Northumberland Gazette
Type | ISSN 1354-9189 | |
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Website | www |
The Northumberland Gazette is a weekly newspaper published in Alnwick, Northumberland, England. It serves Alnwick, Amble, Seahouses, Rothbury, Wooler and outlying districts.
The Gazette typically covers local
History
The newspaper was founded by William Davison of Alnwick in 1854 as the Alnwick Mercury, an 8-page penny monthly. After Davison died in 1858, the business passed to his son, who sold it to Henry Hunter Blair in 1859. By 1864 it was a 4-page weekly. Historical copies of the Alnwick Mercury, dating back to 1854, are available to search and view in digitised form at The British Newspaper Archive.[2]
In 1883 the paper merged with the Alnwick and County Gazette as an 8-page penny weekly, the politically Conservative Alnwick and County Gazette and Alnwick Mercury. It continued the numbering of the Mercury.[2] In 1924 the newspaper incorporated the Alnwick Guardian, becoming the Alnwick and County Gazette and Guardian. The title changed to the Northumberland and Alnwick Gazette in 1943, and to the Northumberland Gazette in 1947. For most of its history it has been in the same ownership as the South Shields daily evening newspaper, the Shields Gazette.
For several years the paper was published in several editions covering different districts in east Northumberland, including one for
The paper's parent group, Johnston Press, decided to use the Northumberland Gazette as its first news site for accessing its premium content online.[3] This scheme was abandoned.
On 31 May 2012 the Gazette, hitherto a broadsheet, was part of the first wave of Johnston Press titles to be relaunched in one of five uniform tabloid formats.
References
- ^ "Northumberland Gazette". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 24 February 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ a b Digitised copies of the Alnwick Mercury at the British Newspaper Archive
- ^ Gazette to pioneer subscription venture
External links
- Official website
- Johnston Press
- Newsplan North [1]