TheSalisbury Journal is the local newspaper for theSalisbury area of England.^[2]

Founded in 1729, it was revived by William Collins in 1736, who used it to oppose the government of SirRobert Walpole. Benjamin Collins took over the publication of the Journal after his brother's death.^[3] In the 19th century, it was known as theSalisbury and Winchester Journal.

TheBeinecke Library ofYale University owns an almost unbroken run of the Journal, from No. 1, 27 November 1736 to the end of the eighteenth century.^[3][4] The run of the Journal in theBritish Newspaper Archive begins in 1762.^[5]

The newspaper is now part of theNewsquest publishing company.^[6] It contains, among other things, local news, local sport reports, cars for sale, assorted classified advertisements and government and utility notices. It is published weekly on a Thursday.

• Ferdinand, Christine Y. (1997).Benjamin Collins and the provincial newspaper trade in the eighteenth century. Oxford Historical Monographs. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 258.ISBN 978-0-19-820652-1.
• Richardson, Norah (1920)."Wiltshire Newspapers – Past and Present: The Salisbury and Winchester Journal (1729 – present day)".Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine.41 (132):53–69 – viaBiodiversity Heritage Library.

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