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News Stories
- 10 December 2021: Dunblane's historic Leighton Library awarded £30,000 by The Pilgrim Trust towards restoration appeal
- 24 December 2021: Dec 2021 -The Restoration Appeal has now reached 32% of target
- 24 December 2021: Dec 2021 - Donation from the Dalrymple Donaldson Fund
- 16 January 2022: Great article on the Library by a Spanish journalist
- 12 April 2022: Exhibition in Dunblane Museum during May of Leighton Library's 1776 American Atlas
- 18 April 2022: Article in Scotland on Sunday newspaper
- 29 April 2022: Dunblane's Historic Leighton Library opening times for 2022
- 18 October 2022: Preparations for restoration of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library get underway
- 18 October 2022: Coffee Morning in support of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library
- 18 October 2022: Restoration Work on Dunblane's historic Leighton Library begins 7 November 2022
- 22 October 2022: The Leighton Library – a hidden gem in Scotland’s story - a new article by Martin Roche published on the Bylines Scotland site
- 09 November 2022: Article in Stirling Observer at start of restoration work as cartouche is removed for conservation
- 23 November 2022: The Rt Hon Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, KT GCMG HonFRSE PC, to become Patron of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library
- 06 December 2022: Article in Scottish Field about removal of books in Dunblane's historic Leighton Library in preparation for major restoration work of the building
- 06 December 2022: The latest issue of the Friends of Leighton Library newsletter is now being sent to all Friends of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library
- 09 January 2023: 📰🗞️ Article in Stirling Observer about plan for repair of carved tablet
- 23 January 2023: 🗓️ January 2023 issue of the Restoration News now available about progress of restoration of Leighton Library
- 10 March 2023: 📰🗞️ Article in the Stirling Observer about the planning application for the Undercroft of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library
- 10 March 2023: 🗣️ March 2023 issue of the Leighton Library Restoration News now available about progress of restoration of Leighton Library
- 09 April 2023: 🗣️ April 2023 issue of the Leighton Library Restoration News now available about progress of restoration of Leighton Library
- 18 April 2023: 📆 Restoration Story So Far - Free Event on Thursday 1 June 2023 6-9pm in Dunblane Cathedral Hall
- 28 April 2023: 📰🗞️ Article in the Stirling Observer about event about Story of Restoration of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library
- 08 May 2023: 📰🗞️ Issue Number 7 of The Leighton Letter now being sent to Friends of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library
- 19 May 2023: 🗣️ May 2023 issue of the Leighton Library Restoration News now available about progress of restoration of Leighton Library
- 29 May 2023: 📝 Dunblane’s historic Leighton Library launches consultative Survey
- 06 July 2023: 🗣️ July 2023 issue of the Leighton Library Restoration News now available about progress of restoration of Leighton Library
- 06 July 2023: 🔨 Last chance to make a bid in fabulous auction supporting 3 causes including Leighton Library
- 07 August 2023: 🗣️ August 2023 issue of the Leighton Library Restoration News now available about progress of restoration of Leighton Library
- 05 September 2023: 🗣️ September 2023 issue of the Leighton Library Restoration News now available about progress of restoration of Leighton Library
- 05 September 2023: Free Talk & Exhibition about Leighton Library Restoration as part of Doors Open Day on Sat 23 Sep at Dunblane Public Library
- 27 September 2023: 👩🏫 Gathering of Volunteer Guides for Leighton Library
- 03 October 2023: 📰🗞️ Issue Number 8 of The Leighton Letter now being sent to Friends of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library
- 09 October 2023: 📰🗞️ October 2023 Issue Leighton Library Restoration News now being sent to Friends of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library
- 14 November 2023: 📰🗞️ November 2023 Issue Leighton Library Restoration News now being sent to Friends of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library
- 16 November 2023: 🗣️🆕🛍️ Dunblane's historic Leighton Library now has a brand new online shop
- 20 November 2023: 💷 Dunblane’s Leighton Library, Scotland’s oldest purpose-built library, is set to benefit from funding from Historic Environment Scotland (HES)
- 11 December 2023: 📰🗞️ December 2023 Issue Leighton Library Restoration News now being sent to Friends of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library
- 12 January 2024: 📰🗞️ January 2024 Issue Leighton Library Restoration News now being sent to Friends of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library
- 07 February 2024: 📰🗞️ February 2024 Issue Leighton Library Restoration News now being sent to Friends of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library
- 07 February 2024: ☕🍵 Coffee Morning on Saturday 2 March in support of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library
- 04 March 2024: On 4 March 1798 Dr James Robertson borrowed Leighton Library's 1782 "Adventures of a Rupee"
- 04 March 2024: 📰🗞️ March 2024 Issue Leighton Library Restoration News now being sent to Friends of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library
- 05 March 2024: Mercator projection and first use of the word Atlas
- 06 March 2024: Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1639 edition of "De veritate fidei christianae"
- 07 March 2024: Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1638 edition of one of the best known works of Italian Saint Thomas Aquinas
- 09 March 2024: Leighton Library has a first edition of the highly influential "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations"
- 09 March 2024: Work continues to prepare the interior of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library for the return of the historic collection of books from storage elsewhere
- 11 March 2024: Through the arched window of the Leighton Library you can see the Olympic Gold Postbox of tennis ace Andy Murray
- 14 March 2024: Leighton Library has a 1632 first edition of a book described as a compilation of all the contemporary zoological knowledge
- 15 March 2024: #OnThisDay, 15 March, 1792, Reverend Mr Michael Gilfillan, a borrower at Dunblane's Leighton Library borrowed "Encyclopaedia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature"
- 19 March 2024: Leighton Library has a first edition of 1766 of "Travels through France and Italy" by Scottish surgeon, poet & author Tobias Smollett
- 20 March 2024: Leighton Library has a 1810 first edition of celebrated Scottish storyteller Sir Walter Scott's epic narrative poem "The Lady of the Lake"
- 21 March 2024: Leighton Library has a first edition of "Rob Stene's Dream: a poem" written in Scots, published in 1836 from a manuscript from 1591-1592 in Dunblane's Leighton Library
- 22 March 2024: Leighton Library has a 1566 edition of "Historiae Theodorici de Niem, scribae quondam pontificij" by medieval historian Dietrich of Nieheim
- 23 March 2024: Former keeper of Leighton Library was renowned meteorologist credited with establishing the weather map as the basis of modern weather forecasting
- 23 March 2024: Lieutenant-General William Drummond, 1st Viscount Strathallan, Baron Drummond of Cromlix, and Commander of the Forces in Scotland, friend of Robert Leighton, was the architect of the Leighton Library
- 24 March 2024: On this day 24 March 1809 Reverend Mr Patrick Murray borrowed 1764 edition of "Ruins of the palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia" by Robert Adam
- 25 March 2024: Leighton Library has a 1607 first edition of "Euclidis Elementorum libri XV" by Christopher Clavius
- 27 March 2024: Punishment of Robert Leighton's father, Alexander Leighton, described as one of most disgraceful incidents of reign of King Charles I
- 28 March 2024: Leighton Library has a 1659 2nd edition of "Eruditionis scholasticae atrium, rerum & linguarum ornamenta exhibens" by Comenius
- 29 March 2024: Leighton Library has a 1658 first edition of "Horae hebraicae et talmudicae" by John Lightfoot
- 31 March 2024: Leighton Library has a 1654 edition of "Letters to severall persons of honour" by eminent English poet John Donne
- 03 April 2024: Leighton Library has 1652 edition of collected works of English poet, orator, and priest George Herbert
- 04 April 2024: Leighton Library has a 1611 edition of "A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John" by celebrated Scottish mathematician John Napier
- 06 April 2024: Leighton Library has 1735 edition of translation of "Oeuvres d'Horace" by André Dacier
- 07 April 2024: Leighton Library has a 1597 edition of the biography of co-founder of Jesuits
- 08 April 2024: 📰🗞️ April 2024 Issue Leighton Library Restoration News now being sent to Friends of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library
- 09 April 2024: Leighton Library has a 1639 edition of the utopian novel "New Atlantis" by Sir Francis Bacon
- 10 April 2024: Leighton Library has 1633 edition of "Mare Liberum" by Hugo Grotius
- 12 April 2024: Leighton Library has a 1568 edition of "Sofokleous 'Ai 'epta tragojdiai" by Joachim Camerarius
- 13 April 2024: Leighton Library has a 1697 second edition with additions of "The snake in the grass" by Jacobite propagandist Charles Leslie
- 14 April 2024: Leighton Library has a 1754 first edition of "A short conference betwixt Mr Adam Gib, Minister of the Gospel in the Associate Congregation at Edinburgh, and a country-man in the parish of Biggar"
- 15 April 2024: Leighton Library has a 2nd edition of 1755/6 of Dr Samuel Johnson's dictionary "A Dictionary of the English Language"
- 16 April 2024: When it first opened, Bishop Douglas drew up rules for the Keeper of the Leighton Library
- 16 April 2024: 📰🗞️ Issue Number 9 of The Leighton Letter now being sent to Friends of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library
- 17 April 2024: Leighton Library has several books by theologian and scholar Edward Stillingfleet
- 18 April 2024: Leighton Library has a 1604 edition of "De inventoribus rerum"
- 19 April 2024: Leighton Library has a 1543 edition of "Loci Communes rerum theologicarum seu hypotyposes theologicae" by Philipp Melanchthon
- 22 April 2024: Leighton Library has a 1646 edition of "Horologium hebraeum" by Wilhelm Schickard
- 23 April 2024: Leighton Library has a 1634 edition of "Exotericarum exercitationum liber XV. De subtilitate, ad Hieronymum Cardanum" by Julius Caesar Scaliger