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The ''Market Rasen Mail'' is a weekly newspaper which serves
In about 1870 the newspaper was sold to Thomas Hulme Whittingham. Whittingham edited the paper and installed new printing equipment in his premises on Queen Street. After his death his widow and sons ran the paper until Thomas Baty was taken on as editor in 1905. In 1915 ownership was transferred to the new company Whittingham & Baty Ltd. Baty was succeeded as editor by E. W. Chapman and then C. E. Sharpe.
In 1947 the Mail was bought by the editor Charles Edward "Teddy" Sharpe, who remained associated with the title until he died in 1983. He modernised the business, replacing the Victorian printing presses and expanded it by buying the ''
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Mass media in Lincolnshire Newspapers established in 1856 1856 establishments in England Newspapers published by Johnston Press Market Rasen
Market Rasen
Market Rasen ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The River Rase runs through it east to west, approximately north-east from Lincoln, England, Lincoln, eas ...
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to th ...
, England and the surrounding area.
History
It was founded in 1856 by Richard Hackett (1823 – 1892), the son of a local farmer. At the age of 18 Hacket was working as an apprentice to a printer in Queen Street, Market Rasen. After a period as a bookseller in London, he returned to Market Rasen to establish the ''Market Rasen Weekly Mail and Lincolnshire Advertiser''. The first edition was published on 20 September 1856.
In about 1870 the newspaper was sold to Thomas Hulme Whittingham. Whittingham edited the paper and installed new printing equipment in his premises on Queen Street. After his death his widow and sons ran the paper until Thomas Baty was taken on as editor in 1905. In 1915 ownership was transferred to the new company Whittingham & Baty Ltd. Baty was succeeded as editor by E. W. Chapman and then C. E. Sharpe.
In 1947 the Mail was bought by the editor Charles Edward "Teddy" Sharpe, who remained associated with the title until he died in 1983. He modernised the business, replacing the Victorian printing presses and expanded it by buying the ''Horncastle News
''Horncastle News'' is a weekly newspaper which serves Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England and the surrounding area.
History
It was founded in 1885 by William Kirkham Morton, who already owned a printing and stationery business in the town. In ...
'' and the printing company Mortons of Horncastle
Mortons of Horncastle Ltd is a publishing, events and printing company based in Horncastle in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England.
History
At the age of 21, William Kirkham Morton introduced mechanical typesetting to the small market-town of H ...
. In 2001 the Mail was bought by Johnston Press
Johnston Press plc was a multimedia company founded in Falkirk, Scotland, in 1767. Its flagship titles included UK-national newspaper the '' i'', ''The Scotsman'', the ''Yorkshire Post'', the ''Falkirk Herald'', and Belfast's ''The News Letter'' ...
.
2008 Earthquake
One of the biggest stories reported by the paper was the2008 Lincolnshire earthquake
On 27 February 2008 at 00:56:47.8s GMT an earthquake occurred at Market Rasen, Lincolnshire. According to the British Geological Survey the earthquake registered a reading of 5.2 on the Richter scale, with its epicentre 2.5 miles (4& ...
, measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale
The Richter scale (), also called the Richter magnitude scale, Richter's magnitude scale, and the Gutenberg–Richter scale, is a measure of the strength of earthquakes, developed by Charles Richter in collaboration with Beno Gutenberg, and pr ...
, when Market Rasen was at the epicentre. Reporters responded with a multi-media package of articles, videos, eye-witness accounts and reader submissions. and subsequent updates on the same site
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