Newspapers and Publications
Below, I have listed as comprehensively as I can, the newspapers and publications that would have been available in the Rhondda during this period.
If there are any that I have missed then please contact me so that the omission can be included.
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Where Published |
TITLE |
DATES IN CIRCULATION |
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Pontypridd |
The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News |
9 Feb 1878-7 May 1881 |
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Pontypridd |
The Rhondda Chronicle |
l Nov 1884-17 June 1898 |
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Rhondda |
The Rhondda Gazette and General Advertiser of the Rhondda Fach and Ogmore Valleys |
6 July 1889-24 Jan 1891 |
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Pontypridd |
The Times and Rhondda, Merthyr, Aberdare and Rhymney Valleys Reporter |
24 July-25 Dec 1897 |
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Continued as County Times |
23 Jan 1904-19 Feb 1949 |
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Continued as County Times & Free Press |
26 Feb 1949-19 Jan 1968 |
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Pontypridd |
The Rhondda Post |
19 Jan.-28 Dec 1898 |
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Continued as Pontypridd & Rhondda Weekly Post |
4 Jan.-13 Sept 1899 |
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Pontypridd |
The Rhondda Post |
19 Jan.-28 Dec 1898 |
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Continued as Pontypridd & Rhondda Weekly Post |
4 Jan.-13 Sept 1899 |
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Pontypridd |
Pontypridd Chronicle |
11 Nov 1882-15 Sept 1899 |
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Continued as The Pontypridd & Rhondda Valleys Chronicle |
23 Sept 1899-1 Dec 1905 |
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Rhondda |
The Rhondda Leader |
2 Dec 1899-14 Nov 1908 |
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Continued as The Rhondda Leader, Maesteg, Garw and Ogmore Telegraph |
21 Nov 1908-29 Dec 1921 |
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Incorporated with the Free Press |
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Porth |
The Porth Gazette |
1 Dec 1900-12 Feb 1944 |
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Incorporated with the Rhondda Leader Gazette |
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Pontypridd |
Free Press |
9 May 1891-24 Nov 1905 |
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Continued as Free Press, Pontypridd & Rhondda Chronicle |
1 Dec 1905-30 Dec 1921 |
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Continued as Free Press and Rhondda Leader |
6 Jan 1922-30 Nov 1929 |
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Continued as Free Press & Rhondda Leader |
7 Dec 1929-12 Feb 1944 |
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Continued as Rhondda Leader & Gazette |
19 Feb 1944-27 Jan 1967 |
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Continued as Rhondda Leader |
3 Feb 1967- Present |
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Rhondda |
The Rhondda Leader |
2 Dec 1899-14 Nov 1908 |
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Continued as The Rhondda Leader, Maesteg, Garw and Ogmore Telegraph |
21 Nov 1908-29 Dec 1921 |
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Incorporated with the Free Press |
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Pontypridd |
The Rhondda Socialist Newspaper |
19 Aug 1911-10 May 1913 |
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Continued as The Wales Worker |
24 May 1913-25 July 1914 |
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Pontypridd |
Mid-Rhondda Gazette |
17 Nov 1913-1 Nov 1919 |
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Continued as The Rhondda Gazette |
8 Nov 1919-12 Feb 1944 |
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Incorporated with the Rhondda Leader & Gazette |
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Pontypridd |
Rhondda Fach Gazette |
15 Jan 1916-12 Feb 1944 |
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Incorporated with the Rhondda Leader & Gazette |
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Pontypridd |
Rhondda Gazette |
17 Nov 1913-1 Nov 1919 |
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Continued as The Rhondda Gazette |
8 Nov 1919-12 Feb 1944 |
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Incorporated with the Rhondda Leader & Gazette |
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Pontypridd |
Free Press |
9 May 1891-24 Nov 1905 |
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Continued as Free Press, Pontypridd & Rhondda Chronicle |
1 Dec 1905-30 Dec 1921 |
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Continued as Free Press and Rhondda Leader |
6 Jan 1922-30 Nov 1929 |
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Continued as Free Press & Rhondda Leader |
7 Dec 1929-12 Feb 1944 |
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Continued as Rhondda Leader & Gazette |
19 Feb 1944-27 Jan 1967 |
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Continued as Rhondda Leader |
3 Feb 1967- Present |
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Rhondda |
Wales Miner |
22 June 1933-10 July 1935 |
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Rhondda |
The Welsh Labour Outlook |
Dec 1934-July 1935 |
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Rhondda |
The Mid-Rhondda Outlook |
Oct 1934–Dec 1940 |
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Rhondda |
The Rhondda Clarion |
Sept 1935–Jan 1937 |
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Pontypridd |
Porth Gazette & Rhondda Leader |
19 Feb 1944-27 Jan 1967 |
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Continued as Rhondda Leader |
3 Feb.-28 Dec 1967 |
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Pontypridd |
Rhondda Fach Leader & Gazette |
19 Feb 1944-27 Jan 1967 |
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Continued as Rhondda Leader (Fach edition) |
3 Feb.-29 Dec 1967 |
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Pontypridd |
Porth Gazette & Rhondda Leader |
19 Feb 1944-27 Jan 1967 |
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Continued as Rhondda Leader (Porth edition) |
3 Feb.-28 Dec 1967 |
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Pontypridd |
The Welsh Conservative and Unionist |
Nov 1911-May 1912 |
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Continued as The Welsh Unionist & "Our Flag" |
June 1912-Sept 1916 |
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Cardiff |
The Abstainer |
Jan 1897-Winter 1970 |
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Cardiff |
The Bell |
April-June 1917 |
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Cardiff |
Bird-Keeping |
15 July-2 Sept 1922 |
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Cardiff |
The Cardiff & Wales Whip |
30 Oct 1886-14 April 1888 |
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Cardiff |
Cardiff Monthly Stock and Share List |
2 Oct 1893-5 Dec 1894 |
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Cardiff |
Cardiff Shipping and Mercantile Gazette |
12 July 1869-30 Dec 1878 |
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Continued as Cardiff, Swansea & Newport Shipping and Mercantile Gazette |
6 Jan 1879–Dec 1911 |
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Cardiff |
The Christian Echo |
17 May 1879–Feb 1882 |
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Cardiff |
Coal and Freight Market Report |
April 1922-July 1924 |
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Caernarvon Gwynedd |
Y Ddraig Goch |
June 1926–Dec 1966 |
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Cardiff |
Football Echo |
27 March 1993-20 May 1995 |
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Continued as Sports Echo |
12 Aug 1995- Present |
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Cardiff |
Forward Movement Herald |
Aug 1897-July 1899 |
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Continued as The Torch |
Aug 1899–Dec 1900 |
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Cardiff |
The Shop Assistant |
July 1896-31 Dec 1904 |
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Cardiff |
Wales Echo |
6 Nov 1880-11 March 1882 |
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Cardiff |
Wales Echo |
1 July 1889-30 May 1930 |
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Continued as Wales Echo & Evening Express |
31 May 1930-9 June 1956 |
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Continued as Wales Echo |
12 June 1956- Present |
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Cardiff |
Evening Express |
9 April 1887-23 June 1902 |
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Continued as Evening Express and Evening Mail |
24 June 1902-27 Oct 1917 |
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Continued as Wales Evening Express and Evening Mail |
29 Oct 1917-14 May 1928 |
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Continued as Wales Evening Express and Evening Mail and Evening News |
15 May 1928-30 May 1930. |
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Incorporated with Wales Echo |
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Cardiff |
Wales Daily News |
7 Feb 1872-8 April 1918 |
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Continued as Wales News |
9 April 1918-24 Aug 1928 |
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Incorporated with the Western Mail |
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Cardiff |
Ward's Weekly. A shipping journal |
10 March 1906-19 Sept 1914 |
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Cardiff |
Weekly Mail |
12 Feb 187013 April 1878 |
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Continued as Cardiff Weekly Mail and Wales Advertiser |
20 April 1878-2 Oct 1880 |
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Continued as Weekly Mail |
9 Oct 1880-3 June 1893 |
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Continued as Weekly Mail and Cardiff Times |
8 Sept 1928-28 May 1955 |
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Continued as Cardiff and Wales Times |
3 June 1955-24 May 1957 |
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Cardiff |
The Welsh Athlete |
14 Sept-28 Dec 1891 |
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Cardiff |
The Welsh Catholic Herald |
14 Feb 1902-14 July 1934 |
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Incorporated with Catholic Herald |
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Cardiff |
Western Mail |
1 May 1869-Present |
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Cardiff |
The Workers' Own |
Sept 1912-Jan/Feb 1918 Jan 1920-Dec 1940 |
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Source The British Library |
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