Last updated |
11th February 2005 |
Name of library |
Cranston Library |
Address |
St Mary’s Parish Church, Chart Lane, Reigate. RH2 7RN |
Telephone |
01737 221100 |
Fax |
01737 249462 |
E-mail |
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Website |
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Alternative names |
Charity of the Reverend Andrew Cranston for a Library |
Contact & Job Title |
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Purpose & main user community of the library |
Purpose and main user community of the library Historical and antiquarian study and general public interest. |
Terms of access |
By appointment |
Opening hours |
By arrangement |
Disabled access |
Access by narrow steep ancient wooden staircase. |
Lending to other libraries & visitors |
No. For study, exhibition and research. References may be required. |
Number of volumes |
3,000 |
Periodicals – Back Issues |
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Current Periodicals |
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Other materials |
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Volumes added per year |
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Coverage |
C17th and C18th Quaker and anti-Quaker |
Special Collections |
Granville Sharp Donation |
Manuscripts |
Listed in Kerr and Piper Medival Manuscripts in Brisih Libraries IV 1993, pp. 198-204. |
Research resource |
C16-C18 |
Catalogue Type |
Card; Microfiche; and C19 printed |
URL of catalogue |
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Other facilities |
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Full Time Staff |
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Part Time Staff |
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Voluntary Staff |
8 trustees |
Changes in next five years affecting the above |
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Anything else about the library |
Founded in 1701 as a public lending library. The only library excepted from the provisions of the Parochial Libraries Act, 1708. Registered with the Charity Commissioners No. 237990 |