Hereford Cathedral Library
Hereford
5 College Cloisters, Hereford, HR1 2NG
01432 374225
Dr Rosemary Firman, Cathedral Librarian
To care for the cathedral’s historic collections of books, archives, images and objects (including the Hereford Mappa Mundi and the Hereford Cathedral Chained Library); to provide appropriate access to them for researchers at all levels, students and members of the public, through reading room access, exhibitions, talks and visits, online catalogues and social media; to provide a modern lending and reference library which supports religious studies and research on the cathedral’s history.
Open to all, free of charge
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10am–4pm; 1st Saturday of each month 10am–1pm. Other times by appointment.
Lift to all floors, accessible toilet, parking by arrangement
Lending library open to all; inter-library loan of lending books on request; loans of historic books and documents to exhibitions.
c20,000
90 titles (total, including current)
30 titles
Archives, images (including digital), museum objects
c.300
Books from the 8th century to the present, mainly on religious and historical subjects.
Library of the Hereford College of Vicars Choral; Library of All Saints Parish Church Hereford; More Parish Library (on deposit); Library of Lady Hawkins School Kington (on deposit).
229 medieval manuscript books
Printed books online; medieval manuscripts published catalogue; archives partly on TNA Discovery
Microfilm reader; photocopying
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