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- Title
Parochial Libraries in Kent.
- Authors
Shaw, David
- Abstract
Collections of books existed in parish churches before the Reformation, as is shown by the Kentish examples of St Mildred's, Tenterden, and St Dunstan's, Canterbury. Michael Perkin's Directory records thirty post-Reformation parochial libraries for Kent, of which seventeen survive today; of these, nine are simple desk libraries. Thomas Bray's name is associated with many of these collections; he was active in Kent even before leaving for New England. A group of east Kent libraries is looked at in greater detail: Crundale, Doddington, Elham, Maidstone, and Preston, as well as two non-parochial libraries in Canterbury.
- Subjects
KENT (England); ENGLAND; CHURCH libraries; BRAY, Thomas, 1658-1730; HISTORY of libraries; RELIGIOUS libraries
- Publication
Library & Information History, 2011, Vol 27, Issue 4, p239
- ISSN
1758-3489
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1179/175834911X13131454744950