The British Newspaper Archive is an online digital archive. It allows you to explore over 200 years of British and Irish history through the medium of historical newspapers.
There are a wide range of local and national newspapers available, some covering Yorkshire.
The site can be accessed free of charge at these libraries (please ask staff to log you in):
You can browse and search for:
- Obituaries.
- Family notices.
- News items.
- Advertisements.
- Court cases.
- Bankruptcy notices and much more!
Titles include:
- Halifax Courier.
- Brighouse and Rastrick Gazette.
- Brighouse News.
- Todmorden and District News.
- Todmorden Advertiser and Hebden Bridge Newsletter.
Note: Coverage varies from title to title.
This table shows the years available for each local title.
| Title | Date range |
|---|---|
|
13,926 pages |
1892 to 1904. |
|
4,404 pages |
1853 to 1855, 1868, 1869, 1877, 1889, 1899 and 1939. |
|
19,593 pages |
1906 to 1910 and 1913 to 1921. |
|
172,720 pages |
1877, 1892 to 1967, 1986, 1993 and 1994. |
|
2,104 pages |
1831 to 1841. |
|
10,328 pages |
1833, 1835 to 1837, 1842 to 1844, 1847 to 1850, 1852 to 1854, 1868, 1869, 1877, 1884, 1889, 1894, 1900 to 1902, 1912, 1918 and 1921. |
|
7,670 pages |
1879 to 1896, 1898 and 1899. |
|
8,843 pages |
1887 to 1892, 1970, 1980 to 1983, 1986 and 1990. |
|
9,962 pages |
1870 to 1908, 1910 and 1911. |
|
50,001 pages |
1871 to 1895 and 1898 to 1984. |
|
Todmorden Advertiser and Hebden Bridge Newsletter 25,530 pages |
1862 to 1869, 1871 to 1896, 1898 to 1910 and 1913 to 1934. |