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At the printing office against the Swan Inn

At the Printing-Office against the Swan-Inn

On 10 March 1722 an advert appeared in Gloucester. It announced the imminent publication of “a News Paper, entitled the GLOUCESTER JOURNAL, which will contain not Only the most authentick Foreign and Domestick News, but also the Price of Corn, Goods, etc, at Bear Key in London, and all other Trading Cities and Market Towns 50 Miles round.” The man behind the newspaper was Robert Raikes the Elder and the Gloucester Journal was a spin off from the Northampton Mercury which Raikes already published in partnership with William Dicey. Raikes has gone down in history as a pioneer of the press who was instrumental in bringing news printing out of London and to the provinces.

GA Ref.No: NV26.4

Last reviewed: 06/06/2023

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