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