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Currently, the [http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ British Newspaper Archive] contains 15,000,000 pages in 657 titles.
:''Back to: [[Newspaper articles]]''
To yield a list of results from the archive, simply click on the link above and select the newspaper from the drop-down list. Alternatively, perform a search using the search box provided. You can also perform advanced searches using more detailed criteria such as: publication place, title, date and article type. On the results page there is the option to filter your search further by date, newspaper, region, county, type and tags.
The British Library Newspaper Catalogue (B.L.N.C.) contains entries for over 52,000 newspaper and periodical titles from all UK national daily and Sunday newspapers from 1801 to present day<ref name="ftn1">Also, most UK and Irish provincial newspapers, some dating from the early 18th century onwards; selected newspapers from around the world in European languages, some dating from the 17th century onwards; and a wide range of UK and Irish popular periodicals, covering all subjects from fashion, pop music and cinema, to sports, hobbies and trades</ref>. The following list contains basic details from the [http://prodigi.bl.uk/nlcat/welcome.asp B.L.N.C.] website, where a search for any of the below newspapers will yield a standard result such as:
{| class="wikitable" style="width:75%;"
| style="background:#efefef;" | '''Place'''<ref name="ftn2">This is the area in which the newspaper was published and served</ref>
| Penrith; Cumbria; England
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| style="background:#efefef;" | '''Main title'''<ref name="ftn3">The main title of the newspaper, which on occasion, changed from one name to another</ref>
| Penrith Herald, and East Cumberland and Westmorland News
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| style="background:#efefef;" | '''Numbers'''<ref name="ftn4">The number or issues they hold in their collections</ref>
| no. 1-22, 404-1335
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| style="background:#efefef;" | '''Dates'''<ref name="ftn5">The dates for the numbers they hold in their collections</ref>
| 13 Feb.-10 July 1869; 7 June 1873-23 May 1891
|}
Some pages will have additional information such as:
{| class="wikitable" style="width:75%;"
| colspan="2" | <center>Continued as Mid Cumberland and North Westmorland Herald </center>
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| style="background:#efefef;" | '''Numbers'''
| no. 1336-3119
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| style="background:#efefef;" | '''Dates'''
| 30 May 1891-7 Nov. 1925
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| colspan="2" | <center>Continued as Cumberland & Westmorland Herald </center>
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| style="background:#efefef;" | '''Numbers'''
| no. 3120-
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| style="background:#efefef;" | '''Dates'''
| 14 Nov. 1925-
|}
To see the information for any of the newspapers listed on the B.L.N.C., click on the link above and type in the newspaper's name in the search box, making sure the search is carried out by checking the '''title''' option. The result/s will give the appropriate details for the newspaper in question and from there, within the site, information is provided so that arrangements can be made to view the collection.
== Cumberland Newspapers Index ==
* Penrith Observer (1860-1962)
* Penrith Times and Cumberland and Westmorland Advertiser (1898-1901)
== References / notes ==
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[[Category:Newspaper articles]]
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