]> 2026-05-21T05:17:55+00:00 London Gazette 0 en London Gazette, The The London Gazette The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record or government gazettes of the Government of the United Kingdom, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published. The London Gazette claims to be the oldest surviving English newspaper and the oldest continuously published newspaper in the UK, having been first published on 7 November 1665 as The Oxford Gazette. The London Gazette was first published as The Oxford Gazette on 7 November 1665. Charles II and the Royal Court had moved to Oxford to escape the Great Plague of London, and courtiers were unwilling to touch London newspapers for fear of contagion. The Gazette was "Published by Authority" by Henry Muddiman, and its first publication is noted by Samuel Pepys in his diary. The King returned to London as the plague dissipated, and the Gazette moved too, with the first issue of The London Gazette (labelled No. 24) being published on 5 February 1666.[7] The Gazette was not a newspaper in the modern sense: it was sent by post to subscribers, not printed for sale to the general public. [[Category: Wikipedia (CTD terms)]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="Wikipedia">WP</span>)</span> The London Gazette title.jpg London, United Kingdom The Gazette is not a conventional newspaper offering general news coverage. London Gazette, The The London Gazette 1665- London Gazette 2023-05-25T19:49:20Z 2460090.3259259 London Gazette