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The Lincolnshire Standard was a weekly newspaper published in Boston, England, [1] attached to Lincolnshire Standard Ltd. [2]

Founded in the 19th century, it is now published under the title Boston Standard . Its sister titles include the Sleaford Standard, Skegness Standard, Grantham Journal and Horncastle News .

On 26 March 1958 the Boston Guardian , which was established in 1854, [3] merged with the Lincolnshire Standard. [4]

Lincolnshire Standard officially ceased publication on 28 March 1958. [2] This is misleading as the Lincolnshire Standard continued to be published into the 1970[s at least.

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  4. Christopher Robin Rowlands (1958). Newspaper Invasion of Privacy: Great Britain's Search for a Solution. University of California, Berkeley.