Devon  Newspapers

The following is a list of newspapers held on microfilm in the Westcountry Studies Library. The list is arranged alphabetically by title. The page is being compiled by staff in the Westcountry Studies Library. If you are unable to find what you are looking for please contact us and we will be happy to help you.

The Devon Newspaper Bibliography

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A

The Alfred; West of England journal and General Advertiser 1815 - 1831

Ashburton Western Guardian 1902, 1904 - 1906

B

Brice's Weekly journal 1720 -1731 (loose issues).

Buckfastleigh Western Guardian 1903 - 1907

C

Crediton and North Devon Chronicle and West of England Advertiser. July 1881 - 1891 (continued as the Crediton Chronicle and North Devon Gazette).

Crediton Chronicle (formerly the Crediton Chronicle and North Devon Gazette) 1909 – 1913 (continued as the Crediton Chronicle and North Devon Gazette).

Crediton Chronicle and North Devon Gazette (formerly the Crediton and North Devon Chronicle and West of England Advertiser). 1891 - 1909 (continued as the  Crediton Chronicle).

Crediton Chronicle and North Devon Gazette (formerly the Crediton Chronicle). 1913 – 1930 (continued as the Crediton Chronicle and Taw Vale Gazette).

Crediton Chronicle and Taw Vale Gazette (formerly the Crediton Chronicle and North Devon Gazette). 1931 – 1943 (continued as the Crediton Gazette, East Devon Herald and County Press).

Crediton Gazette, East Devon Herald and County Press (formerly the Crediton Chronicle and Taw Vale Gazette). 1944 – 1950.

D

Dawlish Gazette (formerly the Dawlish Gazette General Advertiser, Visitors and Local Directory for Dawlish and District). 1898 – 1950, 1986 – 1987, 1989 – 1996, 1998 – 1999.

Dawlish Gazette General Advertiser, Visitors and Local Directory for Dawlish and District. April – December 1897 (continued as the Dawlish Gazette).

Dawlish Times 1869 – 1876, 1878 – 1896, 1898 – 1903

Devon and Exeter Gazette (including Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette). 1885 – 1921, 1923 – 1941.

Devon Evening Express. 1872 – September 1904.

Devon Weekly Times. 1861 – 1884, 1886, 1888 – 1903.

E

Express and Echo. 1905 – to date (odd issues missing).

Exeter Leader. 1986 – 1999.

F

Football Express. 1906 – January 1927, February 1929 – April 1952.

H

Hartland Chronicle. 1896 – 1907.

N

North Devon Journal. 1824 – 1825 (part), 1934 – 1987.

O

Okehampton Gazette and Advertiser. September 1910 – September 1913.

Okehampton Post. 1921 – 1944.

Okehampton Post and Launceston Weekly News. 1945 – 1950.

Okehampton Times. 1986 – 1998.

P

Postmaster or Loyal Mercury (Exeter). Nov 1720 – Sept 1722, May – Sept 1723, Sept 1724 – Apr 1725.

Protestant Mercury or the Exeter Post-Boy. Oct – Dec 1715, Jan – Sept 1717.

R

Richards Topsham Herald and General Advertiser / Richards Weekly Advertiser. 1863, 1873, 1875 (incomplete).

S

Sherborne Mercury. 1737 – 1867.

Snips Weekly Budget / Western Weekly Budget. April - October 1909.

South Devon Weekly Express. October 1907 – September 1954, 3^rd December 1965 (discontinued).

Syle’s Barnstaple Herald and General Advertiser. 18^th, 25^th August and 13^th, 27^th October 1825.

T

Teignmouth News. 1987 – 1998.

Teignmouth Post and Gazette (formerly the Teignmouth Post and General Advertiser). 1940 – 1950.

Teignmouth Post and General Advertiser. 1892 – 1895, 1897 – 1939 (continued as the Teignmouth Post and Gazette).

Teignmouth Post, Arrival List Directory and General Advertiser. 1886 – 1891.

Totnes Times. 1909 – 1935, 1987 – 1989, 1993 – 1998.

Totnes Times and Dartmouth Gazette. 1870 – 1881.

Totnes Times and Devon News. 1882 – 1895, 1898 – 1908.

Trewman’s Exeter Flying Post. 1763 – April 1917.

(The Westcountry Studies Library has a card index to Trewman's Exeter Flying Post which is arranged by subject covering the period 1763 - 1885. Indices are also available by surname for the period 1763 - 1830.)  This title is also included in

Nineteenth Century British Library Newspapers online.

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Weekly Express. July 1855 – 1895, 1899 – 1906, January – September 1907.

Western Express. March 1877 – January 1878, October 1889 – May 1890.

Western Express and Torrington Chronicle. 1912 – 1919.

Western Luminary. March 1813 – 1830.

Western Morning News. 1885, January 1848, June 1961, 1975 – to date (incomplete).

Western Times. August 1827 – February 1987 (incomplete).

Woolmer’s Exeter and Plymouth Gazette. 1798 – 1800, 1802, 1810 – 1842, 1845 – 1886 (incomplete).

Woolmer’s Gazette. 1792, 1793, 1809.