19th Century British Social History 

Times Digital Archive (1785-1985)

Digital images of every page of The Times (London) from 1785 to 1985. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching. Try searching for biographical information on this database.

Searching for 19th century newspapers is made easier by the National Register of Archives Information Sheet entitled Sources for the History of the Press

• British Periodicals and Newspapers, 1789-1832: a bibliography of secondary sources/ William S. Ward
• JS North (ed), The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800-1900, 10 vols (1996) (not held at Murdoch University Library)
• Some of the Library's Research Collections on Microform may hold 19th Century British newspapers