Newspapers held in the Local and Family History library

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1 Newspapers held in the Local and Family History library Title Frequency Earliest date held Last date held * Indicates continues under new name Notes (All titles held on microfilm unless otherwise noted) Armley Armley and Wortley News Armley, Headingley and Moortown Shopper W Sep 29th 1977 Dec 31st 1980 W Sep 6th 1889 Sep 30th 1932* Continued as Leeds Guardian. Missing: 1897 M Jul 1981 Sep 1982 On Leeds Free Papers reel Missing: May, Jun & Aug 1982 Name changed to Armley and Headingley Shopper in Jan Boston Spa News See Wetherby News Bramley Catholic Post Catholic Voice (Leeds Diocesan ) Citizen Cleveland Mercury Conservative Clarion East Leeds Elector M M Apr 1st 1992 Sep 2nd 1992 Shelved at F 072 B73 L Nov 1994 Dec 1996 Bound at LF 282 CAT, along with loose copies of Sep & Nov Feb 1997 Present Microfilm (MIC 282 CAT). Recent copies in room, glass cabinets. Missing: Dec 2000 Dec Nov 1980 Dec 1992 Microfilm (MIC 282 CAT) Sep 1989 Sep 1996 See Leeds Weekly Citizen See Gazette Bound at LF 282 CAT Copies of Oct 14th, 21st & 30th 1908 shelved at LQP 324 C765 Copies of Sep 26th & 29th 1900 shelved at LF 324 EA77

2 East Leeds Weekly News Evening Post Garforth See Leeds Weekly News See Evening Post Sep 22nd & Oct 6th 1983 on Leeds Free Papers reel Garforth Observer M Feb 1884 Jul 1885 (issue #18) Garforth Shopper Jul 1981 Jun 1983 on Leeds Free Papers reel. Missing: Jun 1982; Feb, Apr, Jul & Aug 1983 Harrogate Includes the Weekly List of the Visitors (a list of all those visiting Harrogate and their guest accommodation) W Jun 8th Holbeck Voice! M Apr 1976, Jun 1976, Dec 1976, Mar Shelved at L H69 (072) Headingley Horsforth W Jun 22nd 1978 Dec 31st 1980 W Aug 18th 1983 Jul 19th 1984 Horsforth News W Jan 1960 Sep 11th 1980 Hardcopies at Q 052 G18L. AKA: The Graphic Coverage as follows: 8 Jun Oct May Oct May Oct May Oct 1856 May 1857 Oct 1861 May 1862 Dec 1864 Missing: 1877, 1880, 1886 Missing: 1983 Sep 1st; Oct 27th; Dec 15th; 22nd & 29th Jun 7th, 21st & 28th; Jul 5th & 12th. Horsforth Shopper Hunslet and Holbeck Chronicle Hunslet and Holbeck News Ilkley and Otley Mail Independent and York County W Jul 23rd 1981 Jul 7th 1983 Missing: Jun 10th 1982 W Jan 13th 1900 April 14th 1900 Only existed for 14 s W 1887 Feb 1st 1890* Continued as South and West Leeds Echo W Mar 22nd 1988 Jul 10th 1990 See Leeds Independent and York County

3 Jewish Chronicle W Sep 1841 Dec 1955 Jewish Telegraph (Leeds and Edition) Labour Pioneer, The Leeds and District Weekly Citizen Leeds and West Riding Leeds and W Jun 3rd 1976 Present See Factory Times See Leeds Citizen See Leeds May 20th 1842 Oct 18th 1844: Production of the Jewish Chronicle was suspended. Microfilm collection contains s of The Voice of Jacob instead. Missing microfilms: 1887, 1888, 1909, , Jul Dec 1928, Jun 1976 Dec 1997: Bound copies kept in glass cabinets in 1998 present: Microfilms stored at end of sequence in corridor. D Jul 6th 1855 Jul 16th 1855 Brief early name for Leeds Leeds Budget W Jan 13th 1906 Dec 13th 1911 (last issue) Ceased publication in 1911 Leeds Citizen W Oct 1911 Dec 1987 AKA: Leeds Weekly Citizen; Leeds and District Weekly Citizen Leeds Daily News D Jan 1874 May 1905* Continued as Evening News Leeds Diocesan Catholic Voice Leeds Evening See Catholic Voice See Leeds Leeds (1) W/D Jul 1855 Oct 21st 1899 Known as Leeds and West Riding General between AKA: Daily ; Leeds and ;

4 Leeds (2) Leeds and West Riding General Leeds and West Riding ; Leeds Evening W Jan 1997 Nov 8th 2002 Incorporates Skyrack, which it took over in 1997 W Dec 26th 1857 Nov 13th 1858 See Leeds (1) Leeds Guardian W Oct 8th 1932 Apr 4th 1958 (last issue) Leeds Independent and York County Leeds Intelligencer W Incorporates Armley and Wortley News and Pudsey but contains citywide news. Oct Dec 1932: See Armley and Wortley News microfilm (1932) 1820: Feb 10th 1825: May 3rd; Jun 21st & 28th; Jul 5th 19th; Aug 2nd; Aug 23rd Sep 20th; Oct 4th Nov 15th; Dec 20th & 27th. 1826: Jan 3rd 31st W Jul * Continued as Post. Bound copies at SRF 072 LEE. AKA: Wright s Leeds Intelligencer; Leeds Intelligencer and General Leeds Mercury W/D 1719 Nov 1939 Incorporated into Post. Microfilm + bound copies at SRF 072 MER: ; Nov 2nd 1850 Aug 29th 1857 Leeds Mercury Weekly Supplement Leeds Other Paper Leeds Patriot and Leeds Saturday Journal W Filmed alongside Leeds Mercury. 28 vols. M/W 1974 Jan 1994 Renamed Northern Star Magazine in Feb Microfilm + bound copies (Jan 1991 Jan 1994) at LQ 335 N81L W May 22nd 1824 (issue #8) W Dec 6th 1884 Nov 3rd 1832 May 8th 1909 Very incomplete coverage 1st issue in poor condition. AKA: People s Saturday Journal

5 Leeds Skyrack See Skyrack Leeds Student W Nov 20th 1970 Feb 14th 1987 Bound at LF 378 L517. Missing: 1971 Leeds Times W Feb 1834 Mar 1901 Not excellent quality Leeds Vanguard M Jul 1937 Aug 1937 Bound at SRF 072 LEE Leeds Weekend Leeds Weekend Leeds Weekly Citizen Leeds Weekly News Leeds Woman Citizen Malton Gazette W Nov 1977 Apr 14th 1983* Armley & Headingley. Continued as Rothwell Leeds Free Papers reel contains Apr 26th1979 and Jan Jun 1981, but is missing April (all), May (7th, 14th, 28th) and June (3rd, 11th, 25th) of 1981 See Leeds Citizen W Jul 1983 Present Missing: Feb 6th 1986; Apr 30th 1987; May 4th 1989; Jul 6th 1989; Nov 2nd North & East Leeds s incorporate Leeds Skyrack M Oct 1920 (issue #21) only. News sheet of Leeds Women s Citizens League See Gazette Middleton and District Echo Moortown See South Leeds Echo Edition of Apr 2nd 1981 on Leeds Free Papers reel Morley W Dec 1930 May 11th 2005* Continued as Morley Observer and. Incomplete: 1959 Missing: several dates from 1970 (Jan 30th; Feb 6th; Feb 20th; Mar 27th; May 29th; Sep 18th); Dec 4th 1986; Oct 1st 1987; Sep Dec Morley Observer and News W Oct 1871 May 6th 2005* Continued as Morley Observer and. Missing: Jan 24th 1985; May 12th 1988; Nov 24th 1988; several dates from 1989 (Jan 12th; Feb 19th; Mar 16th; Sep 7th)

6 Morley Observer and New Leeds News W May 2005 Present Amalgamation of Morley and Observer, since May See North Leeds News North Leeds News North Leeds Gazette North Leeds Weekly News Northern Star Magazine Northern Star (and Leeds General ) Ossie News W Sep 20th 1912 Dec 1946 Incorporates New Leeds News, Sep 20th 1912 Sep 19th Covers Roundhay, Chapeltown, Harehills, Meanwood, Moortown and Shadwell districts. Sep 20th 1984 Feb 20th 1985 Issues 1 3 bound at LQ 072 N811 See Leeds Weekly News See Leeds Other Paper. Not to be confused with Northern Star and Leeds General W 1838 Nov 27th 1852 (last ) London only from Founded by Fergus O Connor, the Leeds rep of the London Working Men s Association, and associated with Chartist movement. AKA: Star and National Trades Journal; Star of Freedom M Hardcopies at Q 072 OS7L of issues #1 (Mar 1976), #4, #16, #21, #22, #29 #79 (Oct 1978 Dec 1983) + Xmas AKA: Ossie & Halton Moor News. Otley News and West Riding (Wetherby) Penny Paper, The People s Saturday Journal Pudsey W M Mar 29th 1867 Jul 18th 1890 (last issue) Discontinued in Missing: 1872 Issues #1 & #4 (1991) at LQ 072 P385. Mainly local adverts, with coverage of a famous historical event on p.1 & vintage sports page. See Leeds Saturday Journal See Pudsey District

7 Pudsey and Bramley Chronicle Pudsey and Stanningley News Apr 4th, Apr 11th & Oct 17th 1869 on Pudsey Misc reel W May 24th * Continued as Pudsey News and later as Pudsey Times. Missing: 1897 & Apr 19th & May 10th 1879 also included on first reel. Also covers Farsley and Bramley. Pudsey Courant M Mar 1855 Jan 1856 Bound at LQ 072 PUD Pudsey District Pudsey Division Echo Pudsey Echo Pudsey Herald W Mar 27th 1919 Dec 16th 1920 Aug 1923 Dec 1928 Issues from Mar 1890 & Oct 1891 on Pudsey Misc reel See Echo Issues from Mar, Sep & Nov 1885 on Pudsey Misc reel Pudsey News W Jan 1969 Apr 1982* Formerly Pudsey and Stanningley News and continued as Pudsey Times Pudsey Times W May 24th 1879 Present Began as Pudsey and Stanningley News, became Pudsey News in 1969, and has been Times since Apr Rothwell Rothwell Courier and Times W Jul 13th 1968 Jan 16th 1992 (last issue) W Jan 11th 1913 Dec 23rd 1917 Jan 1921 Dec 31st 1921 (some poor quality) Ceased publication in Missing: Jan Apr 1985; May 30th 1985; several dates from 1986 (May 29th; Jun 5th; Jul 31st; Sep 11th; Nov 13th) Rothwell Times W Nov 1873 Nov 22nd 1912* Continued as Rothwell Courier and Times. Missing: 1886 Skyrack (Leeds/East Leeds) W May 23rd 1924 Sep 1997* Incorporated into Leeds (2). AKA: Skyrack and East Leeds during 1980s.

8 South Leeds South Leeds Weekly News South Leeds Echo Stanningley and District Star / Star of Freedom W Oct 28th 1971 See Leeds Weekly News Mar 28th 1974 Filming order not always sequential. Also a bound copy (Jan 5th 1951) at LF 072 SOU M/W Formerly South and West Leeds Echo, Hunslet and Holbeck News and Middleton and District Echo Jan 17th & 31st 1885 on Pudsey Misc reel See Northern Star and Leeds General Sunday Worker W Mar 15th 1925 Jun 27th 1926 Labour Sunday paper Tadcaster News See Wetherby News Union News (Leeds University) Villager, The (Holt Park) Voice of Jacob, The Weekly List of the Visitors (Harrogate) West Leeds Weekly News Wetherby and District M Oct 2nd 1950 May 13th 1955 Jan 19th 1962 May 2nd 1969 M Issues #1 3 (Jul 1981, Oct 1981, Feb 1982) Missing: Bound at LF 378 UN3 Holt Park community newspaper. Bound at LQ 072 V711 W May 20th 1842 Oct 18th 1844 See: Jewish Chronicle. Founded: 16 Sep Ceased publication: Sep 1846 See Harrogate See Leeds Weekly News W Nov 3rd 1988 Apr 1991 Wetherby News W Sep 1st 1972 Present Also published as Boston Spa News and Tadcaster News with only 2 pages differing. Missing: Sep 14th 1973 Jun 28th 1974; Jul Dec 1989 AKA: Wetherby News and Agricultural Gazette.

9 Wetherby News and Agricultural Gazette Wharfe Valley Times Horsforth Horsforth and Cookridge Otley Otley and Aireborough Wharfedale and Airedale Observer Aireborough and Horsforth Otley See Wetherby News W 1983 Present See below for details of different s. W Mar 8th 1984 Dec 1987 Missing dates in 1984: Dec 6th, 20th & 27th (if published). Missing dates in 1985: Feb 2nd; Apr 16th; Aug 8th, 15th & 22nd; Sep 5th; Nov 14th; Dec 26th (if published). W 1988 Present Missing dates in 1984: Jan 5th, 12th & 19th; Feb 2nd, 9th, 16th & 23rd; Mar 1st; Apr 19th; Jun 7th & 28th; Jul 12th; Aug 2nd & 9th; Sep 20th. W Jan 1983 Dec 1987 Jan 1996 Jun 1997 W Jan 1988 Dec 1995 Jul 1997 Dec 2002 Missing dates in 1983: All of Mar, Nov & Dec; plus Jan 6th, 13th & 27th; Feb 3rd, 10th & 17th; Apr 7th. Most of 1984 missing, except Jan 19th; Feb 23rd; Mar 1st; Apr 19th; Jun 21st; Sep 27th; Oct 11th, 18th & 25th; Nov 1st, 8th & 15th; Dec 6th. W Jun 4th 1880 Present See below for details of different s. W Jan 31st 1941 Jan 7th 1944 Sep 1972 Dec Oct 16th 1987 (Horsforth ) W Jun 4th

10 Wharfedale York County Daily Evening News (YEN) Evening Post (YEP) Factory Times Gazette (York) Graphic Post (YP) Post Magazine Weekly Post W Sep 8th See Leeds Independent and York County Brief early name for Leeds D May 1905 Dec 1963* Merged with YEP on Dec 3rd Continuation of Leeds Daily News. Missing: Jul 19th 1991; Jun 21st Aug 6th 1959 (on strike) D Sep 1890 Present Hard copies of last 2 months held in Information Centre W Jul 5th 1889 Apr 1925 W/D Feb 1820 Nov 1870 See Garforth Observer 1896 missing. Jul 1889 Oct 1908 is Huddersfield. Oct 17th 1908 Sep 29th 1910 is Dewsbury. Became The Labour Pioneer in Sep 1919 until Jun 1922, when it was renamed The Factory Times and Workers Weekly Record. Missing: 1859 (except 12 & 26 Nov) 1860 (except 17 Nov) 1870 (except 12 Nov) Incorporates Malton Gazette and Cleveland Mercury from D Jul 1866 Present W Sep 6th 1980 Nov 19th 1983 (issue #34) W 1883 Jan 3rd 1927 (last issue) Bound at Q 072 Y82L Ceased Jan 1927