London Newspapers

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Online
To learn how to access London newspapers online, see: Richard Heaton's Index to Digitalised British and Irish Newspapers Online Beta (updated 12th September 2015).

Here is a list of old London newspapers (pre-1800) Heaton has found online:


 * 1622 - Coranto Relating Divers Particulars Concerning the Newes out of Italy Spaine Turkey
 * 1628 - The Continuation of Our Late Extraordinarie Private Avisoes, 1628
 * 1641 - Continuation of the True Diurnall of Passages in Parliament
 * 1642 - Continuation of Our Weekly Intelligence from His Majesties Army
 * 1642-1646 - Continuation of Certain Speciall and Remarkable Passages from Both Houses of Parliament
 * 1642-1643 - England's Memorable Accidents
 * 1643-1644 - Certaine Informations from Severall Parts of the Kingdome
 * 1643-1682 - Continuation of Special and Remarkable Passages
 * 1644 - Anti-Aulicus
 * 1644 - Brittish Mercury
 * 1644 - Court Mercurie
 * 1645 - City-Scout
 * 1645-1646 - Citties Weekly Post
 * 1647 - Diutinus Britanicus Collector of the Affaires of Great Britaine
 * 1649-1650 - Briefe Relation of Some Affaires and Transactions
 * 1666 - Current Intelligence
 * 1675-1676 - City Mercury or Advertisements Concerning Trade
 * 1679-1681 - Domestick Intelligence or News Both from City and Country
 * 1680 - Banks's Current Intelligence
 * 1680 - Catholick Intelligence Or Infallible News Both Domestick & Forreign
 * 1680 - Currant Intelligence
 * 1681 - Advice from Parnassus
 * 1682 - Conventicle Courant
 * 1687-1695 - Account of the Public Transactions in Christendom
 * 1692-1694 - City Mercury
 * 1699-1706 - Dawk's News Letter
 * 1702-1833 - Daily Courant
 * 1710-1715 - British Mercury
 * 1714 - A Weekly Journal With fresh Advices, Foreign and Domestick
 * 1714-1716 - British Weekly Mercury
 * 1719-1843 - Daily Post
 * 1720-1736 - Applebee's Original Weekly Journal
 * 1721-1837 - Daily Journal
 * 1722-1731 - British Journal or The Censor or The Traveller
 * 1727-1829 - Country Journal or The Craftsman
 * 1727-1752 - Covent-Garden Journal
 * 1728-1835 - Daily Post Boy
 * 1731-1848 - Daily Advertiser
 * 1733-1735 - Corn Cutter's Journal
 * 1735-1745 - Daily Gazetteer (London Edition)
 * 1737-1743 - Common Sense or The Englishman's Journal
 * 1740-1742 - Champion Or Evening Advertiser
 * 1740-1743 - All Alive and Merry or the London Daily Post
 * 1741 - Daily Gazetteer (Country Edition)
 * 1748 - Daily Gazetteer or London Advertiser
 * 1755-1758 - British Spy or New Universal London Weekly Journal
 * 1756 - Citizen or Morning Post
 * 1756-1757 - Con-Test
 * 1762 - Craftsman or Gray's Inn Journal
 * 1768-1870 - American Gazette
 * 1769-1797 - Baldwin's London Weekly Journal
 * 1770-1775 - Bingley's London Journal or the Universal Gazette
 * 1771-1801 - Craftsman or Say's Weekly Journal
 * 1774-1780 - Adams Weekly Courant
 * 1775-1776 - Chester Chronicle Or Commercial Intelligencer
 * 1778 - Courier Politique et Litteraire
 * 1778 - Craftsman or London Intelligencer
 * 1778-1797 - Arminian Magazine
 * 1780 - British Mercury and Evening Advertiser
 * 1781 - Aurora and Universal Advertiser
 * 1781-1783 - British Gazette and Sunday Monitor
 * 1783-1786 - Ayre's Sunday London Gazette and Weekly Monitor
 * 1784-1803 - E. Johnson's British Gazette and Sunday Monitor
 * 1785 - Courier de L'europe
 * 1785-1878 - Daily Universal Register
 * 1788 - Calcutta Chronicle
 * 1789-1900 - Argus
 * 1789-1793 - Diary or Woodfall's Register
 * 1791-1795, 1797 - Ayre's Sunday London Gazette
 * 1792-1804 - Courier and Evening Gazette
 * 1796-1822 - Bell's Weekly Messenger
 * 1797-1810 - Anti-Jacobin or Weekly Examiner

London Gazette
Wikipedia contributors have created a useful guide to the London Gazette, which is available for free online (1600s-present): London Gazette Index.

Other Newspapers

 * 1832-1833 - The London Daily Advertiser at Google News - free.


 * 1864-1865 - The London Evening Advertiser at Google News - free.


 * 1885 - The London Advertiser at Google News - free.