Last updated |
9th November 2019 |
Name of library |
Salisbury Cathedral Library |
Address |
Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 2EF |
Telephone |
01722 555107 |
Fax |
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E-mail |
library@salcath.co.uk |
Website |
www.salisburycathedral.co.uk |
Alternative names |
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Contact & Job Title |
Emily Naish, Cathedral Archivist |
Purpose & main user community of the library |
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Terms of access |
By appointment in advance |
Opening hours |
9.30-12.30, 2.00-4.30 |
Disabled access |
Access to the Library is via a 37 step spiral staircase. Alternative arrangements to consult specific books for researchers requiring level access can be made. |
Lending to other libraries & visitors |
No |
Number of volumes |
c10,000 |
Periodicals – Back Issues |
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Current Periodicals |
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Other materials |
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Volumes added per year |
Usually less than 15 |
Coverage |
An eclectic mix resulting from the interests of those who donated and bequeathed volumes to the library. Particularly significant is a bequest of c1000 texts (protestant reformation literature) by Bishop Edmund Geste in 1577 and a bequest of c300 texts (medicine, science, astronomy) by Bishop Seth Ward in 1689. The Gillingham parochial library is held on deposit. |
Special Collections |
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Manuscripts |
Collection of c200 manuscripts dating from 9th to 15th centuries including c60 manuscripts written at the Cathedral previous site now known as Old Sarum. |
Research resource |
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Catalogue Type |
An electronic catalogue is in the process of being created and is accessible via the Salisbury Cathedral main website. The majority of the books which have not yet been added to the electronic catalogue have been catalogue on the card catalogue and/or in a catalogue printed in 1880 Catalogue of the Cathedral Library of Salisbury. |
URL of catalogue |
https://collections.salisburycathedral.org.uk/home |
Other facilities |
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Full Time Staff |
1 |
Part Time Staff |
1 |
Voluntary Staff |
20 |
Changes in next five years affecting the above |
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Anything else about the library |
Visitors with a general interest in the library and its holdings can book a place on the ‘Library Tour and Tea’. Other events concerning the library and archive collections are held regularly – further details available on the Salisbury Cathedral website. |