Newspapers

A Brief history of Craven newspapers

The first Skipton newspaper was the Craven Weekly Pioneer, and General Advertiser for West Yorkshire and East Lancashire which was started around 1865 and continued until 1871 when it became the Craven Pioneer . In 1884 it became known as the West Yorkshire Pioneer and East Lancashire News and in 1934 it was finally named the West Yorkshire Pioneer .

Meanwhile a rival, The Craven Herald appeard in 1875, becoming the Craven Herald and Wensleydale Standard in 1878 and then later, in 1922, it became known as the Craven Herald again.

In the early 1930s the Craven Times made a very brief appearance (Colindale Library list only a single edition)

In 1937 the West Yorkshire Pioneer merged with the Craven Herald to become the newspaper which still serves the community today : –

To consult old editions of the paper you will have to contact or visit either
Skipton Library,  or the

British Library Newspaper Library      at Colindale.

Skipton library has an excellent collection of back issues and filmed copies. For more recent articles you can search the archives of recent editions of the Craven Herald & Pioneer which are available on their online news site (link to Bradford T&A newspaper – Dales has been hijacked to a gambling website!)

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	Holdings of Craven newspapers at Colindale Newspaper Library.
	Dates quoted do not necessarily denote continuous coverage is available.

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