Nottingham Subscription Library

The Nottingham Subscription Library is a subscription library in the UK. It was founded in 1816 and moved to its present location at Bromley House on Angel Row in 1822. This building is grade II* listed and was built as a town house for George Smith, the grandson of the founder of Smith's Bank, the oldest known provincial bank in the country.

As of December 2009^[update] the library has over 1,000 members who pay an annual subscription. The library has a stock of over 35,000 books which includes a good selection of interest to local historians, and a wide selection of 19th and 20th century novels. It also contains more modern items such as audiobooks and DVDs.

Further reading

• Coope, Rosalys (1991). 'Bromley House 1752 - 1991. Four essays celebrating the 175th Anniversary of the foundation of the Nottingham Subscription Library. Nottingham: Nottingham Subscription Library. ISBN 0951749900. 

External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 52°57′13″N 1°09′09″W / 52.9536°N 1.1524°W / 52.9536; -1.1524

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