External links
- Chard and Ilminster News, web site
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Newsquest |
| Founded | 1874 |
| Circulation | 1,720(as of 2022) [1] |
| Website | https://www.chardandilminsternews.co.uk/ |
The Chard and Ilminster News is a local newspaper in Somerset, England.
The newspaper was established in Chard, Somerset, about 1874, as a weekly newspaper published on Saturdays, priced at one penny, [2] [3] and in 1882 was identified as Liberal-supporting, with a circulation of one thousand copies. It was then in competition with the longer-established Nowlen's Weekly Chronicle, Chard, Ilminster, and Axminster Gazette, which was Conservative and was selling 850 copies at a higher price. [4]
The newspaper continues to be published weekly in Chard and covers the local news, events, jobs, births, deaths and marriages of Chard, Ilminster, Crewkerne, and the villages of South Somerset. [5]
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