“The Oxford Gazette”, first issued on November 7, 1665, is considered to be England’s first newspaper.
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Published in Oxford, where the royal court had moved to escape the great plague, which was wreaking havoc in London.
Charles II ordered a newspaper to be printed at the University Press. It was published on Mondays and Thursdays and posted to subscribers.
Samuel Pepys, diarist, described the two-column newspaper as ‘very pretty, full of newes, and no folly in it’.
“The Oxford Gazette” had become “The London Gazette” on February 1, 1666, and is still published as a court journal, containing records of honours, official appointments, names of bankrupts, and public notices.
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