GENUKI/Devon: Barnstaple Newspapers

Newspapers Published in Barnstaple

Listing prepared by Jonathan Frayne

Name	Start Date	End Date	Notes
North Devon Journal	July 1824		Still in existence in 2002
Barnstaple Herald	August 1825	August 1826
County and North Devon Advertiser and Tiverton Chronicle	May 1832	December 1848
Barnstaple Times and Devon Advertiser	May 1851	November 1851
Western Standard and Devon Advertiser	April 1852	September 1852
Mercantile Gazette	January 1854	September 1855	Monthly half printed in London
Barnstaple and Bideford Miscellany and North Devon Advertiser	March 1854	1854	Became the North Devon Advertiser
North Devon Advertiser	1854		Still in existence in 1897
Barnstaple Times	October 1859	February 1865
Punch in Barnstaple	1852		Only the Christmas edition ever appeared
North Devon Herald	July 1870		Still in existence in 1897
Barnstaple Messenger		1875
The Comet	1893	1894

This table has been constructed from "Barnstaple 1837-1897", W. F. Gardiner, Barnstaple, 1897, and "Literary History of Barnstaple" John Roberts Chanter, Barnstaple, 1866. Newspapers starting or closing after 1897 are not mentioned above.

Last updated: 13 Nov 2006 - Brian Randell

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