{{Short description|Weekly newspaper published in Chelmsford, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use British English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Essex Chronicle | logo = | logo_size = | image = | caption = | type = [[Weekly newspaper]] | format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]] | owners = [[Reach PLC]] | publisher = Reach Regionals Ltd | editor = Alan Woods | chief_editor = | associate_editor = | managing_editor = | news_editor = | campus_editor = | campus_chief = | opinion_editor = | photo_editor = | staff_writers = | founded = 1764 | political_position = | language = English | ceased_publication = | headquarters = | circulation = 2,298 | circulation_date = 2023 | circulation_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/119 |title=Essex Chronicle |publisher=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)]] |date=19 February 2024 |access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref> | sister_newspapers = | ISSN = | oclc = | website = {{URL|essexlive.news}} }}
The '''''Essex Chronicle''''' is a general news, weekly paper founded in 1764, as the ''Chelmsford Chronicle'', and now owned by [[Reach plc|Reach Regionals Ltd]].
== History == The paper began in 1764 and made news in 2002 when operations moved from the original press location of [[Chelmsford]] to the [[West Country]]. ''Chronicle'' editor Stuart Rawlins cited outdated press equipment as the impetus for the move.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/2002/10oct/021011print.shtml |title=Hold the Front Page |access-date=2008-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202234323/http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/2002/10oct/021011print.shtml |archive-date=2 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Reach acquired previous owner Northcliffe Media from [[Daily Mail and General Trust]] in 2012.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20424474 Daily Mail sells regional newspapers to Local World] BBC News, 21 November 2012</ref>
==Archive== Historical copies of the ''Essex Chronicle'', dating back to 1783, are available to search and view in digitised form at the [[British Newspaper Archive]].<ref name=BNA>[http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?newspaperTitle=Chelmsford%20Chronicle Digitised copies of the ''Essex Chronicle'']</ref>
==Circulation== The ''Chronicle''{{'}}s circulation is 7,583.<ref>ABC Jan-Dec 2019</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.essexchronicle.co.uk/people/Essex%20Chronicle/profile.html ''Essex Chronicle''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924002629/http://www.essexchronicle.co.uk/people/Essex%20Chronicle/profile.html |date=24 September 2015 }}
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