We had an exciting time this past week, the British Newspaper Archive published its twenty millionth page. We didn’t rest on our laurels and since our last update on the 8th we have published almost 100,000 new pages on the site. This week we have two brand new titles for you to explore. The Eastern Evening News joins its sister title The Eastern Morning News which we published in our push to twenty million. And The Wigan Observer and District …
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It was a bumper week here at the Archive with the addition of 202,825 new pages! You can keep up to date with all the latest additions by visiting the recently added page. You can even discover what we’re going to add tomorrow! Since our last updated we’ve added 8 brand new titles. This week’s additions will be of particular interest to those in search of news of Aberdeenshire, Yorkshire and the Isle of Wight. You can learn more about …
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This month we are excited to bring four new titles to the British Newspaper Archive. Among the new titles are the Willesden Chronicle, published in London and the Warrington Guardian, published in Cheshire. The Archive now holds over 19.5 million pages of historic newspapers dating from the early 1700s to the early 2000s! Click on each of the titles below to learn more about the newspaper and read a Sample Issue for FREE. Willesden Chronicle 326 issues, 2650 pages Warrington …
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This month we are excited to bring five new titles to the Archive. Among the new titles are extensive runs of The Rugby Advertiser and John Bull. Also joining the archive this month were new titles for Antrim in Ireland, West Yorkshire and Norfolk. The Archive now holds over 19 million pages of historic newspapers dating from the early 1700s to the early 2000s! Click on each of the titles below to learn more about the newspaper and read a …
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March has been a great month at the Archive. We have added eight brand new titles this month including the Rutland Echo and Leicestershire Advertiser. In bringing online a newspaper for England’s smallest county we now have a newspaper for every county in England. And we won’t stop there. Our England collection will continue to grow. And watch this space for similar ‘country completion’ announcements. This month we are particularly pleased to announce the addition of issues from the 1850s …
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We have reached a major new milestone in our project to digitise up to 40 million newspaper pages from the British Library’s vast collection of historic British & Irish newspapers. Following the addition of a newspaper from the country’s smallest county, Rutland, the Archive now covers every corner of England as, for the first time, at least one title from each of the country’s 48 counties is now available to search and explore. We have added 3,968 pages from the Rutland …
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We have added another fourteen brand new titles to the Archive this month. These include eight new titles for Scotland, six of these titles are for counties new to the archive and include coverage of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides and the Isle of Skye. We have also added additional pages for 42 other titles! The Archive now holds over 18 million pages of historic newspapers from the UK and Ireland. Click on each of the titles …
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We have added another eight brand new titles to the Archive this month. These include the local newspaper for the southern English seaside town of Bournemouth, the Bournemouth Daily Echo and no fewer than seven new titles for Ireland, four from counties new to the Archive. Click on each of the titles below to learn more about the newspaper and read a Sample Issue for FREE. Bournemouth Daily Echo Ballyshannon Herald Donegal Independent Kildare Observer and Eastern Counties Advertiser Leinster …
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We have added eight brand new titles this month. These include the lavishly illustrated titles we blogged about earlier in the month, and the greatly anticipated Lloyd’s List. This month also saw the arrival of The Homeward Mail from India China and the East which is a huge boon for those researching the history of empire, or for those with British or Irish ancestors who lived in India. Most recently we added an exciting new title for sports fans, we …
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Among the oldest continuously published periodicals in the world, Lloyd’s List dates back to 1734. Up until 2013, Lloyd’s List (also known as The List) was printed on a daily basis; since 2013, the publication has been updated hourly in its digital format only. Modern coverage in Lloyd’s List includes such details pertaining to the shipping industry as marine insurance, research and logistics, and international shipping news. Edward Lloyd, the original owner of Lloyd’s Coffee House in London, started Lloyd’s …