BOROUGH OF SOUTHAMPTON 



Of the newspapers of the town The Hampshire 

 Chronicle, or Southampton, Winchester and Portsmouth 

 Mercury, which appeared in August, 1772, was the 

 first newspaper wholly produced in Hampshire, printed 

 and published by J. Linden, High Street. It 

 migrated to Winchester in June, 1778, where it is 

 now known as The Hampshire Chronicle. 



In September of the same year (1778) a second 

 Hampshire Chronicle was started at Southampton by 

 D. Linden and Co., but was removed to Portsmouth 

 in January, 1780. 



In April, 1822, the Southampton Luminary and 

 County Chronicle, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, Winchester 



and Lymington Gazette appeared only to disappear 

 in the following year, and be succeeded (28 July, 

 1823) by the Southampton Herald and Isle of Wight 

 Gazette, being known after two changes of name 

 as The Hampshire Advertiser. It is still issued 

 under the old name by the proprietors of The 

 Hampshire Independent, who purchased it a few 

 years ago. The first number of The Hampshire In- 

 dependent appeared on 28 March, 1835. It has a 

 daily issue called The Southern Echo, both papers 

 being published at 45, Above Bar, Southampton. 

 There are also The Southampton Times and The 

 Observer. 



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