Crewe Chronicle

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Crewe Chronicle
Type Weekly newspaper
Founded1874
Circulation 2,503(as of 2022) [1]
Website https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/all-about/crewe

The Crewe Chronicle, originally known as the Crewe and Nantwich Chronicle, is a UK weekly newspaper.

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History

The newspaper was first published on 21 March 1874. [2] It was founded by the editor of the Chester Chronicle as a Radical alternative to the Tory-biased Crewe Guardian. [3]

Now owned by Trinity Mirror, the Crewe Chronicle is published in a tabloid format every Wednesday and has a cover price of 82p. As of June 2012 the newspaper's circulation was 12,928. [4]

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References

Citations

  1. "Crewe Chronicle". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 6 February 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  2. Hughes (1975), p. 225
  3. Chaloner (1950), p. 140
  4. "Crewe Chronicle (series)" (PDF), ABC, retrieved 20 November 2013

Bibliography

  • Chaloner, William Henry (1950), The Social and Economic Development of Crewe, 1780–1923, Manchester University Press
  • Hughes, Herbert (1975), Chronicle of Chester: The 200 Years, 1775–1975, Macdonald & Jane's, ISBN   978-0-356-08209-7