The ''Daventry Express'' is a local weekly newspaper serving
Daventry
Daventry ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England, close to the border with Warwickshire. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 Census, Daventry had a populati ...
and the surrounding villages. It is published every Thursday and is owned by
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History
In 1869 the ''Daventry Express'' was published on Saturdays by Thomas and John William Barrett. The newspaper was discontinued in 1940, at a time of national paper shortages, but was revived in 1948 under the title ''Daventry and District Weekly Express'', shortened to ''Daventry Weekly Express'' in 1966, and again to ''Daventry Express'' in 1990.
British Library
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microfilm catalogue
See also
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List of newspapers in the United Kingdom
Twelve daily newspapers and eleven Sunday-only weekly newspapers are distributed nationally in the United Kingdom. Others circulate in Scotland only and still others serve smaller areas. National daily newspapers publish every day except Sund ...
References
HoldtheFrontPage.co.uk 30 April 2007.
External links
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Newspapers published in Northamptonshire
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Newspapers published by Johnston Press
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