The British Newspaper Archive added over 200,000 pages in February, bringing the current grand total to over 7.5 million. There’s still plenty more to be scanned, so we’ve already started chasing the next milestone – 8 million pages! Search the newspapers 50 titles have been updated this month, including the Durham County Advertiser, the Wiltshire Independent and the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. A full list of recent additions is provided below. Newspapers added to The …
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January was a busy month at The British Newspaper Archive – we added thousands of newspaper pages to the website and also moved our scanning equipment to Boston Spa, the new home of the British Library’s newspaper collection. We’ve updated 40 newspaper titles, including the Cheltenham Chronicle, the Hastings and St Leonards Observer and the Stamford Mercury. A full list of recent additions is provided below. Search the newspapers Newspapers added to The British Newspaper Archive in …
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We’re pleased to report that The British Newspaper Archive added over 175,000 historic newspaper pages in December, so you’ll have plenty of new stories to explore in 2014! Start searching the newspapers The papers feature international, national and local news, including this delightful report about a marriage that took place in Burnley in 1916. The bride is reported to have worn a pale blue dress, a traditional colour that actually pre-dates the trend for white gowns. The couple’s wedding …
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The Dover Express (1888-1949 inclusive year range) is now available on the site! More Dover Express pages/years available soon! Why not check out our Newspapers Titles page to see what’s been newly added to the site in the past 30 days: http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/home/NewspaperTitles With up to 8,000 new pages added to the site every day, what will you discover? . . .
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Hot off the press (or rather scanner)! New title available on The BNA – The Shoreditch Observer. 1863 available now, more to come soon. ‘A journal of local intelligence for Bishopsgate, St. Luke, Hackney, Kingsland, Bethnal-Green, and the Tower Hamlets.’
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The Staffordshire Advertiser (1801-1839) is now available on the site! http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results/1800-01-01/1849-12-31?frontpage=false&newspapertitle=staffordshire%20advertiser The Staffordshire Advertiser was established in Stafford in 1795 and became the main county newspaper for Staffordshire. Its proprietor was Joshua Drewry (c.1773-1841), a printer and bookseller in Stafford who also ran a circulating library. As the son of a printer in Lincoln and nephew of a printer and newspaper proprietor in Derby, Drewry clearly had printing in his blood. He was a supporter of playwright Richard Sheridan, Whig MP for …
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The biggest digitisation of newspapers to take place in the UK The British Newspaper Archive website has just reached another milestone, as page number 5,000,000 was added to the site at www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk. With a target of 40 million pages by 2020, this 10-year project is the biggest digitisation of newspapers to take place in the UK. Up to 8,000 pages (that’s 120,000 stories) are being added to the site each day, and there are now well over 200 titles from …
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New issues available! The Cheltenham Looker On is now available on The British Newspaper Archive up to 1920! This is your historical ‘Hello’! Read all about it: http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results/1920-01-01/1929-12-31?county=gloucestershire%2C+england&newspapertitle=cheltenham%2Blooker-on&frontpage=false
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The Grantham Journal is now available on The British Newspaper Archive. Currently we have issues from 1904 available to view. More coming soon! Watch this space . . . http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results/1904-01-01/1904-12-31?newspapertitle=grantham%20journal&frontpage=false What else is new? Check out our new ‘Newspaper Titles’ page to see which new issues have been added in the past 30 days: http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/home/NewspaperTitles