The Lichfield Mercury was first published in July 1815 by James Amphlett at premises in Boar (now Bore) Street, Lichfield, with the very latest from the Battle of Waterloo making the back page news.
Amphlett promised it to be 'a brief chronicle of all public measures' and 'the historian of its neighbourhood, collecting and compressing into one view all that is interesting in the multifarious concerns of local and domestic relation'.
Despite the changes in our society and the marches of technology, the role of a quality local newspaper remains much the same.
Today the Mercury, which has four editions serving Lichfield, Burntwood, Cannock, Rugeley and surrounding villages, still adheres to those same principles of providing the very best medium for news, information and advertising.
Its dedication to high standards and the quality of its professional staff have been recognised with a string of national and regional awards, most notably the Newspaper Society's top regional newspaper accolades for the Lichfield Mercury in 1994 and 2002 and for the Cannock Mercury in 1995.
