Newpapers held at the Cheltenham Library

Listing as of November 1996

Local Newpaper Holdings

Bath and Cheltenham Gazette	1812 - 1844 Microfilm
Cheltenham Chronicle (afterwards Gloucestershire Chronical, q.v) (See also Gloucestershire Graphic)	May 1809-1918, 1820-1821 1827 (odd copies only), 1870 (part year), 1871-1874, 1875 (part =year), 1876-14th Nov. 1896, 1898-1975 Microfilm
Cheltenham Circular	1933 - 1940 Hardcopy
Cheltenham Evening Press	21st Nov. 1885 - 21st Dec. 1885 Hardcopy
Cheltenham Examiner	17th July 1839 - 1873, 15th Apr. 1874 - 1913 Microfilm
Cheltenham Express	1869 - 1875 Microfilm
Cheltenham Free Press	Nov. 1834-1848, 1850, 1867, 1875, 1877, 1884-June 1908 Hard Copy
Cheltenham Journal	8th Nov. 1824 - Nov. 1829, 1830- June 1868 Microfilm
Cheltenham Looker On	1834-1847, 1849-1920 Hardcopy
Cheltenham Mercury	Aug. 1855-1857, 1859-1889 Microfilm
Gloucestershire Citizen	3 months, Hardcopy not bound
Gloucestershire Chronicle (formerly Cheltenham Chronicle)	1975 - Sept. 1983 Microfilm (1976 Hardcopy only)
Gloucestershire Echo	Feb. 1884 - Dec.1887, May 1888 - 1897, 1899 - June 1911, Jan. - June 1912, 1913 to date Microfilm The Gloucestershire Echo started life as the Evening Telegram in 1873, becoming the Echo in 1882. The library cannot obtain this title prior to Feb. 1884
Gloucestershire Graphic Supplement to the Cheltenham Cronicle	1901 - 18th April 1942 Hardcopy 1901-1920 also available on CD Rom
Wilts and Glos Standard	3 months Hardcopy

National Newspaper Holdings

Times	1880 to date Microfilm
Financial Times	2 years Hardcopy not bound
Guardian	2 months Hardcopy not bound
Telegraph	2 months Hardcopy not bound
Western Mail	2 months Hardcopy not bound
Western Daily Press	2 months Hardcopy not bound
Independent	1 year Hardcopy not bound
Observer	1 year Hardcopy not bound
Sunday Times	1 year Hardcopy not bound

[Supplied by Phil Mustoe, March 9th 1999 - updated with information provided directly by Cheltenham Reference Library, 7th August 2003]