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The Western Gazette was founded in 1863 in Yeovil. [1] The first issue was published on 21 February, with a price of one penny. [3] In 1867, it merged with the Western Flying Post, which had been founded in Yeovil in 1743; the Western Flying Post had merged in 1749 with the Sherborne Mercury, which was first published in 1737.
David Foot (24 April 1929 – 25 May 2021) [1] was a British journalist and historian who wrote extensively on English cricket and the West Country.. Foot was born in the Somerset village of East Coker, living as a child in a cottage without electricity or running water, [2] and spent most of his life in Somerset and Gloucestershire.
Masthead of the 1 January 1745 edition of the Sherborne Mercury. The Sherborne Mercury is a defunct regional newspaper, published in Sherborne, Dorset, United Kingdom.It began publication in 1737, predating the national Times by nearly a half century, and, after merging with the Western Flying Post in 1749, was published as late as 1867, [1] when it further merged into the Western Gazette.
It is owned by Reach plc, with headquarters in Yeovil. [1] The SomersetLive website moved onto a new platform in March 2017, and subsequently took over the websites of additional regional daily newspapers. [2] [3] It operates as the website for a number of local newspapers, [1] including: Bath Chronicle [3] Central Somerset Gazette; Cheddar ...
Pearson was born in July 1834 in Thorne Coffin, Brympton, near Yeovil, Somerset to Commander Charles Pearson of the Royal Navy, who had served in the Peninsular War. [1] [2] He was educated at King's School, Bruton from 1847 until 1851. [citation needed] Little is known of Pearson's early military career.
The Yeovil Times was a free weekly newspaper, published and distributed in South Somerset (which includes the town of Yeovil), in association with the Western Gazette.It was owned by Northcliffe Media, then part of the Daily Mail and General Trust newsgroup.
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Brigadier Sir Lionel Ernest Howard Whitby, CVO, MC (8 May 1895 – 24 November 1956) was a British haematologist, British Army officer and academic. He served as Regius Professor of Physic at the University of Cambridge from 1945 to 1956, Master of Downing College, Cambridge from 1947 to 1956, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1951 to 1953.