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SITE AND PLAN
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Town. | At end of the Years. | ||||
1875. | 1880. | 1885. | 1890. | 1895. | |
Birmingham . | 57,081 | Burnt out in 1879 |
104,286 | 132,732 | 155,633 |
Bolton | 37,235 | 45,466 | 55,121 | 68,061 | 83,679 |
Cardiff | 8,310 | 11,810 | 18,302 | 33,509 | 55,080 |
Glasgow | ... | 33,019 | 62,382 | 87,193 | 116,000 |
Leeds | 37,464 | 52,711 | 73,023 | 84,930 | 99,090 |
Liverpool | 60,808 | 72,406 | 86,429 | 96,689 | 108,279 |
Manchester | 55,000 | 70,000 | 82,000 | 95,400 | 107,000 |
Nottingham | 20,579 | 27,108 | 51,366 | 68,535 | 81,436 |
Town. | For the Years | ||||
1875. | 1880. | 1885. | 1890. | 1895. | |
Birmingham | 365,251 | 410,100 | 614,428 | 621,460 | 641,371 |
Bolton | 194,102 | 240,708 | 264,421 | 318,653 | 443,909 |
Cardiff | 26,076 | 54,171 | 91,372 | 137,204 | 179,781 |
Glasgow | ... | 390,732 | 468,056 | Removed to new Premesis | 513,456 |
Leeds | 275,882 | 362,299 | 501,766 | 431,436 | 504,989 |
Liverpool | 517,393 | 577,772 | 650,152 | 619,748 | 619,259 |
Manchester | 61,213 | 203,194 | 283,232 | 307,785 | 416,100 |
Nottingham | 143,096 | 160,562 | 319,573 | 333,807 | 397,446 |
The central libraries at Manchester, opened in 1852, at Leeds, opened in 1872, at Glasgow, opened in 1877, have all outgrown their original buildings,