Reporter Building - Dewsbury, UK
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N 53° 41.487 W 001° 37.940
30U E 590309 N 5950061
This blue plaque commemorates the a building in the centre of Dewsbury that for over one hundred years has been the home of the Dewsbury Reporter Newspaper.
Waymark Code: WM11M2M
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/10/2019
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"The Dewsbury Reporter is a local weekly publication, providing news for residents of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, and surrounding areas.
It is owned by Johnston Press Digital Publishing, and has sister newspapers covering Mirfield, Wakefield, Batley and Birstall. The Dewsbury Reporter was the second newspaper in Dewsbury, having been founded in 1858 four years after the Dewsbury and Batley Herald."
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The text on the plaque is as follows.
REPORTER BUILDING
BUILT IN 1861 ON LAND OWNED BY THE
LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
It WAS OCCUPIED AT FIRST BY BAG MERCHANTS,
THE LAST BEING HENRY DAY. THE REPORTER,
FOUNDED IN 1868 AND ORIGINALLY BASED
IN DAISY HILL, MOVED HERE IN 1897 AND
IN 1906 BOUGHT THE BUILDING OUTRIGHT FOR £2000. <br
DEWSBURY MATTERS