A GUIDE TO HISTORY LIBRARIES AND
COLLECTIONS IN LONDON

HEYTHROP COLLEGE LIBRARY


NAME AND ADDRESS

The Library, Heythrop College, Kensington Square, London W8 5HQ
Web address: http://www.heythrop.ac.uk
Email: library@heythrop.ac.uk

TELEPHONE NUMBER

(020) 7795 4250/4254 (history collection)

FAX

(020) 7795 4253

LOCATION

History is located in the Theology Library


HOURS OF OPENING

Please check the web site for up to date information.

Monday - Friday term time 0930 - 1900
Monday - Friday vacations 0930 - 1730
Saturday term time 0930 - 1630

ACCESS

University access arrangements apply for those with University of London status.  Casual readers admitted on a one-off basis.  Disabled access is limited.  Borrowing rights for students registered for Heythrop courses and for those eligible under the M25, SCONUL Access schemes.

For full details of admission check here

READER PLACES

47 in the location of the History Collection.

LIBRARIANS IN CHARGE

Christopher Pedley (Librarian)
L Markey (with responsibility for history)

STAFF AVAILABILITY

A member of staff is always available when the Library is open, although numbers of staff are reduced after 1730 on weekdays, and on Saturdays.

CATALOGUES

Some 100,000 volumes are on the Computer Catalogue out of a total of c. 200,000 volumes in the Library. This includes all periodicals.  There is a card catalogue for the remainder (a separate one for pre-1801 imprints). 

Search the library catalogue

CLASSIFICATION

Library of Congress, modified in some subjects.

STOCK

Some 7,500 secondary titles in ecclesiastical history, with especial emphasis on the history of the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Christian Churches.  Primary sources are held in greater numbers (fathers of the Church, official documents of various kinds) but are difficult to quantify.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR STRENGTHS

The history of early Christianity (up to c. 700), the history of the Papacy, and the history of Christianity, especially Roman Catholicism, in Britain.  There are also strong collections in the history of Church Law and Liturgy.

ADDITIONAL FACILITIES

Photocopying facilities are available.  There is a canteen open to all.


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