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Nottingham Mercury
The ''Nottingham Mercury'' was a newspaper printed in Nottingham. Eighteenth century The first paper to use the title ''Nottingham Mercury'' was launched on 1 January 1714 by John Collyer and printed at the Hen Cross. Originally called ''The New Mercury'' it was quickly renamed the ''Nottingham Mercury''. It was published to offer an alternative view to that in William Ayscough’s ''Weekly Courant'' but it only lasted a few years before ceasing publication around 1727. Nineteenth century The second paper to use the title started in 1825 when Jonathan Dunn published the ''Nottingham Mercury'' from his offices on South Parade in Nottingham under its proprietor Thomas Wakefield. It struggled to gain readership so was renamed the ''Nottingham and Newark Mercury''. From 1827 to 1838 Matthew Henry Barker was the editor. The paper was intended to promote the Whig party values of the Nottingham Corporation as the ''Nottingham Journal'' was the representative and exponent of the Tory, Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham And Newark Mercury
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 Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle and tobacco industries. The city is also the county town of Nottinghamshire and the settlement was granted its city charter in 1897, as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Nottingham is a tourist destination; in 2018, the city received the second-highest number of overnight visitors in the Midlands and the highest number in the East Midlands. In 2020, Nottingham had an estimated population of 330,000. The wider conurbation, which includes many of the city's suburbs, has a population of 768,638. It is the largest urban area in the East Midlands and the second-largest in the Midlands. Its Functional Urban Area, the largest in the East Midlands, has a population of 919,484. The population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
