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Revision as of 23:15, 23 September 2025
London agriculture journal published from 1832
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Mark Lane Express was a London-based agriculture journal founded in 1832. It was published weekly by Isaac Alger.[1][2] William Shaw was the first editor of this publication. He was followed by Henry Corbet who was the editor from 1853 to 1875. Later editors include Alexander Macdonald[3], William Edwin Bear, Albert Joseph Stanton and Henry Francis Moore.
The owners, at various times, included George Parker Tuxford, John and Joseph Rogerson, Cuthbert William Johnson and William A. May.
By 1851, the publication had an engraving of the London Corn Exchange in its masthead.[4] The exchange was located in Mark Lane. The term “Mark Lane” was used at the time as a metonym for the grain market.
Among the overseas correspondents for the publication was Henry Steel Olcott (America, 1858-60).
It championed the interests of tenant farmers and tenant rights.
Circulation in 1859 was 169,000.[5] This figure had grown to 222,000 by 1868.[6]
In 1880 the publication absorbed The Farmers and Gardeners Journal.[7]
By 1888, the publication was spoken of as, “the leading British authority on agriculture and stock-breeding.”[8]
It continued to be produced, although under two slightly different titles, till 1924.[9] In that year it was absorbed into the Farmers Express.
