Bath Chronicle Explained

Bath Chronicle
Type:Weekly newspaper
Format:Tabloid
Foundation:1760
Owners:Reach plc
Editor:Emma Slee
Language:English
Circulation:2,852
Circulation Date:2023
Circulation Ref:[1]
Headquarters:Bath, Somerset
Issn:1356-0069

The Bath Chronicle is a weekly newspaper, first published under various titles before 1760[2] in Bath, England. Prior to September 2007, it was published daily. The Bath Chronicle serves Bath, northern Somerset and west Wiltshire.

History

Name changes

The Bath Journal was published in 1743, and was renamed Boddely's Bath Journal. It was renamed Keene's Bath Journal in January 1822, and was eventually taken over by the Bath Herald in March 1916. The newspaper also originated from the Bath Chronicle and Universal Register taking over from the Bath Advertiser which was published from 1755.[3]

By 1919 it had changed its name to the Bath and Wilts Chronicle as a result of a merger with another paper.[4] The Bath Herald was merged with the Bath Chronicle in 1925[3] to become the Bath Chronicle and Herald, amended in 1936 to Bath Weekly Chronicle and Herald.[5] [6]

The early 1960s was a time for another minor name change to Bath and Wilts Evening Chronicle.[7] The change took place with the issue of 12 June 1961, but was again changed, with the issue of 1 April 1974 to Bath and West Evening Chronicle, before changing to the Evening Chronicle with the issue of 3 January 1989, remaining with that title until 7 May 1994.[8]

In October 2007, the Bath Chronicle switched from daily to weekly publication, every Thursday.[9]

The paper celebrated its 250th anniversary in October 2010,[10] publishing a special supplement to mark the occasion.[11]

In March 2018, Trinity Mirror's Somerset Live platform began to operate the Bath Chronicle website.[12] In November 2018, Bath Chronicle staff moved from their office of 10 years to space in neighbouring Bath College.[13]

Ownership

In 2012, Local World acquired owner Northcliffe Media from Daily Mail and General Trust.[14] It is published as part of the Bath Newspapers Group.[15] Its circulation reaches the population of Bath and the surrounding areas including parts of Wiltshire and Somerset.

In November 2015, Trinity Mirror took over Local World in a £220 million deal.[16] [17]

Associated publications

A series of weekly supplements included the Property Chronicle, the Bath Observer and the Norton Radstock & Frome Observer. The Observer supplements ceased publication in 2008.[18]

Archives

Bath Record Office hold many issues of local titles.[19] Their Georgian Newspaper Project, completed c.2005, provides an index to selected Bath Chronicle editions between 1770 and 1799.[20] [21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bath Chronicle . . 5 February 2024 . 2 March 2024.
  2. Web site: The front page of the earliest known surviving copy of the Bath Chronicle as we know it 1760. Bath in Time – Bath Central Library Collection. 12 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005183744/http://www.bathintime.co.uk/image.php?id=436875&idx=0&fromsearch=true. 5 October 2011. dead.
  3. Web site: A chronological hand-list of eighteenth century newspapers published in Bristol, Gloucestershire and Somerset . Fishponds Local History Society . 2007-02-26.
  4. Web site: Front page of the Bath and Wilts Chronicle, Saturday September 27, 1919. Bath in Time – Bath Central Library Collection. 12 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005183756/http://www.bathintime.co.uk/image.php?id=375030&idx=2&fromsearch=true. 5 October 2011. dead.
  5. Web site: Front page of the Bath and Wilts Chronicle and Herald Monday July 28, 1930. Bath in Time – Bath Central Library Collection. 12 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005183820/http://www.bathintime.co.uk/image.php?id=411521&idx=3&fromsearch=true. 5 October 2011. dead.
  6. Web site: Roger Bannister 4 minute mile edition May 8, 1954. Bath in Time – Bath Central Library Collection. 12 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005183850/http://www.bathintime.co.uk/image.php?id=443213&idx=15&fromsearch=true. 5 October 2011. dead.
  7. Web site: The assassination of JFK 23rd November 1963. Bath in Time – Bath Central Library Collection. 12 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005183905/http://www.bathintime.co.uk/image.php?id=443208&idx=11&fromsearch=true. 5 October 2011. dead.
  8. British Library catalogue entries
  9. Web site: Bath Chronicle Launch . Goram & Vincent . 5 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111112124514/http://goramandvincent.com/work/case-study/bath-chronicle-launch . 12 November 2011 . dead .
  10. Web site: Bath Chronicle celebrates 250 years with old newspapers. BBC Bristol 20 August 2010. 15 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110114201732/https://www.google.com/. 14 January 2011 . live.
  11. Web site: Celebrating 250 Years of the Bath Chronicle. Pagesuite.com Date unknown. 15 January 2011.
  12. News: Almost 50 jobs at risk as Trinity Mirror unveils online rebrand of seven dailies . Sharman . David . HoldtheFrontPage . 15 February 2018 . 5 April 2018.
  13. News: David Sharman . HoldtheFrontPage . 8 November 2018 . 27 March 2022.
  14. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20424474 Daily Mail sells regional newspapers to Local World
  15. Web site: The Bath Chronicle. media.info Date unknown. 26 June 2015.
  16. News: Jobs fears as Bath Chronicle parent group is acquired in £220m deal . Buckland . Robert . Bath Business News . 28 October 2015 . 5 April 2018.
  17. News: Editors of Bath Chronicle and Western Daily Press join wave of exits from Local World since Trinity Mirror take over . Ponsford . Dominic . Press Gazette . 10 May 2016 . 5 April 2018.
  18. Web site: British Newspapers Online. WordPress & WPSmart British Expat Ltd – Date unknown. 15 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20101224060821/http://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-sw/bath-chronicle/. 24 December 2010 . live.
  19. Web site: Newspapers . 2022-03-27 . Bath Record Office.
  20. Web site: Georgian Newspaper Project . 2022-03-27 . Bath Record Office.
  21. Web site: Straughan . Donald . Guide to the Georgian Newspaper Project . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160327070652/http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/sites/default/files/guide_to_the_georgian_newspaper_project_3.pdf . 27 March 2016 . Bath & North East Somerset Council . Internet Archive.

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