906
Liverpool- Stanley Road Reading Room (Kirkdale Library), 1911
Sunderland - Hendon Carnegie Library, 1908
Sunderland - Hendon Carnegie Library, 1908
Sunderland - Kayll Road West Branch Library, Sunderland, 1909, Architect: Hugh Taylor Decimus Hedley, open library
Sunderland - Kayll Road West Branch Library, 1909
Sunderland - Monkwearmouth Branch Library, 1909
Thatto Heath Library, St Helens, 1915, Designed by: Arthur W. Bradley (Borough Engineer), open library
Thatto Heath Library, 1915
Thornaby-on-Tees Library, 1904
Tinsley Library, Sheffield, 1905
Waberthwaite and Corney Institute, 1911
Wakefield - Drury Lane Library, 1906
Walkley Library, South Yorkshire, 1905, Architects: William Frederick Hemsoll & Henry Leslie Paterson, open library
Wallasey (Liscard) Central Library, Wirral, 1911, Architects: R.B. MacColl & George Edward Tonge, open library
Wallasey (Liscard) Central Library, 1911
Westhoughton Library, Bolton, 1906, Architects: Halsall, Tonge & Campbell, open library
Westhoughton Library, 1906
Whitehaven Library, Cumbria, 1906, Architects: Greig, Fairbairn & Macniven, open library
Wombwell Library, South Yorkshire, 1907, Architect: Arthur B. Linford, open library
York Central Library, York, 1927, Architects: Brierley and Rutherford, open library
York Central Library, 1927