Lambeth Palace Library

The Library contains over 4,600 manuscripts and immense quantities of archives, dating from the ninth century to the present. Amongst them are some 600 medieval manuscripts, Tudor and Stuart papers, the Carew papers for the history of Ireland, and correspondence and papers of archbishops, bishops, churchmen and statesmen.

Printed books in the Library number almost 200,000, including some 30,000 items printed before 1700. Many are unique, or are distinguished by their provenance or by special bindings. In 1996, the Library’s holdings were augmented by the transfer from Sion College Library of c.35,000 printed books published before 1850, together with the Sion College collection of manuscripts.

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Reading Room
Catalogues
Conservation

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