Gloucester Journal

Written by John Lovell of The Citizen
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In 1722 when the first Hanoverian King, George 1 had been on the throne for eight years, The Gloucester Journal made its appearance at a time when the city probably had a population of about 7,500. The founders were Robert Raikes and William Dicey who had already established newspapers at St Ives in Huntingdonshire in 1717 and Northampton in 1720. The Journal appeared at a cost of three-halfpence on Monday, April 9, 1722. Initially most of the content was national and foreign with an occasional local snippet.

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