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  Encyclopedia: London Gazette
The London Gazette is the oldest surviving English newspaper and the oldest continuously-published newspaper in the United Kingdom, having been first published on 7 November 1665.
London, as it appeared from Bankside, Southwark, During the Great Fire — Derived from a Print of the Period by Visscher The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the City of London from September 2 to September 5, 1666, and resulted more or less in the...
London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England.
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 First World War.com - Encyclopedia - London Gazette
The London Gazette was - and remains to the present day - "the official official newspaper of record in the United Kingdom".
Despatches written by the British Army's various Commanders-in-Chief (such as those written by Sir John French and Sir Douglas Haig) were similarly published as supplements to the newspaper.
The Public Record Office in London (website) also offers access to a full set of the London Gazette for research purposes.
www.firstworldwar.com /atoz/londongazette.htm   (190 words)

  
 §2. "The Oxford," afterwards "The London, Gazette". I. Defoe—The Newspaper and the Novel. Vol. 9. From Steele ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > Cambridge History > From Steele and Addison to Pope and Swift > Defoe—The Newspaper and the Novel > The Oxford, afterwards The London, Gazette
When Defoe established his most important periodical, The Review, in February, 1704, the English newspaper, in a technical sense, was not quite fifty years old.
1 The intrigues that led to the founding of this paper, which soon became The London Gazette and, for many years, meagre and jejune though it was, possessed a monopoly of the printed news, are of abundant interest, but have already been noticed in this work.
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 GAZETTE - Online Information article about GAZETTE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
production of a copy of the Gazette is prima facie evidence of royal proclamations and government orders and regulations.
Similar gazettes are also published in See also:
The word" gazetteer " was originally applied to one who wrote for " gazettes," but is now only used for a See also:
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 london gazette and other london related information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
If you have any further questions about the Gazettes Archive please e-mail london.gazette@tso.co.uk with a subject line "Archive Query" If this is your first visit to the new site, please...
Charles II and the Royal Court had moved to Oxford to escape the Great Plague in London, and courtiers were unwilling to...
The London Gazette editions for 1914/1918 'The London Gazette is an official newspaper of the state and has been in existence since 1665.
www.nethorde.com /london/london-gazette.html   (265 words)

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