Microfilm Newspapers List
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Local newspapers available on microfilm or online at Oxfordshire History Centre Access • To access newspapers online at Oxfordshire History Centre (OHC), you will need to use a public computer • To access newspapers on microfilm, you will need to use a microfilm reader • Some popular microfilms are held in self-service cabinets in the Searchroom; other titles are in closed access storage, but can be requested during your visit • Some online services are also available in Oxfordshire Libraries or at home via Reference Online. Booking • We recommend visitors book in advance when planning a visit to Oxfordshire History Centre. • Please select the seat type “computer/microfilm” when booking online; you will also be asked to specify whether you want to use digital or microfilm sources. Newspaper title Holdings information Abingdon Courier See under South Oxfordshire Courier Abingdon Express On microfilm: February 1887 - June 1888 Abingdon Free Press On microfilm: June 1902 - June 1910, March - November 1912 with some gaps, January 1913-March 1916 Abingdon Herald On microfilm (on open access in searchroom): February 1868 – 1873, January 1875 – April 1910, July 1974 – December 2002. (See also the holdings for North Berks Herald) Newsbank via Oxfordshire Libraries’ Reference Online: 2007-2008 (selected articles only) Abingdon Monthly On microfilm: January - July 1875 Messenger Abingdon News On microfilm: January 1878 - June 1879 Page 1 www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshirehistory Newspaper title Holdings information Appointments (including On microfilm: 1994 - 2003 Oxford Times Jobs and Careers) Aylesbury and Thame On microfilm: 1988 – October 1990 Times Aylesbury and Wendover On microfilm: March - July 1991 Review Banbury Advertiser On microfilm: July 1855 – August 1972 Online: British Newspaper Archive 1855 - 1911, 1913 - 1946,1948 - 1956 Banbury Beacon On microfilm: May – November 1863 (with gaps), June 1868 – September 1905 Online: British Newspaper Archive May – November 1863 (with gaps), 1888, 1891-96, 1898-1900, 1902-September 1905 Banbury Cake On microfilm: January 1986 – December 2002 Online: Newsbank via Oxfordshire Libraries’ Reference Online: 2007-current (selected articles only) Banbury Citizen On microfilm: July 1989 - 2005 Banbury & District Review On microfilm: 2005 – June 2010 (July 2010 – May 2012 original copies also held) Banbury Evening News On microfilm: 1877 Banbury Focus On microfilm: November 1970 – 1980, March 1981 – June 1989 Page 2 www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshirehistory Newspaper title Holdings information Banbury Guardian On microfilm (on open access in searchroom): July 1843 - June 2010 (incomplete hardcopy collection from (see also the earlier title July 2010) Guardian or Monthly Poor Law Register) Online: British Newspaper Archive 1843 - 1855, 1857 - 1914, 1916 - 1928, 1946 - 1950, 1952 – 1955 Newsbank via Oxfordshire Libraries’ Reference Online: 2014 - current (selected articles only) Banbury Herald On microfilm: 1861 – 1863, 27th June 1867, February (see also Oxfordshire 1868 – February 1869 Weekly News) Banbury Leader On microfilm: January 1909 – October 1912 Banbury Telegraph On microfilm: March – December 1893, June 1894 – May 1895 Berks and Oxon Advertiser On microfilm: June 1889 – December 1895; 1899 – (see also Wallingford and May 1942, 1949 – 1960 District News) Online: British Newspaper Archive June 1889-1895, 1899-1910, 1911(January-June), 1912-1941, 1959 Online: British Newspaper Archive Berkshire Chronicle 1825 – 1909 Berkshire Times On microfilm: June – November 1866 Bicester Advertiser On microfilm (on open access in searchroom): July 1855 – January 1866, January 1879 –December 2002 1915-1919 microfilm largely indecipherable please request hardcopy original (reference: Strongroom D24 A6) Online: British Newspaper Archive 1855-1866, 1879 Newsbank via Oxfordshire Libraries’ Reference Online: 2007 - current (selected articles only) Page 3 www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshirehistory Newspaper title Holdings information Bicester Herald On microfilm: June 1855 – 1896; 1898 – July 1917 Online: British Newspaper Archive June 1855 – 1876, 1879-1896; 1898 – July 1917 Bicester Review On microfilm: July 1986 – June 2010 (Some later original copies also held- please enquire) The Cherwell (Oxford On microfilm: November 1920; January 1921 – University student December 1938; October 1946 – November 1949 (with newspaper) gaps); 1950 - 1984 Chipping Norton News On microfilm: 28 February 1930 – 11 November 1932 Chipping Norton (Shipston On microfilm: 18 November 1932 – August 1972 –on-Stour and Banbury) Advertiser (See also Chipping Norton News) Cotswold Standard On microfilm: 1987 –22 February 2001 (including North Cotswold Standard and The Standard) Courier see Oxford Courier and South Oxfordshire Courier Courier Journal (City & On microfilm: January 2005 – 21 Sept 2006 North/ North Oxon edition) (see also Oxford Journal) Courier Journal (West see Oxford Courier edition) Didcot Advertiser On microfilm: 1951 - 1965 (See also North Berks Herald and Abingdon and North Berks Herald) Didcot Herald Microfilm: See under Abingdon Herald Online: Newsbank via Oxfordshire Libraries’ Reference Online: 2007 - current (selected articles only) Didcot Post On microfilm: July 1933 – Sept 1935 Page 4 www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshirehistory Newspaper title Holdings information Faringdon Advertiser On microfilm: 1862-1864 (with gaps), 1865, 1867; 1869 – February 1942; 1960 – February 1964 Online: British Newspaper Archive 1869-1870, 1884-1896, 1898-1899, 1901-1922 Farmer’s Gazette (Oxford) On microfilm: November 1843 – July 1844 Gazette and Herald see Wilts Gazette and Herald Guardian or Monthly Poor On microfilm: April 1838- June 1843 Law Register (see also Banbury Guardian) Hall’s Oxonian Advertiser On microfilm: February 1853 – March 1856 Henley Advertiser On microfilm: October 1876 – January 1908 (see also Kinch’s Henley Online: British Newspaper Archive May 1870 – 1906 Advertiser) Henley Chronicle On microfilm: 1904 – 1911; 1913 Henley Free Press On microfilm: February 1885 – July 1886; January 1889 – August 1892 Henley Gazette On microfilm: 1st February 1855 Henley (& South Oxfordshire) On microfilm (on open access in searchroom): Sep Standard 1892 – Jun 2010 (Later editions held in hardcopy) Online: British Newspaper Archive 1885-1886, 1889, 1891 -1912 Humanity (Oxford) On microfilm: April 1974 – July 1975 (incomplete) Illustrated Oxfordshire On microfilm: December 1858 – December 1859 Telegraph (Bicester) In Business Magazine On microfilm: June 1996 – July 1999 (supplement to Oxford times) Isis On microfilm: 1895 – 1914, April 1919 – June 1939; November 1945 – November 1984 Page 5 www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshirehistory Newspaper title Holdings information Jackson’s Oxford Journal ) On microfilm (on open access in searchroom): May (including Oxford Journal 1753 –Nov 1928 (incomplete) Illustrated 1909-1928) Online: British Newspaper Archive: May 1753 –Dec 1895 (incomplete); 1899-1911. British Library Newspapers via Oxfordshire Libraries’ Reference Online: 1800-1900 (incomplete) Personal Name Index 1791-1880 http://bit.ly/ohc_jojname and Place-name Index 1791- 1800 http://bit.ly/ohc_jojplace Oxford Journal Illustrated newspaper photographs index, 1909-1928 http://bit.ly/ohc_jojphoto Kinch’s Henley Advertiser On microfilm: May 1870 – Oct 1876 (see also Henley Advertiser) Mercurius Aulicus On microfiche: 1 January– 7 Sept 1643 Midland Mail (Bicester) On microfilm: June – October 1899 see also South Midland Mail North Berks Herald On microfilm (on open access in searchroom): May 1910 – June 1974 (see also Abingdon Herald) North Cotswold Standard see Cotswold Standard North Oxfordshire Monthly On microfilm: 1849 – Aug 1854 (for 1849 issues see Times Oxford & District Morning Echo film) North Wilts Gazette & See Wilts Gazette & Herald Herald Northampton Mercury On microfilm: 1720 – 1850 Online: British Newspaper Archive 1770-1875, 1877-1954 Oxford and Cambridge On microfilm: January 1866 – June 1869; February – Undergraduate’s Journal December 1870, 1872 - 1884 Page 6 www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshirehistory Newspaper title Holdings information Oxford (and District) On microfilm: Sept 1898 – January 1900 Morning Echo Oxford Chronicle and On microfilm: February 1837 – 1871; 1872 Reading Gazette (incomplete); January 1873 – May 1929 Online: British Newspaper Archive February 1837 – 1871, 1874–1892, 1894–1895, 1898, 1900–1902, 1904–1906, 1908—1909, 1912,1914, 1916–1929 Oxford City Courier See Oxford Courier Oxford Conservative On microfilm: July 1834 – June 1835 Oxford Courier On microfilm: 1987 – 14th September 2006 (1992 January to July only) Includes Courier (West Oxfordshire ed.) Oxford (Flying) Post On microfilm: January 1859 – August 1859 Oxford Flying Weekly On microfilm: 7 March 1747/8 (see Oxford & District Journal Morning Echo film) Oxford Free Press On microfilm: January – August 1858 Oxford Gazette and On microfilm: 9 December 1745 – December 1751; Reading Mercury 1752, January – June 1753, November 1753 – October th th See also: 1757 (incomplete), 24 January – 26 December 1763, January 1767 – December 1769 (incomplete). Reading Mercury Oxford Guardian On microfilm: 1884 – January 1892 Oxford Herald See Oxford University and City Page 7 www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshirehistory Newspaper title Holdings information Oxford Journal (1753 – On microfilm (on open access in searchroom): May 1928) (including Oxford 1753 –Nov 1928 (incomplete) Journal Illustrated 1909- 1928) Online: British Newspaper Archive: