British Newspaper Archive February Additions

One million plus! An amazing month for the British Newspaper Archive, now with a total of 48,548,902 pages online (47,533,433 last month).

This month 186 papers had pages added (136 in the previous month). There were 75 (17) new titles. Dates range from 1808 to 1999.

The project continues to process more recent newspaper editions. Of the 72 single-year additions 48 were for 1960 and later as were 39 of the multi-year additions. Content predating 1900 was added for 71 newspapers.

The 32 journals with more than 10,000 pages added are:

TITLE YEARS
Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser 1975, 1977-1979, 1981, 1986
Andover Chronicle 1870-1895, 1898-1914
Bankers’ Circular 1828-1860
Birmingham Mail 1907, 1986
Bracknell Times 1973, 1975-1978, 1981, 1990
Burton Daily Mail 1981, 1983-1984, 1986-1987
Cheshire Observer 1980-1985, 1989
Cornish Echo and Falmouth & Penryn Times 1861-1912
Diss Express 1994-1998
Dover Chronicle 1835, 1837-1882, 1884-1888, 1890-1893, 1895, 1897-1927
Greenwich and Deptford Observer 1879-1909
Herts and Essex Observer 1984-1985, 1988
Hoddesdon and Broxbourne Mercury 1987-1989
Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner 1927-1962
Kilmarnock Standard 1978-1979, 1981, 1986, 1988-1989
London and China Telegraph 1858-1891, 1901-1921
Loughborough Echo 1985, 1987, 1990-1991
Lynn Advertiser 1944, 1952-1957, 1998
Methodist Times 1885-1902
Middlesex County Times 1984-1985, 1988-1990
Nantwich Chronicle 1961, 1963-1964, 1986-1988, 1990
Nonconformist 1841-1900
Nottingham Evening Post 1957, 1962-1966, 1970, 1972, 1984
Nuneaton Chronicle 1873-1900
Rutland Times 1994-1999
Saffron Walden Weekly News 1889, 1892-1894, 1899-1900, 1903-1904, 1906-1910, 1913-1914, 1916-1917, 1919-1925, 1927-1929, 1931-1934, 1936-1937, 1941-1942, 1945, 1947-1950, 1952-1954, 1956, 1959, 1961-1965, 1969-1970, 1974-1975, 1978-1984
Southall Gazette 1985-1988
Suffolk and Essex Free Press 1901-1911, 1928-1940
Trowbridge Chronicle 1861-1868, 1871-1906
Walthamstow and Leyton Guardian 1876-1914
Welsh Gazette 1899-1900, 1903-1910, 1912-1951
Woolwich Herald 1896-1900, 1902-1904, 1906-1931

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