Timeline of Bradford Newspapers

1825 Bradford Courier  First published July 11 or 14 - full title Bradford Courier and West Riding Advertiser 
1825 Bradford and Wakefield Chronicle  First published July 23
1826 Bradford and Wakefield Chronicle Closed down 
1828 Bradford Courier Closed down 
1834 Bradford Observer  First published February 6 (weekly price 7d) - William Byles, Exchange Street, Piccadilly
1842 Bradford Herald  First published January 16 
1842 Halifax, Bradford Observer  First published December 31 - full title Halifax, Bradford and Huddersfield Observer
1842 Bradford Observer  Title changed to The Bradford Observer and Halifax, Huddersfield and Keighley Reporter 
1847 Bradford Observer  New offices - island block between Market Street, Kirkgate & Cheapside 
1854 Bradford Times  First published February 18 
1854 Bradford Chronicle  First published July 1 
1855 Bradford Advertiser  First published
1858 Bradford Review  First published January 16 
1861  Bradford News  First published  
1862 Keighley News  First published
1868 Bradford Daily Telegraph  First published July 16 (daily price 1/2d) - Thomas Shields, Bond Street - Final issue December 15 1926
1868 Bradford Observer  Became daily on October 5 (price 1d)
1869 Bradford Weekly Telegraph  First published July 31 
1869 Bradford Daily Review  First published September 1 
1870 Observer Budget First published August 7
1871 Bradford Evening Mail First published September 18
1871 Bradford Observer New Offices - Piccadilly
1871 Bradford Daily Telegraph New Offices - Bridge Street (Bowling Green)
1872 Bradford Daily Chronicle First published October 1
1876 Bradford Daily Telegraph New Offices - Market Street
1877 Bradford Observer \Budget First published January 27 1877 - Final issue December 31 1910
1883 Bradford Chronicle & Mail Merged with Bradford Telegraph
1884 Illustrated Weekly Telegraph First published April 19 - Final issue July 29 1899
1892 Bradford Daily Argus First published June 16
1898 Bradford Daily Telegraph Acquired by Bradford & District Newspaper Co Ltd
1900 Yorkshire Sports First published September 8
1901 Bradford Observer Title changed to The Yorkshire Daily Observer
1909 Yorkshire Daily Observer Title changed to The Yorkshire Observer - January 16 - Final issue Noveneber 3 1956
1911 Observer Budget Title changed to The Yorkshire Observer Budget
1916 Bradford Daily Telegraph Moved to Observer offices in Piccadilly
1921 Yorkshire Observer Budget Merged with the Bradford Daily Telegraph
1923 Bradford Daily Argus Title changed to Yorkshire Evening Argus (July 16)
1925 Bfd & District Newspapers New offices - Hall Ings (Milligan Forbes & Co warehouse built in 1853) - September 30
1926 Bfd & District Newspapers Acquired by Westminster Press
1926 Bradford Daily Telegraph Merged with Yorkshire Evening Argus to form the Bradford Telegraph and Argus
1947 Bradford Telegraph & Argus Title changed to Telegraph & Argus
1956 Yorkshire Observer Closed down - title taken over by Telegraph and Argus
1956 Yorkshire Observer Budget Closed down
1979 Target First published April 26 (Shipley Area)
1980 Target Coverage extended to Bingley September 15
1981 Bradford Star First published February 5
1981 Telegraph & Argus New Press Hall opened 22 July
1981 Yorkshire Sports Closed down May 2
1982 Telegraph & Argus Saturday edition changed to tabloid format 6 February
1988 Telegraph & Argus Weekday edition changed to tabloid format 3 October
1997 Yorkshire Sports Relaunched 9 August
???? Yorkshire Sports Ceased publication
2014 Telegraph & Argus Press Hall closed - Printing transferred to ?

History of Bradford newspapers - Telegraph & Argus