Local Newspapers Available in Powys Area Libraries
Key: Items in italics are available only on microfilm. > denotes that a newspaper has changed its name.
BR = Brecon Area Library; LLW = Llandrindod Wells Area Library; NEW = Newtown Area Library
Details of newspapers are taken from Newsplan: Report of the Newsplan Project in Wales, 1994.
The main repository for English provincial, Irish, Scottish and Welsh newspapers is the British Library Newspaper Library, Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5HE (020 7412 7353). For Wales try also the NLW. For Newspapers earlier than 1801: British Library, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG.
Alphabetical list
BRECON AND RADNOR EXPRESS AND CARMARTHEN GAZETTE (1889-1933) | |
| LLW: 1898, 1889, 1904; 1889-1897, 1899-1933 |
| BR: 1909-1933 |
| > BRECON AND RADNOR EXPRESS AND COUNTY TIMES (1933-) |
| BR: 1933-1950, 1969-1970, 1987-date |
| LLW: 1933-1950, 1989-1994, 1995 - 2004 |
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BRECON COUNTY TIMES (1866-1933) | |
| [Originally Brecon County Times, Neath Gazette & General Advertiser, then Brecon & Radnor County Times, finally Brecon County Times] |
| BR: 1866-1896, 1898-1933
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BRECON FREE PRESS AND GENERAL ADVERTISER | |
| BR: 1883-1885 |
| > BRECKNOCK BEACON AND GENERAL ADVERTISER |
| BR: 1885-1896
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BRECON GAZETTE see RADNOR TIMES - BRECON GAZETTE | |
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BRECON JOURNAL (1855-1868) | |
| [Originally Brecon Journal & Charles Knight's Town & Country Newspaper, then Brecon Journal & Town & Country Newspaper, finally Brecon Journal & County Advertiser] |
| BR: 1855-1868 |
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BRECON REPORTER AND SOUTH WALES GENERAL ADVERTISER (1863-1867) | |
| BR: 1863-1867 |
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CARDIGAN COUNTY TIMES AND SHROPSHIRE AND MID-WALES ADVERTISER | |
| LLW: 1897-1907
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CENTRAL WALES NEWS see RADNORSHIRE STANDARD | |
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COUNTY TIMES AND EXPRESS see MONTGOMERYSHIRE COUNTY TIMES etc. | |
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COUNTY TIMES AND GAZETTE (1969-) | |
| LLW: 1969-1987 |
| [This newspaper is the Brecon and Radnor edition of the County Times & Express, (q.v.)] |
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ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS | |
| LLW: 1868 -1896 (some dates only) |
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LLANDRINDOD WELLS GAZETTE see RADNORSHIRE STANDARD & LLANDRINDOD WELLS GAZETTE | |
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MID WALES JOURNAL (1975-) | |
| LLW: 1989-date |
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MONTGOMERYSHIRE COUNTY TIMES & SHREWSBURY & MID WALES ADVTR. (1893-1952) | |
| NEW: 1893-1952 |
| >COUNTY TIMES (1952-1969) |
| NEW: 1952-1969 |
| > COUNTY TIMES AND EXPRESS (1969-) |
| NEW: 1969-, 1981-, |
| [N.B. The County Times & Gazette (q.v.) is the Brecon & Radnor edition of the County Times & Express]
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MONTGOMERYSHIRE ECHO, LLANIDLOES AND MID-WALES GAZETTE | |
| NEW: 1888-1889, 1891-1895 |
| >MONTGOMERY AND RADNOR ECHO AND MID WALES GAZETTE |
| NEW: 1897-1912
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MONTGOMERYSHIRE HERALD | |
| NEW: 1835
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MONTGOMERYSHIRE EXPRESS see NEWTOWN & WELSHPOOL EXPRESS etc | |
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MONTGOMERYSHIRE MERCURY (1969) | |
| NEW:1969 (Nos. 1-5, October) |
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NEWTOWN AND WELSHPOOL EXPRESS (1860-1876) | |
| NEW: 1869-1876 |
| > MONTGOMERYSHIRE EXPRESS (1877-1890) |
| NEW: 1877-1890 |
| > MONTGOMERY EXPRESS AND RADNOR TIMES (1890-1960) |
| NEW: 1891-1892, 1909-1950, [1893-1960] |
| LLW: 1950-1960 |
| > MONTGOMERYSHIRE EXPRESS (1960-1969) |
| NEW: 1960-1969 |
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NEWTOWN CRIER (1974-1979) | |
| NEW: 1974-1979 |
| > NEWTOWN CRIER AND MID WALES ADVERTISER (1980-1981) |
| NEW: 1980 (some dates only) |
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OSWESTRY AND BORDER COUNTIES ADVERTISER AND MONTGOMERYSHIRE MERCURY | |
| NEW: 1906-1950
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POWYS COUNTY TIMES see BRECON AND RADNOR EXPRESS & COUNTY TIMES | |
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RADNOR EXPRESS (1898-1990) | |
| LLW: 1911-1950 [1906, 1908, 1949-1970] |
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RADNOR TIMES (1959 - 1961) | |
LLW: 1959-1961 | |
> BRECON GAZETTE (1961-1963) | |
| LLW: 1961-1963 |
| > TIMES GAZETTE (1963-1969) |
| LLW: 1963-1968 |
| [see also MONTGOMERY EXPRESS & RADNOR TIMES] |
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RADNORSHIRE STANDARD AND LLANDRINDOD WELLS GAZETTE (1898-1901) | |
| LLW: 1898-1901, 1899 |
| > CENTRAL WALES NEWS, RADNORSHIRE STANDARD & LLANDRINDOD WELLS GAZETTE (1901-1919) |
| LLW: 1902-1919, 1906, 1908 |
| CAO: 1907 |
| >MID WALES INDEPENDENT, CENTRAL WALES NEWS etc (1919-1921) |
| LLW: 1920-1921 |
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SHROPSHIRE JOURNAL (MID WALES EDITION) | |
| BR: 1965 |
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SILURIAN, OR SOUTH WALES GENERAL ADVERTISER (1836-1853) | |
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| BR: 1838-1853 (some dates only) |
| > SILURIAN, CARDIFF, MERTHYR, & BRECON MERCURY, & SOUTH WALES GENERAL ADVERTISER (1853-1855) |
| BR: 1853-1855 (some dates only) |
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SPHERE, THE | |
| LLW: 1900 vol 2 |
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TIMES - GAZETTE see RADNOR TIMES AND BRECON GAZETTE | |
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WELLINGTON JOURNAL AND SHREWSBURY NEWS (MID WALES EDITION) | |
| BR: 1950-1964 |
| LLW: 1922-1966 |
