NEWSPAPERS

The Cheltenham Chronicle

A fabulous local newspaper collection and it’s free.

In your internet browser type:

Gloucestershire Graphic Newspaper

You will be taken to the Cheltenham Local History Society site and access to 42 years of a photographic newspaper supplement in Cheltenham. Select a year then a month and away you go. Remember the pages are copyrighted!

Local Newspapers are a rich source of information for anyone enquiring about the past. There are several large collections available to enquirers. Only one we know of is free to use but all offer good value.

If you enter ‘Winchcombe Hospital’ in the British Newspaper Archive you would have access to 37916 articles from local newspapers.

British Newspaper Archive

Here is one example of a source.

Access costs £14.99 for one month or £8.34 per month on a 12-month contract. Its run by Find My Past in conjunction with the British Library. The search engine is powerful though the results page sometimes has very odd typing. Select a result and you are taken to the appropriate part of the newspaper. You can pay securely using Paypal.

You click on this and the newspapers comes up on your screen.

Newspapers.com by Ancestry

Just enter ‘Newspapers.com’ in your search engine and then select a spot on the map. For Winchcombe select Cheltenham from the list of towns. I was given 306741 sources by their search engine from the word ‘Winchcombe’.

Here is a sample of the riches available at Newspapers.com

Gloucestershire Echo 1884-1999

Cheltenham Chronicle 1809-1951

Cheltenham News 1986-1999

Cheltenham & County Looker On 1833-1920

The Guardian 1823-2003

Evening Standard 1897-2024

The Observer 1791-2003

The Daily Telegraph 1855-2013

Birmingham Gazette 1857-1999

Berrows Worcester Journal 1822-1896

Tewkesbury Register & Agricultural Gazette 1858-1967

There is a 7-day free trial then £14.99 per month or £49.99 for 6 month