Thursday 17 February 2022

British Newspaper Archive passes 48 million pages

The British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) has passed 48 million pages of online content, standing at the time of writing at 48,073,960.  

The following is a breakdown of the latest content added for Scotland and Ireland:

Scotland:

Border Advertiser
1868, 1870-1872, 1875-1877, 1879-1886, 1888-1889, 1891-1892

Ayrshire Post
1986

Kilmarnock Standard
1986

Paisley Daily Express
1886, 1889, 1894

Commonwealth (Glasgow)
1853-1860, 1880

Edinburgh Evening News
1910, 1912

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser
1975, 1977-1979, 1981, 1986

Strathearn Herald
1860, 1983

Stirling Observer
1849

Glasgow Evening Times
1879, 1884


Ireland:

Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner
1927-1962

Witness (Belfast)
1880, 1882, 1894-1900, 1902-1929, 1931-1941

County Tipperary Independent and Tipperary Free Press
1897-1905, 1907

Irish Emerald
1877-1880

Chris

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