Chetham’s Library

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historic library public reference library

Chetham’s Library is a historic public reference library in Manchester, England, renowned as the oldest free public library in the English-speaking world.

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Label Occurrences
Chetham’s Library canonical 4
Chetham's Library 2
Chetham’s Library, Manchester 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic library ⓘ
public reference library ⓘ
accessPolicy free public access ⓘ
adjacentTo Manchester Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
National Football Museum (nearby in Cathedral Gardens) NERFINISHED ⓘ
affiliatedWith Chetham’s School of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle medieval ⓘ
collectionIncludes early printed books ⓘ
incunabula ⓘ
local history materials ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ
music collections ⓘ
collectionSize over 100,000 volumes ⓘ
collectionStrength economics ⓘ
history ⓘ
law ⓘ
local studies ⓘ
theology ⓘ
coordinateLocation 53.485°N 2.244°W ⓘ
country England ⓘ
foundedBy Humphrey Chetham NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus oldest surviving public library in the English-speaking world ⓘ
hasPart medieval cloister ranges ⓘ
oak book presses ⓘ
reading room ⓘ
hasVisitorAttraction table where Marx and Engels are said to have worked ⓘ
hasVisitorGuidedTours yes ⓘ
hasWebsite https://library.chethams.com/ ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
inception 1653 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedIn Chetham’s Hospital complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
Manchester city centre NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity City of Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greater Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInBuilding former Manchester manor house ⓘ
namedAfter Humphrey Chetham NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor associations with Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels ⓘ
being the oldest free public reference library in the English-speaking world ⓘ
well-preserved 17th-century library interior ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
operatedBy Chetham’s Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent established as a free public library for the use of scholars and the general public ⓘ
survived the English Civil War period buildings ⓘ
use reference only ⓘ

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Cathedral Gardens, Manchester → near → Chetham’s Library ⓘ
Hunts Bank → locatedNear → Chetham’s Library ⓘ
Hunts Bank → nearbyLandmark → Chetham’s Library ⓘ
Chetham's School of Music → sharesSiteWith → Chetham’s Library ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chetham's Library
Chetham's School of Music → adjacentTo → Chetham’s Library ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chetham's Library
Victoria Street → hasNearbyLandmark → Chetham’s Library ⓘ
subject surface form: Victoria Street, Manchester
Victoria Street → hasNearbyHistoricSite → Chetham’s Library ⓘ
subject surface form: Victoria Street, Manchester
this entity surface form: Chetham’s Library, Manchester