Bridgwater and area newspapers
Bridgwater and Somersetshire Herald, founded in 1825, which continued 1831-3 as the Alfred. The Bridgwater Times was published 1846- 61 and was followed by the Bridgwater Standard (1861-70) and the Bridgwater Gazette (1871-85) which, as the Bridgwater Independent, was continued 1885-1933. The Bridgwater Mercury and Western Counties Herald, begun in 1857.
Many of these newspapers cover much of the South-West Somerset area.
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Ursula Martin
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Anonymous
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A lot of my ancestors came from Bridgwater, would be great to see their names in print!
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Sam
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Really important to see this town and locality represented. The current coverage of the county misses large chunks of rural and urban Somerset.