NEWSPLAN London and the South East

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

Some Publications on Newspapers

You may want to read further about newspapers and their history and here are some books to start with.

More can be read of the collections covered by libraries and archives in London & the South East in: -

Selwyn Eagle and Diana Dixon. NEWSPLAN: report of the NEWSPLAN project in the London & South Eastern library region, January 1992 - December 1995. London: British Library, 1996. [Essentially this is the printed version of this database as it stood in 1996].

Carolynne Cotton. Local London archives: a directory of local authority and other record offices and libraries in London. 4th ed. London: Greater London Archives Network, 1999.

For an introduction to the history and variety of newspapers, with special reference to the famous collections of the British Library: -

John Westmancoat. Newspapers. London: British Library, 1985.

For an example of an introduction to local newspapers and an anthology of original source material about a particular area: -

David Mander. Late Extra! Hackney in the news. Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 2000.

For the kinds of stories that local newspapers have reported over two centuries: -

Clifford Morsley. News from the English countryside. 2 volumes.

1750 - 1850. London: Harrap, 1979.
1851 - 1950. London: Harrap, 1983.

For information on British newspapers, their history and people: -

Dennis Griffiths. The Encyclopaedia of the British Press 1422-1992. London, Macmillan, 1992;
and, Fleet Street - five hundred years of the Press. London: British Library, 2006

For a listing of current local newspaper titles in the UK with data on their circulation, readership, ownership, type and contact details see this annual publication: -

The Newspaper Society. Reaching the regions: regional newspaper facts & figures. London: Newspaper Society.

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