The British Library have announced that around a million pages have been made free on British Newspaper Archive. This is thanks to a new agreement between the British Library and Findmypast, who manage the British Newspaper Archive.
A million new pages will added every year for the next four years. The focus will be on titles well out copyright in the years 1720 to 1880. Users will still need to create an account with BNA to view the titles, but will not be charged. Titles of interest to local studies professionals include:
- British Miner and General Newsman
- Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register
- The Poor Man’s Guardian
- The Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times
- The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser
- The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette
- The Potteries Examiner
- Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin Advertiser
- Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser
The full list can be found here: https://blogs.bl.uk/files/free-to-view-british-library-newspapers-list-9-august-2021.pdf
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