Weekly news.
The first issue of the Wellington Weekly News appeared in the shops on November 15, 1860 from printing works situated in South Street in the town.
It was founded by local businessman Richard Corner who was taking advantage of the increase in literacy brought about by the spread of universal education during the second half of the19th century.
This was before the age of mass-circulation national newspapers, so early editions of the paper included national and international news as well as information on events in a wide area of Somerset and neighbouring Devon.
Weekly news.
The first issue of the Wellington Weekly News appeared in the shops on November 15, 1860 from printing works situated in South Street in the town.
It was founded by local businessman Richard Corner who was taking advantage of the increase in literacy brought about by the spread of universal education during the second half of the19th century.
This was before the age of mass-circulation national newspapers, so early editions of the paper included national and international news as well as information on events in a wide area of Somerset and neighbouring Devon.