The Stamford Mercury (also the Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury, the Rutland and Stamford Mercury, and the Rutland Mercury) based in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, claims to be "Britain's oldest continuously published newspaper title".[1] The Mercury has been published since 1712 but its masthead formerly claimed it was established in 1695 and still has "Britain's Oldest Newspaper".
Three editions (Stamford and The Deepings, Rutland, and Bourne) are published every Friday. The ABC circulation figure in 2011 was 16,675.[2]
The Mercury is now owned by Iliffe Media; sister newspapers include The Rutland Times. In January 2017, Johnston Press sold 13 of its East Midlands and East Anglia titles (including the Mercury) to Iliffe Media for £17m.
An edition of the Mercury from 22 May 1718 is the earliest newspaper in the British Library's newspaper reading room, The Newsroom.[3]
Archives
Stamford Mercury of 13 May 1714, , the oldest copy held in the Mercury archives
The Mercury possesses the largest archive of any provincial newspaper.[4] It contains over 15,000 newspapers and is complete from the middle of the 18th century. It also holds substantial numbers of annual volumes and individual copies prior to that, dating back to 1714.
Since 2005, the archive has been in the care of the Stamford Mercury Archive Trust (www.smarchive.org.uk). The Trust received a grant of £305,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to undertake a five-year conservation programme. The Trust set out to microfilm every known copy of the Stamford Mercury in existence. Access to the archive is free for personal research. A copy of the complete microfilm run of the paper is available at Stamford Library.[5]
stamford, mercury, this, article, uses, bare, urls, which, uninformative, vulnerable, link, please, consider, converting, them, full, citations, ensure, article, remains, verifiable, maintains, consistent, citation, style, several, templates, tools, available,. This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as Reflinks documentation reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Stamford Mercury also the Lincoln Rutland and Stamford Mercury the Rutland and Stamford Mercury and the Rutland Mercury based in Stamford Lincolnshire England claims to be Britain s oldest continuously published newspaper title 1 The Mercury has been published since 1712 but its masthead formerly claimed it was established in 1695 and still has Britain s Oldest Newspaper TypeWeekly local newspaperOwner s Iliffe MediaFounder s Thomas Baily and William ThompsonEditorKerry CoupeFounded1710 as Stamford Post 1712 1712 as Stamford MercuryPolitical alignmentHistorically Tory now non politicalHeadquartersCherryholt Road Stamford LincolnshireWebsitestamfordmercury wbr co wbr ukThree editions Stamford and The Deepings Rutland and Bourne are published every Friday The ABC circulation figure in 2011 was 16 675 2 The Mercury is now owned by Iliffe Media sister newspapers include The Rutland Times In January 2017 Johnston Press sold 13 of its East Midlands and East Anglia titles including the Mercury to Iliffe Media for 17m An edition of the Mercury from 22 May 1718 is the earliest newspaper in the British Library s newspaper reading room The Newsroom 3 Archives Edit Stamford Mercury of 13 May 1714 the oldest copy held in the Mercury archives The Mercury possesses the largest archive of any provincial newspaper 4 It contains over 15 000 newspapers and is complete from the middle of the 18th century It also holds substantial numbers of annual volumes and individual copies prior to that dating back to 1714 Since 2005 the archive has been in the care of the Stamford Mercury Archive Trust www smarchive org uk The Trust received a grant of 305 000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to undertake a five year conservation programme The Trust set out to microfilm every known copy of the Stamford Mercury in existence Access to the archive is free for personal research A copy of the complete microfilm run of the paper is available at Stamford Library 5 References Edit The Rutland amp Stamford Mercury Archived from the original on 20 April 2008 ABC Rutland amp Stamford Mercury British Library to unveil 33m newspaper reading room Caroline Davies The Guardian 28 April 2014 https www smarchive org uk The Stamford Mercury archives External links EditNewspaper website Mercury archive This English newspaper related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stamford Mercury amp oldid 1151191563, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
