Newspapers we should add next
Tell us what publications would be of most use to you. You can be as general (Victorian cycling magazines) or specific (South Wales Argus) as you wish! We take on board all of your suggestions but are bound by copyright restrictions and our agreements with publishers, these form the boundaries of what we may publish online.
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Daily Mirror 1920 - 1939
Is there a reason these issues aren't available? Would love to see them!
4 votesOpen - Added to digitisation plan ·
AdminThe British Newspaper Archive
(Head of Data Development, The British Newspaper Archive)
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Dear Readers
we are currently working with the publisher to plan the digitisation of these years. We will update you as soon as we have more news.
Regards
Team BNA
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St. James's Gazette: An Evening Review and Record of News (1880–1905)
This paper's contributors included J. M. Barrie (helping him make his name), Edmund Gosse, Sidney Low, and Margaret Oliphant. I constantly find it cited for reviews of late-Victorian books, but I have a lot of trouble finding the reviews and reading them.
3 votesOpen - Added to digitisation plan ·AdminThe British Newspaper Archive
(Head of Data Development, The British Newspaper Archive)
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Sharin,
Thank you for getting in touch. We are super keen to include the St. James’s Gazette in the British Newspaper Archive project. So, the good news is that it is on our digitisation plan! As you can imagine we have a huge list to digitise. We will scan this as soon as possible. Please do keep an eye on the site!Best wishes,
Team BNA
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Hartland Chronicle
This paper covered Western Devon and North Cornwall with local detail not included in the Western Morning News, Connishman & Cornish Telegraph, Devon & Exeter Gazette and Western Times (and others). OK, so there are already a lot of papers covering the South West, but perhaps you can squeeze in just one more?
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24 votes
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Londonderry Sentinel
Dating from 1840s and already on microfilm
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East Cornwall Times
Would be deligthed to see more newspapers from Cornwall, particularly the North and East end of the County.
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add West Somerset Free Press
It would be great to have the West Somerset Free Press added, very little coverage of this remote part of the country at present.
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Enniscorthy Guardian and Enniscorthy echo from the 1850s Thankyou
Thank you for the marvelous work you are doing
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11 votes
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Leigh Chronicle
Exceptional Lancashire newspaper very rich in historical content c/w special detailed feature sections on local industries and historical contributions by local historians. Also has an annual 'Diary of Local Events' which lists the key events of the previous year. I've spent hundreds of hours reading this publication and can vouch for it as being essential local reading. It ran from c. 1857 until the early 1960's.
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Aberdeen Herald
This would be a fine complement to Aberdeen Journal, giving a different political stance.
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273 votesOpen - Added to digitisation plan ·AdminThe British Newspaper Archive
(Head of Data Development, The British Newspaper Archive)
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Hi Linda, Thank you for your suggestion. We are very keen to digitise The Prescot Reporter, and St Helens General Advertiser and successor titles. Thankfully it fits our criteria for selection and we have now added it to our digitisation plan for future digitisation!
Best wishes,
Team BNA
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Bridport News
Pulman's Weekly news
2 votesOpen - Added to digitisation plan ·AdminThe British Newspaper Archive
(Head of Data Development, The British Newspaper Archive)
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Hi,
Thank you for the suggestion. We have investigated this title and have some good news for you – Bridport News fits with our criteria and The British Library have sufficient holdings! We have now added it to our lengthy digitisation plan for the years 1856-1871. We have had to limit to 1871 due to current copyright restrictions with the rightsholder.Keep an eye on our newsletters and social media pages for updates on titles which are newly added to the British Newspaper Archive – i.e. truly hot off the digital press!
Best wishes,
Team BNA
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Halstead Gazette
You have covered some of Essex but the papers focus on Chelmsford and Colchester. I would love to see more from smaller towns
13 votesOpen - Added to digitisation plan ·AdminThe British Newspaper Archive
(Head of Data Development, The British Newspaper Archive)
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Hi Jane
Thank you for the suggestion. We have investigated this title and have some good news for you – Halstead Gazette fits with our criteria and The British Library have sufficient holdings! We have now added it to our lengthy digitisation plan for the years 1857-1871. We have had to limit to 1871 due to current copyright restrictions with the rightsholder.We aim to get the best geographical coverage of the UK and will of course continue to add titles from all regions of the UK – including smaller locales.
Please keep an eye on our newsletters and social media pages for updates on titles which are newly added to the British Newspaper Archive – i.e. truly hot off the digital press!
Best wishes,
Team BNA
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Salopian Telegraph, 1842-43
A short lived and scurrilous scandal sheet that targeted all classes of Shropshire inhabitants
36 votesOpen - Added to digitisation plan ·AdminThe British Newspaper Archive
(Head of Data Development, The British Newspaper Archive)
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Jim, many thanks for your suggestion. We too think that this would be a superb addition to the archive. We have added it to our digitisation plan.
Best wishes,
Team BNA
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South Wales Argus
Chepstow Weekly Advertiser or South Wales argus
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Add Halifax Yorkshire papers please !
Add C19th and early c20th Halifax West Yorkshire pages - Halifax Courier and Halifax Guardian - this area went through massive changes in the industrial revolution and there is a large centre of population here missing from the archives.
68 votesOpen - Added to digitisation plan ·AdminThe British Newspaper Archive
(Head of Data Development, The British Newspaper Archive)
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Hi Adam, and hello to voters!
Thank you for your suggestions. Good news! – Halifax Courier fits our inclusion criteria. We have researched the BL catalogue and it is available to us for digitisation. We have added the following years to our Digitisation Plan: 1853-1950We are looking forward to digitising this!
Please be aware that until we have received the material into our studio and checked it, it is not possible to guarantee that it will be digitised.
Best wishes,
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Volunteer Service Gazette
Volunteer Rifle Corps were established in 1859 due to perceived threat of French invasion. The movement was not expected to last but by 1888 there were over 220,000 members. Great reviews took place and rifle tournaments were widely reported and patronised by Royalty. Volunteer Rifle Corps are the forerunners of the Territorial Army. Battalion records are scattered around the country. The "Volunteer Service Gazette" was the service newspaper but copies are scare.
Making the "Volunteer Service Gazette" available on line would do family, local and military historians a great service in gaining access to a rich but largely untouched source…
30 votesOpen - Added to digitisation plan ·AdminThe British Newspaper Archive
(Head of Data Development, The British Newspaper Archive)
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David, Thank you for your suggestion. We also think that this would be a super addition to the archive. We have added it to our digitisation plan (which is a huge list of everything we plan to digitise!)
Best wishes (and thank you for the heads up!)
Team BNA
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3 votesOpen - Added to digitisation plan ·AdminThe British Newspaper Archive
(Head of Data Development, The British Newspaper Archive)
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Good news! – Driffield Times fits our inclusion criteria. We have researched the BL catalogue and it is available to us for digitisation. We have added the following years to our Digitisation Plan: 1869-1955
We are looking forward to digitising this!
Please be aware that until we have received the material into our studio and checked it, it is not possible to guarantee that it will be digitised.
Best wishes,
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Nottingham Gazette
A short-run regional newspaper between 1813-1815 that was notorious for countering the rival Nottingham Review. I understand the BL has the full run of this paper.
5 votesOpen - Added to digitisation plan ·AdminThe British Newspaper Archive
(Head of Data Development, The British Newspaper Archive)
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Richard,
Thanks for your suggestion! The good news is that this fits our inclusion criteria. We have researched the BL catalogue and it is available to us for digitisation. We have added it to our Digitisation Plan for future scanning and inclusion.Best wishes,
Team BNA
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