There are now 9.5 million historical newspaper pages available to explore at The British Newspaper Archive, with more than 200,000 having been added in December. There’s still plenty more to be scanned and we’ve already started chasing the next milestone – 10 million pages! Search the newspapers 18 new titles, including Bell’s Life in London and Sporting Chronicle Bell’s Life in London and Sporting Chronicle was one of Britain’s leading sports newspapers in the nineteenth century. You’ll now …
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Thousands of historical newspaper pages were added to The British Newspaper Archive in November, including 19 brand new titles. We hope you enjoy exploring these additions. Search the newspapers 19 new titles, including the Aberdeen Weekly Journal You’ll now find editions of the Aberdeen Weekly Journal and the County Chronicle, Surrey Herald and Weekly Advertiser for Kent online, as well as 17 extra Irish titles. 45 other titles were also updated, including the Newry Examiner and Louth Advertiser, …
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You can now explore more than 40 newspaper titles from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland at The British Newspaper Archive after another 17 Irish titles were added in November. The collection is growing all the time and currently spans 1748-1900. 17 extra Irish titles join The British Newspaper Archive 90,000 additional newspaper pages from titles including the Waterford Mail, Enniskillen Chronicle and Roscommon Messenger are now available online. A full list of new additions is provided below: …
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Over 400,000 pages were added to The British Newspaper Archive in October, bringing the current total up to more than 9 million pages. Search the newspapers 83 newspaper titles were added or updated, including Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, the Manchester Mercury and the Drogheda Journal, or Meath & Louth Advertiser. A full list is provided below. The additions included 12 brand new Irish titles, from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Read this blog post about our …
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Those of you who keep an eye on our Latest Additions page will have noticed that we’ve recently been adding a lot of new titles from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. In total, 17 Irish newspaper titles have joined The British Newspaper Archive in the last few months. There’s more to come, but take a look at what’s already available online. Newspaper titles from Northern Ireland 1) Belfast Mercantile Register and Weekly Advertiser Current coverage: 1,200 newspaper …
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The British Newspaper Archive added 175,000 pages in September. They come from newspapers published in England, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland between 1753 and 1953. Search the newspapers 7 extra newspaper titles to search The following newspaper titles were added to the website last month. You can click on the titles below to start exploring them. Let us know if you find something exciting! Aberdeen People’s Journal Belfast Mercantile Register and Weekly Advertiser Dublin Monitor Galway …
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Thousands of newspaper pages were added to The British Newspaper Archive last month, including a brand new title – the Bedfordshire Times and Independent. Search the newspapers –> Historical newspapers added from 1801-1954 Copies of the Bedfordshire Times and Independent from 1906, 1910, 1935 and 1950 are online already, with lots more coming soon. 41 other titles were updated in August, including the Arbroath Herald and Advertiser for the Montrose Burghs, the Motherwell Times and the Royal Cornwall …
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Thousands of English, Northern Irish, Scottish and Welsh newspaper pages were added to The British Newspaper Archive in July. We hope you’ll enjoy exploring them! Search the newspapers Eight extra newspaper titles You’ll now find copies of eight brand new newspaper titles at The British Newspaper Archive, including the London Evening Standard, Glasgow’s Daily Record and the Surrey Comet. Learn more about the new titles Thousands of new articles, adverts and illustrations to explore The Gloucester …
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We’re thrilled to report that we’ve just started digitising the newspaper archives of eight new titles. There’s much more to come, but take a look at what’s already available online. 1) London Evening Standard 11,000 pages from the London Evening Standard are now available to search at The British Newspaper Archive. Current coverage: 1860, 1861, 1862, 1866, 1867 Search the London Evening Standard 2) Daily Record 8,000 pages from Glasgow’s Daily Record are already online, …
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We’re pleased to report that The British Newspaper Archive added an extra 240,000 newspaper pages in June, so you’ve got plenty of new stories to explore this month. Search the newspapers New title: London’s Illustrated Times The additions include a brand new title, the Illustrated Times. Published in London, the newspaper reported on local, national and international news. Each edition featured a number of beautiful images, like the one shown below. More newspapers to search from 1752-1954 …