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Trewman's Exeter Flying Post was a weekly newspaper published in Exeter between 1763 and 1917.[1][2]
Robert Trewman (1738/39–1802) and William Andrews quarrelled with Andrew Brice, printer of the Old Exeter Journal or the Weekly Advertiser, which was in print from 1746 to 1766, and they parted ways with Brice to establish the Exeter Mercury or West Country Advertiser.[3][4]
After several changes of title, the newspaper became known as Trewman's Exeter Flying Post. Trewman's widow, son Robert (d. 1816) and grandson Robert James Trewman (d. 1860) continued the paper, before it was bought by James Bellerby.[5]
By 1870 the newspaper advertised itself as "the oldest and most extensively circulated Conservative newspaper in the West of England". It's local competitors were the Western Times and the Exeter Gazette.[6][7]
The title Exeter Flying Post was revived from 1976 to 2012 by an alternative newspaper (later a magazine) covering local news, arts, events and community affairs.[8] At first it appeared fortnightly, but it was later published monthly or bi-monthly.[9][10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ Smith, Carol (1985). The Underground and Alternative Press in Britain During 1983. Harvester Press Microform Publications. p. 17. ISBN 9780862570347.
- ^ Willing, James (1991). Willing's Press Guide, Volume 1. Reed Information Services. p. 508.
- ^ Ian Maxted, ‘Trewman, Robert (1738/9–1802)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 29 Dec 2007
- ^ "Devon newspaper bibliography: Exeter". Local Studies. Devon County Council. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ Ian Maxted, ‘Trewman, Robert (1738/9–1802)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 29 Dec 2007
- ^ Smith, Carol (1985). The Underground and Alternative Press in Britain During 1983. Harvester Press Microform Publications. p. 17. ISBN 9780862570347.
- ^ Willing, James (1991). Willing's Press Guide, Volume 1. Reed Information Services. p. 508.
- ^ International Publications Service (1982). Benn's Press Directory, Volume 1. Benn's Publications Limited. p. 288. ISBN 9780510490287.
- ^ Smith, Carol (1985). The Underground and Alternative Press in Britain During 1983. Harvester Press Microform Publications. p. 17. ISBN 9780862570347.
- ^ Willing, James (1991). Willing's Press Guide, Volume 1. Reed Information Services. p. 508.
- ^ "The Flying Post Team". issuu.com. 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
