The ''Nottingham Journal'' was a newspaper published in

Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...

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, in the

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. During that time, the paper went through several title changes through mergers, take-overs, acquisitions and ownership changes.

History

Nottingham's first newspaper was probably ''The Weekly Courant'', published by William Ayscough in August, 1712. It was followed by The ''Nottingham Post'' in 1716. In 1723 Ayscough took over the Post and later that year he published ''The Nottingham Weekly Courant''. ''The Courant'' lasted until 1769, when Samuel Cresswell bought it and in 1787 changed its name to ''The Nottingham Journal''. In 1775 he was joined by George Burbage and ''Cresswell and Burbage's Nottingham Journal'' came into existence. Later Burbage became sole owner. On his death it was purchased by George Stretton. On Stretton's retirement in 1832 it was purchased by John Hicklin and Job Bradshaw. In 1841 it became Bradshaw's property. In 1860 they occupied new premises on

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, built to designs by the architect

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. In 1887 it was incorporated in the ''

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'' which was renamed the ''Nottingham Journal'' in 1918. In 1953 the ''Guardian Journal'' was formed by a merger of the ''

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'' and ''Nottingham Journal''. The ''Guardian Journal'' lasted until 1973.

Famous people connected with the ''Nottingham Journal''

The writer

Graham Greene Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquir ...

was a sub-editor on ''The Nottingham'' Journal before joining ''

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''; he then launched his career as a novelist. Plaque to mark the employment of J

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worked at the ''Nottingham Journal'' from 1883 to 1884 at three guineas a week, hand-writing daily leaders and Monday columns under the pseudonym Hippomenes, along with whimsical Thursday essays attributed to A Modern Peripatetic. A colleague described him as "a craftsman to his finger tips". The impressions he gained from this period took tangible form in his novel of provincial life, ''When a Man's Single'', which first appeared as a serial in the ''British Weekly''.

Cecil Roberts Edric Cecil Mornington Roberts (18 May 1892 – 20 December 1976) was an English journalist, poet, dramatist and novelist. He was born and grew up in Nottingham. Working career Roberts published his first volume of poems, with a preface by Jo ...

was editor from 1920 to 1925.Robert Calder ''Beware the British Serpent: the role of writers in British propaganda in the United States, 1939-1945''. McGill-Queen's Press, 2004

References

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