Type	Weekly local newspaper
Owner	Johnston Press
Editor	Eileen Green
Founded	1695 (claimed)
Headquarters	Sheepmarket, Stamford
Official website	http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk

The Stamford Mercury (also Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury, Rutland and Stamford Mercury and Rutland Mercury) based in Stamford, Lincolnshire claims to be "Britain's oldest newspaper".^[1] Berrow's Worcester Journal and London Gazette also claim this honour. The Mercury's masthead proclaims that it has been published since 1695.

Three editions (Stamford and The Deepings, Rutland and Bourne) are published every Friday. The circulation figure in 2008 was 20,068.^[2]

The Mercury is now owned by East Midlands Newspapers Ltd, part of Johnston Press. Sister newspapers include The Peterborough Evening Telegraph and The Rutland Times.

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