NEWSPLAN London and the South East

History and Society Through Local Newspapers
in London and the South East

Introduction to NEWSPLAN

The NEWSPLAN London and the South East web-site provides details of about 2,500 titles of local newspapers, past and present, relating to the London and the South East region of the United Kingdom.

The entries include main titles and titles of their variant editions for local areas, together with predecessor and successor titles; start and end dates of newspapers; and, where and in what sequences the newspapers are held in (largely) public libraries and archives within London and the South East. Many copies, too, are held by the British Library Newspapers national collection.

The web-site has been made possible by financial support from

and has also been supported financially by

The Laser Foundation’s work has been to improve library facilities available to the public by supporting especially projects which use new technologies to increase awareness of, and access to, collections and databases of national importance and interest.

NEWSPLAN is a co-operative programme involving public libraries and archives in the UK, the British Library, the National Libraries of Scotland, Wales and Ireland and newspaper publishers. Since the 1980s it has recorded coverage of local newspaper titles, past and present, across the UK as well as collections in Ireland. In London and the South East the programme is overseen by the NEWSPLAN London & South East Implementation Committee.

The London and South East database of titles and web-site are maintained by

V3FM Ltd.
www.v3fm.com

Content © NEWSPLAN L&SE 2005
Searching Software © V3FM Ltd 2005