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Welsh Newspapers 1827-1963 from the British Newspaper Archive

80 newspaper titles from the British Library’s world-famous British Newspaper Archive collection offer insight into Wales, its history and how the people of the country responded to key transformations including the Industrial Revolution, the introduction of the welfare state and more.

Headlines from the Penarth Chronicle, Swansea Journal and Y Tyst a'r Dydd

Coverage dates

1827-1963

Newspaper titles

80

Newspaper pages

769,054

Source

The British Library

About this collection

This collection spans across Wales, from the industrial South to the rural North. It captures the modernisation of the country through tumultuous years. These newspapers chart important historical processes: the growth of literacy with the development of national education, increased politicisation with the advent of trade unions, and universal suffrage. The changing relationship between Wales and England (and their place within the United Kingdom) is also an important theme. Interrogate these sources and achieve powerful analytical conclusions with the Social History Archive's unparalleled search tool.

The British Library

The British Library stores the world's largest collection of British and Irish newspapers. DC Thomson - the owners of the Social History Archive - are the British Library's digital publishing partners and have been creating the world-famous British Newspaper Archive for over a decade. The Social History Archive is delighted to make these newspapers available to the higher education community.

Newspaper series

TitleYears coveredPublication place
Aberdare Times
416 pages
1889-1892Aberdare, Glamorgan
Abergavenny Chronicle
10,466 pages
1871-1890,1892-1894,1896-1901Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
Aberystwyth Observer
12,406 pages
1869-1885,1887-1896,1898-1910Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire
Aberystwyth Times
354 pages
1868-1870Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire
Baner ac Amserau Cymru
47,340 pages
1857-1870,1872-1896,1899-1900Denbigh, Denbighshire
Bargoed Journal
2,264 pages
1904-1912Gelligaer, Glamorgan
Barmouth & County Advertiser
7,298 pages
1890-1892,1894-1896,1899-1910Barmouth, Gwynedd
Brecknock Beacon
5,226 pages
1883-1896Brecon, Brecknockshire
Brecon County Times
27,658 pages
1866-1896,1899-1933Brecon, Brecknockshire
Brecon Reporter and South Wales General Advertiser
1,728 pages
1863-1867Brecon, Brecknockshire
Brecon and Radnor Express and Carmarthen Gazette
924 pages
1889,1897,1908Brecon, Brecknockshire
Caerphilly Journal
10,192 pages
1914-1943Caerphilly, Glamorgan
Cambrian News
19,090 pages
1863-1868,1874-1896,1898-1910,1912-1916Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire
Cardiff Shipping and Mercantile Gazette
3,166 pages
1875-1881,1883-1886,1888-1891Cardiff, Glamorgan
Cardiff Times
17,057 pages
1858-1900Cardiff, Glamorgan
Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian, Glamorgan, Monmouth, and Brecon Gazette
11,122 pages
1832-1838,1841,1843,1845-1874Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan
Cardigan & Tivy-side Advertiser
1,514 pages
1870-1871,1877,1879,1889,1911Cardigan, Cardiganshire
Carmarthen Weekly Reporter
8,164 pages
1860-1871,1873-1900Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire
Chepstow & County Mercury
286 pages
1874Chepstow, Monmouthshire
Chepstow Weekly Advertiser
8,960 pages
1855-1857,1859-1865,1867-1870,1872,1874-1876,1878,1883-1888,1890-1896,1898-1907Chepstow, Monmouthshire
Denbighshire Free Press
13,186 pages
1884-1895,1898-1917Denbigh, Denbighshire
Flintshire County Herald
23,336 pages
1887-1896,1898-1910,1912-1947Holywell, Flintshire
Flintshire Observer
17,410 pages
1857-1895,1897-1915Holywell, Flintshire
Glamorgan Free Press
1,014 pages
1897-1899Pontypridd, Glamorgan
Haverfordwest & Milford Haven Telegraph
822 pages
1854,1862,1877,1880Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
Labour Pioneer (Cardiff)
102 pages
1900Cardiff, Glamorgan
Llais Y Wlad
3,560 pages
1874,1876,1878-1884Bangor, Caernarfonshire
Llandudno Register and Herald
546 pages
1873,1889Llandudno, Caernarfonshire
Llanelly Mercury
5,890 pages
1891-1892,1894-1896,1899-1908Llanelli, Carmarthenshire
Llanelly and County Guardian and South Wales Advertiser
9,228 pages
1869-1908,1911Llanelli, Carmarthenshire
Merthyr Telegraph, and General Advertiser for the Iron Districts of South Wales
5,332 pages
1855-1881Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan
Merthyr Times, and Dowlais Times, and Aberdare Echo
3,278 pages
1892-1899Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan
Monmouthshire Beacon
20,434 pages
1837-1877,1888-1895,1897-1900,1909-1911Monmouth, Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire Merlin
19,323 pages
1829-1884Newport, Monmouthshire
Montgomery County Times and Shropshire and Mid-Wales Advertiser
3,452 pages
1893-1901Welshpool, Montgomeryshire
Montgomeryshire Echo
7,818 pages
1890-1895,1897-1909Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire
Montgomeryshire Express
5,904 pages
1870,1875-1876,1878,1880,1883-1886,1891-1892,1895,1906-1907Newton, Montgomeryshire
Newport Gazette
4,930 pages
1857-1869,1888,1891Newport, Monmouthshire
North Wales Chronicle
25,996 pages
1827-1869,1871-1895,1897,1899-1900Bangor, Caernarfonshire
North Wales Times
6,554 pages
1895-1910Denbigh, Denbighshire
Pembrokeshire Herald
636 pages
1854,1865,1871Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
Penarth Chronicle and Cogan Echo
1,394 pages
1889,1893,1895Penarth, Glamorgan
Pontypool Free Press
7,612 pages
1859-1865,1867-1896,1898-1903,1905-1909Pontypool, Monmouthshire
Pontypridd District Herald
2,024 pages
1878-1881,1884,1890-1894Pontypridd, Glamorgan
Porthcawl Guardian
19,849 pages
1933-1963Porthcawl, Glamorgan
Porthcawl News
3,572 pages
1910,1912-1925Porthcawl, Glamorgan
Potter's Electric News
1,806 pages
1858-1859,1861-1863,1865-1868Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
Prestatyn Weekly
9,284 pages
1908-1933Prestatyn, Denbighshire
Principality (Cardiff)
156 pages
1880Cardiff, Glamorgan
Radnor Express
5,302 pages
1898-1910Brecon, Brecknockshire
Radnorshire Standard
4,992 pages
1898-1909Llandrindod Wells, Powys
Rhondda Socialist Newspaper
394 pages
1911-1914Pontypridd, Glamorgan
Rhos Herald
16,026 pages
1894-1909,1922-1950Rhos, Denbighshire
Rhyl Journal
1,826 pages
1877-1878,1888-1889,1891,1896-1897Rhyl, Flintshire
Rhyl Record and Advertiser
7,566 pages
1878-1902Rhyl, Flintshire
Seren Cymru
8,212 pages
1851,1856-1860,1875,1877-1884,1889,1892-1893,1895Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire
Silurian
3,018 pages
1838-1843,1845-1846,1850-1855Brecon, Brecknockshire
South Wales Argus
6,300 pages
1892-1893,1896-1897,1899,1911Newport, Monmouthshire
South Wales Daily News
71,306 pages
1872-1910Cardiff, Glamorgan
South Wales Daily Telegram
28,576 pages
1870-1889,1891Newport, Monmouthshire
South Wales Star
1,330 pages
1891-1894Barry, Glamorgan
South Wales Weekly Argus and Monmouthshire Advertiser
11,846 pages
1892-1910,1912-1915Newport, Monmouthshire
Star of Gwent
24,732 pages
1853-1897,1899-1903Newport, Monmouthshire
Swansea Journal and South Wales Liberal
1,258 pages
1893-1895,1899-1902Swansea, Glamorgan
Swansea and Glamorgan Herald
14,546 pages
1847-1890Swansea, Glamorgan
Tenby Observer
5,398 pages
1869-1876,1879,1884-1888Tenby, Pembrokeshire
The Principality
700 pages
1848-1850Cardiff, Glamorgan
Usk Observer
3,595 pages
1855-1866Usk, Monmouthshire
Welsh Gazette
20,392 pages
1899-1900,1903-1910,1912-1951Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire
Workman's Advocate (Merthyr Tydfil)
848 pages
1873-1875Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan
Wrexham Advertiser
15,736 pages
1854-1871,1873-1878,1880-1885,1887-1888,1890-1896,1899-1900Wrexham, Denbighshire
Wrexham Guardian and Denbighshire and Flintshire Advertiser
4,790 pages
1869-1879Wrexham, Denbighshire
Wrexhamite and Denbighshire and Flintshire Reporter
436 pages
1865Wrexham, Denbighshire
Y Dydd
10,618 pages
1877-1883,1886-1891Dolgellau, Gwynedd
Y Genedl Gymreig
14,616 pages
1877-1881,1883-1885,1887-1896,1898-1909Caernarvon, Caernarfonshire
Y Goleuad
25,536 pages
1869-1890,1892,1894-1900Caernarvon, Caernarfonshire
Y Gwladgarwr
3,974 pages
1858-1860,1866,1875,1877-1878,1880-1882Aberdare, Glamorgan
Y Gwyliedydd
6,514 pages
1877-1890,1893-1894Rhyl, Flintshire
Y Llan
15,328 pages
1870-1881,1884-1909Rhyl, Flintshire
Y Tyst
13,264 pages
1877,1879-1893Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan