Derbyshire Times

The Derbyshire Times is a weekly tabloid newspaper based in Chesterfield and sold throughout northern Derbyshire, including the towns of Dronfield, Staveley, Bolsover, North Wingfield, Clay Cross, Alfreton, Wirksworth, Matlock and Bakewell, as well as the High Peak area around Hathersage.

It was founded in 1854 as the Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. Since then it’s achieved a number of firsts, including becoming the first weekly newspaper in England to introduce linotype setting (in 1893), and the first acquisition of the Johnston Press group of regional and local newspapers in England (in the 1970s). It also absorbed a local rival, the Derbyshire Courier, in 1922. It switched to tabloid format in 1986.

It’s published by Wilfred Edmunds (Derbyshire Times) Ltd, part of Johnston Press’s Northern division, and as of 2007 its circulation was in the Top Ten for regional weekly titles. There are five editions:

• Chesterfield/Clay Cross
• East
• North East
• Alfreton
• Matlock/Peak

There’s also a whole stable of weekly paid and freesheet companion titles:

• Alfreton Echo
• Bolsover Advertiser
  
• Chesterfield Advertiser
• Dronfield Advertiser
• Eckington Leader
• High Peak Courier
• Matlock Mercury
• Peak Times

It comes out on Thursdays.

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