Historical newspapers

We have a large selection of local newspapers dating back to 1772.

 

Newspapers indexed online


The following newspapers are indexed in Hertfordshire Names Online:
  • All miscellaneous newspapers: 1772-1815
  • Annual Register: 1758-1808
  • County Chronicle Hertfordshire extracts only: 1816, 1818-1826, 1829
  • County Press:1831-1838, 1854
  • Hertford & Ware Chronicle: 1893
  • Hertford Record: 1886-1888, 1890
  • Hertfordshire Mercury: 1800-1801, 1827-1828, 1830, 1847, 1851, 1861, 1881, 1887-1888, 1902, 1910, 1914-1915, 1921; 1966-1969
  • Hertfordshire News (Midweek edition of Herts Advertiser): Dec 1919-Apr 1922 (full run)
  • Herts Advertiser: 1870, 1890-1891, 1901, 1905, 1911, 1914
  • Herts and Essex Observer 1932-1933
  • Hoddesdon Journal: 1935 - 1940, Jan -Jul 1941, 1942 -1946, 1949-1950
  • Illustrated London News: (Hertfordshire extracts only) 1852-1853, 1855-1856, 1858, Jul-Dec 1861, 1862, Jan-Jun 1878
  • Royston Crow 1965–1966
  • Stevenage Gazette 1966-1969
  • Watford Leader 1893-1897
  • Welwyn Garden City News 1921-1928
  • Welwyn Times 1928–1941, Jan - Jul 1945
  • West Herts Post 1926, 1943-1945, 1948

 

Over 25,000 images of people who have appeared in:

  • Herts Advertiser 1890 – 1935
  • Hertfordshire Mercury 1890 – 1953
  • West Herts & Watford Observer 1890 – 1931
  • Watford illustrated Aug 1914 – Feb 1916

 

Not all newspapers are indexed online.  Here's a full list of newspapers held in the archives.

Read today's newspapers online for free with your library card number.

You can also find old issues of national newspapers through our online reference library.