The ''Daventry Express'' is a local weekly newspaper serving
Daventry
Daventry ( , historically ) is a market town and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority in Northamptonshire, England, close to the border with Warwickshire. At the 2021 Census Daventry had a population of 28,123, making ...
and the surrounding villages. It is published every Thursday. It has a circulation of 7,500 and is owned by
Johnston Press.
Its offices are located in Daventry High Street.
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.
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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 Sunday ...
References
HoldtheFrontPage.co.uk 30 April 2007.
External links
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Daventry Express'
Newspapers published in Northamptonshire
Daventry
Newspapers published by Johnston Press
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