Explore over 2 million pages of 19th Century
British Library
Newspapers. This is a great resource for
family historians and anyone interested in history.
Searchable facsimiles of
70 influential national and regional papers with adverts,
notices for births, deaths and marriages, and other news of
the time including:
- Bristol Mercury (1819-1900)
- Trewman's Exeter Flying Post (1800-1900)
- Western Mail (1869-1900)
- Illustrated Police News (1867-1900)
You need to be a member of the
library to use this service from home.
When you access the website from home you need to enter your
library card number.
If you don't have internet access at home come and use our
computers in your local library.
North Somerset Studies library has microfilm of local
nineteenth century newspapers for Weston and Clevedon.
You can also access The Times newspaper from 1785
to 1982 using subscription to the
digital
archive. Or recent national and local newspaper archives
from 1992 up to the present day using
UK
Newsstand.
Our libraries also have copies of printed
Newspapers.
For more information or if you are having difficulties using
Nineteenth
Century Newspapers contact
Weston
library.
