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] and first published on 2 July 1754.[2] It was a weekly paper until it was renamed and became the daily Yorkshire Post, first published on Monday 2 July 1866.[3]

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. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=PUJFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA336&lpg=PA336&dq=1754+january+OR+february+OR+march+OR+april+OR+may+OR+june+OR+july+OR+august+OR+september+OR+october+OR+november+OR+december+%22Leeds+Intelligencer%22&source=bl&ots=D161OajcAd&sig=owv7T7Is80r4Z2z3mOuRwQzZOmQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6o-fTk_rQAhVmqVQKHYAEBXUQ6AEIQTAH#v=onepage&q=1754%20january%20OR%20february%20OR%20march%20OR%20april%20OR%20may%20OR%20june%20OR%20july%20OR%20august%20OR%20september%20OR%20october%20OR%20november%20OR%20december%20%22Leeds%20Intelligencer%22&f=false
  3. ↑ Caunce, Stephen (1993). "Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd: Perseverance rewarded". In Chartres, John; Honeyman, Katrina. Leeds City Business. Leeds University Press. pp. 24–56. ISBN 0-85316-157-7.

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