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Newspapers information for Berkshire and places above it in the hierarchy

Berkshire

  • General information about newspapers.
  • Wikipedia has a list of online newspapers around the world, including the UK.
  • Berkshire newspapers from Berkshire FHS
  • Reading Central Library holdings are described in their Factsheet, and includes:
    • Various unindexed historic Berkshire newspapers on microfilm for reference.
    • The Illustrated London News (1842-2003 incomplete).
    • Full text search online access to The Times 1785-2007.  This will also be available to members of other libraries that subscribe. 
    • The Early Newspaper Press in Berkshire 1723 - 1855, KG Burton, Reading, 1954 describes the history and development of newspapers in Berkshire (i.e. mainly Reading).
  • Bracknell Library has past copies of Bracknell News and Wokingham Times (not at Wokingham Library, as might be expected).
  • Newbury Library has past copies of the Newbury Weekly News from its founding in February 1867 on microfilm.  Although not the first in its field, it is the only Newbury newspaper to have been published continuously from its Victorian beginning through to the present day.  A copy of a memoir relating to the setting up of the newspaper written in 1917 by founder Thomas Wheildon Turner is held by RBA (D/EX 1755).
  • PhD thesis 'The Newspaper Press in the Town of Reading 1855-1980' by A.T. Watts available free online from the University of Stirling.
  • The Guardian and Observer archives offer online every page of the Guardian since 1821 and the Observer since 1791. It is free to search, but they charge to read the articles.
  • To trace the history of a newspaper, trade directories can provide some information through the years, see sample pages from a 1915 directory.

See also Periodicals

England

UK and Ireland

  • UK & Ireland - Newspapers - links and information.