Historic libraries · Central Scotland
Leighton Library
Leighton Library — category A listed building in Stirling, Scotland, UK.
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Leighton Library is a historic library in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1687. Heritage designation: category A listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "category A listed building in Stirling, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 56.1886°, -3.9644°.
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The Leighton Library, or Bibliotheca Leightoniana, in The Cross, Dunblane, is the oldest purpose-built library in Scotland and also has a well-documented history as one of the earliest public-subscription libraries in Scotland. Its collection of around 4,000 volumes and 78 manuscripts from the 16th to 19th century is founded on the personal collection of Robert Leighton (1611–1684), Minister at Newbattle, Principal of Edinburgh University, Bishop of Dunblane and Archbishop of Glasgow. Robert Leighton's personal collection consisted of 1,400 books and the Leighton Library was built to host the books which had been left to Dunblane Cathedral.
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- Coordinates
- 56.1886, -3.9644
- District
- Stirling
- Postcode
- FK15 0AG
- Parliamentary constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan
- Established
- 1687
- Official site
- www.leightonlibrary.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q620788 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Leighton Library (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: The Leighton Library, Dunblane - geograph.org.uk - 242542.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Leighton Library?
- Leighton Library is in Central Scotland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.1886°, -3.9644°.
- When was Leighton Library built?
- Leighton Library dates to 1687 — the Tudor & Stuart period.
- Is Leighton Library a listed building?
- Leighton Library carries the heritage designation "category A listed building" — a protective status under UK heritage law.