Leeds Intelligencer

The Leeds Intelligencer or Leedes Intelligencer was one of the first regional newspapers in Great Britain. It was founded in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, in 1754.[1] It was a weekly paper until it was renamed and became the daily Yorkshire Post, first published on Monday 2 July 1866.[2]

In 1865 it was acquired by the Yorkshire Conservative Newspaper Company Limited (now Yorkshire Post Newspapers).

References

  1. Price, A. C. (1909). Leeds and its neighbourhood. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 282–284.
  2. Caunce, Stephen (1993). "Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd: Perserverance rewarded". In Chartres, John; Honeyman, Katrina. Leeds City Business. Leeds University Press. pp. 24–56. ISBN 0-85316-157-7.

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