Newspapers of Yorkshire

The newspapers of Yorkshire have a long history, stretching back to the 18th century. Regional newspapers have enjoyed varying fortunes, reflected in the large number of now-defunct papers from Yorkshire.

Existing newspapers

Daily newspapers

• Bradford Telegraph & Argus
• Huddersfield Daily Examiner
• Halifax Courier
• Hull Daily Mail
• Sheffield Star (Sheffield and South Yorkshire)
• The Press (York) (York and North Yorkshire)
• Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds and West Yorkshire)
• Yorkshire Post

Weekly newspapers

• Barnsley Chronicle
• Bridlington Free Press
• Craven Herald & Pioneer
• Doncaster Free Press
• Easingwold Advertiser
• Harrogate Advertiser
• Keighley News
• Knaresborough Post
• Nidderdale Herald
• Pocklington Post
• Ripon Gazette
• Rotherham Advertiser
• Scarborough News
• Sheffield Telegraph
• Wetherby News
• Wharfedale & Airedale Observer
• Whitby Gazette

Monthly newspapers

• The City Talking
• The Yorkshire Reporter

Online-only newspapers

• The Yorkshire Times

Defunct newspapers

• Bradford Star (1981–2000) ^[1]
• Harrogate Herald (1847–1957), pub. Robert Ackrill. ^[2]
• Hull Portfolio, radical newspaper of James Acland, founded c.1831.
• The Hull Packet and East Riding Times ^[3] / The Hull Packet Humber Mercury or Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Advertiser ^[4] / Yorkshire Advertiser
• Leeds Intelligencer
• Leeds Mercury
• Thirsk and District News
• York and District Advertiser
• York Chronicle and General Advertiser
• York Chronicle
• York Citizen
• York Comet
• York Co-operative Citizen
• York Courant
• York Daily Labour News
• York Express
• York Free Press Farmers Friend and Freemans Journal
• York Gazetteer
• York Gazette (20,000th issue on 15 May 1915) ^[5]
• York Herald (newspaper)
• York Journal
• York Journal or Weekly Advertiser
• York Miscellany , contributed to by John Baines (mathematician)
• York Mercury
• York News
• York Pioneer
• York Sentinel
• York Star
• York Times
• York Weekly Mail
• Yorkshire Chronicle
• Yorkshire Express
• Yorkshire Gazette (1740–1752) ^[6]
• Yorkshire Independent
• Yorkshire Observer
• Yorkshireman

See also

• List of newspapers in the United Kingdom
• History of British newspapers

References

1. Bradford Star Telegraph & Argus Article
2. "Harrogate Herald". The British Newspaper Archive. 1847–1957. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
3. "The Hull Packet and East Riding Times". 26 February 1886. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.
4. "The Hull Packet Humber Mercury or Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Advertiser". 9 November 1830. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.
5. Edwin Ridsdale Tate - the man who captured medieval York
6. Newspapers | British History Online

External links

• Newsplan - for further information on Yorkshire newspapers