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Newspapers information for Buxton and places above it in the hierarchy

Buxton

Around 1912 there were four newspapers published in Buxton:

  1. Buxton Advertiser, published every Saturday.
  2. Buxton Herald, published Tuesday evening.
  3. High Peak News, published every Thursday for Saturday delivery.
  4. Matlock Visitors, published every Friday for Saturday delivery.

All were printed by the Derbyshire Printing Co. Limited on the market place, except for the Herald, which was printed by the Herald Publishing Co. on South Avenue.

The Buxton Advertiser is still published today by the Johnston Press. It merged with the Buxton Herald in 1951. Recent obituaries are available online.

Jane TAYLOR in Redcar provides this notice from the Derby Mercury of 22 August 1804: "MARRIED: On the 8th inst. at Buxton, in this county, Mr. Robert SHAW, of Sawley, to Miss RICHARDSON, of Park-street, Nottingham."

Derbyshire

If you get a chance to visit the Peak District of Derbyshire, look for a copy of The Peak Advertiser, available at Post Offices, and local village shops, free of charge. Although this is a free advertising newspaper, each issue usually contains one or more local history articles, a family walks feature, and on the back page "What's in a Name" in which the author offers his own unique insight into the meaning behind readers' surnames. Website link added 20 Jan 2007.

Flindall, Roger - What The Papers Said .... Published by The Peak District Mines Historical Society.
ISBN 0 904334 24 4.

Derbyshire in Nottingham Newspapers 1714-1776 - "Researchers using What the Papers Said ... will have at their fingertips full and accurate transcriptions of significant references without need to consult the original newspapers"...

  • The Newspaper Library at Colindale - my current information (October 2007) is that the BL is going to close Colindale, transferring its archives to Boston Spa. Newspapers will be viewable on film only at the British Library, until such time as their holdings are digitised.
     
  • The Burton Daily Mail and associated publications cover large parts of the county, particularly South Derbyshire.

England

UK and Ireland

  • UK & Ireland - Newspapers - links and information.