Leighton Library
Leighton's legacy remains today in the Leighton Library (or Bibliotheca Leightoniana), which is the oldest purpose built library in Scotland. It contains a collection of around 4000 volumes and 78 manuscripts from the 16th to the 19th century, and is founded on the personal collection of Leighton, who had left the books to Dunblane Cathedral. Some of the collection was originally owned by Newbattle and was stored at the Old Manse, but it is now held in its entirety at The Cross, Dunblane
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