The Northampton Mercury was an English news and media company founded in 1720.
Published in Northampton, it was sold throughout the midlands, as far west as Worcester and as far east as Cambridge.
[1] When it ceased publication in 2015, it was the oldest continuously published newspaper in the U.K.
One of its proprietors was Thomas Edward Dicey, senior wrangler in 1811, Chairman of the Midland Railway, and father of jurist A.V.
[4] In later years it was distributed as a free tabloid companion to the Northampton Chronicle & Echo, the paid-for weekly from the Johnston Press.