British Newspaper Archives May Additions 🇬🇧

The total number of pages online is, 67,854,558 an increase from 67,551,163 last month.

This month 80 papers had pages added (113 in the previous month). There were no new titles. Dates range from 1848 to 1995.

The 10 newspapers with more than 10,000 pages added are:

TITLE DATE RANGE
Altrincham, Bowdon & Hale Guardian 1871, 1874-1887, 1893-1894, 1898
Bayswater Chronicle 1860-1873, 1878, 1893, 1896, 1909-1939, 1944-1949
Devizes and Wilts Advertiser 1858-1871, 1873-1916
Downham Market Gazette 1879-1889, 1891-1895, 1897-1911, 1913-1916
East Anglian Daily Times 1874, 1877, 1882-1883, 1886, 1888, 1898-1899, 1913-1916
Haverhill Echo 1922, 1925-1946, 1971-1975
Huddersfield Daily Examiner 1928, 1945, 1949, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1982
Loftus Advertiser 1879-1895, 1897, 1899-1906, 1909-1916
Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser 1901, 1929-1960, 1987-1988, 1990-1994
Sheerness Guardian and East Kent Advertiser 1894-1896, 1899-1911, 1913-1932, 1934-1939

Good to see Norfolk being paid some attention with the addition of two newspapers on the list, and the addition of 1911 for the Yarmouth Mercury.

One Reply to “British Newspaper Archives May Additions 🇬🇧”

  1. I too agree about the increase in Norfolk’s coverage in the Newspapers. Great to read articles on the various markets as well as the Summer flower, & vegetable shows as well as sporting events. Helps to build a picture of the lives of our ancestors in the villages

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