You may want to read further about newspapers and their history
and here are some books to start with.
More can be read of the collections covered by libraries and
archives in London & the South East in: -
- Selwyn Eagle and Diana Dixon. NEWSPLAN: report of the
NEWSPLAN project in the London & South Eastern library region,
January 1992 - December 1995. London: British Library, 1996.
[Essentially this is the printed version of this database as it
stood in 1996].
- Carolynne Cotton. Local London archives: a directory of
local authority and other record offices and libraries in
London. 4th ed. London: Greater London Archives Network,
1999.
For an introduction to the history and variety of newspapers,
with special reference to the famous collections of the British
Library: -
- John Westmancoat. Newspapers. London: British Library,
1985.
For an example of an introduction to local newspapers and an
anthology of original source material about a particular area:
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- David Mander. Late Extra! Hackney in the news. Stroud:
Sutton Publishing, 2000.
For the kinds of stories that local newspapers have reported
over two centuries: -
- Clifford Morsley. News from the English countryside. 2
volumes.
1750 - 1850. London: Harrap, 1979.
1851 - 1950. London: Harrap, 1983.
For information on British newspapers, their history and people:
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- Dennis Griffiths. The Encyclopaedia of the British Press
1422-1992. London, Macmillan, 1992; and, Fleet Street -
five hundred years of the Press. London: British Library,
2006
For a listing of current local newspaper titles in the UK with
data on their circulation, readership, ownership, type and contact
details see this annual publication: -
- The Newspaper Society. Reaching the regions: regional
newspaper facts & figures. London: Newspaper
Society.