A further million free to view pages on the British Newspaper Archive

From the British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk):

As part of our ongoing partnership with the British Library, we are delighted to announce that one million more pages on the British Newspaper Archive have now been made free to view on our site, meaning that we now have two million pages in total that can be accessed freely as part of our collection.

And we’re not stopping here. We’re planning to release a total of five million free to view pages on The Archive over five years, meaning that more and more people will now be able to access the wonderful newspapers in our collection, all made possible by our partnership with the British Library.

The following titles are now freely available from Scotland and Ireland, with the years of coverage indicated also:

Scotland:

Aberdeen Herald,1844-1862, 1876
Alloa Circular,1875-1880
Border Advertiser,1868-1880
Bridge of Allan Reporter,1875-1879
Crieff Journal,1875-1880
Dunfermline Journal,1852, 1880
Edinburgh Courant,1750-1750
Edinburgh Evening Post and Scottish Standard,1846, 1849
Edinburgh Gazette,1699-1699
Galloway Advertiser and Wigtownshire Free Press.,1852-1872
Glasgow Constitutional,1853, 1855
Glasgow Courant,1745,1746, 1758
Glasgow Evening Times,1879-1879
Glasgow Herald,1820-1822,1826,1827,1844-1900
Glasgow Saturday Post, and Paisley and Renfrewshire Reformer,1861, 1864
Glasgow Sentinel,1821-1823
Haddingtonshire Courier,1875-1877
Kelso Mail,1869-1880
Kinross-shire Advertiser,1850-1880
Kirkcaldy Times,1879-1880
Nairnshire Mirror,1845 ,1846, 1848-1854
Scottish Banner,1859-1860
Scottish Press,1849-1862
Weekly Scotsman,1879-1880


Ireland:

Cavan Observer,1857-1864
Cork Advertising Gazette,1855-1859
Drogheda News Letter,1813-1813
Dublin Shipping and Mercantile Gazette,1871-1871
Dublin Weekly Herald,1838-1842
Illustrated Advertiser of the Royal Dublin Society,1850-1850
Journal of the Chemico-Agricultural Society of Ulster,1849-1854, 1856-1865, 1867
Leinster Independent,1871-1872
Meath People,1857-1863
Missionary Herald of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland,1855-1855
Munster Express,1869-1871
Skibbereen & West Carbery Eagle; or, South Western Advertiser,1861-1870
Sligo Observer,1828-1831
The Irish Racing Book and Sheet Calendar,1823-1841, 1849-1869
Tralee Chronicle,1843-1880
United Irishman,1848-1848
Waterford Chronicle,1827-1875
Waterford News,1848-1869
Weekly Gazette, Incumbered Estates Record & National Advertiser (Dublin, Ireland),1854-1855

The full release is detailed at https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2022/09/05/one-million-more-free-to-view-pages-added-to-the-archive/

Chris

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