Here is a list of newspapers held at Newport Reference Library which
covers our local area. I have so many requests for newspapers that are
available to Blaenau Gwent and Monmouthshire areas, so I have dug these
out courtesy of Janet Karn, head librarian at Tredegar library, Mon.:-
This mail is on Monmouthshire and Monmouthshire Gwent plus of course
Blaenau Gwent lists. Sorry if you receive this as multiple, but what the
heck!( is this a Welsh word or wot! answers on a postcard to Ann Macey;)
Abergavenny Chronicle 1948 to date
Chepstow Weekly Advertiser 1855 to 1916
Evening Star of Gwent 1877 to 1892
Free Press of Monmouthshire 1909 to date
(formerly Pontypool Free Press) 1859 to 1909
Gwent Gazette May 1969 to date
(previously South Wales Gazette) 1869 to 1888
Merthyr Express
Rhymney Valley Edition 1916 to 1966
West Monmouthshire Edition 1892 to 1966
Monmouthshire Beacon 1837 to date
Monmouthshire Merlin 1829 to 1891
South Wales Argus 1892 to date
South Wales Weekly Argus 1892 to 1983
(after the News and Weekly Argus) 1983 to date
Star of Gwent 1853 to 1903
Tredegar Guardian 1886 to 1887
Usk Observer 1856 to 1867
(after County Observer) 1867 to 1908
Western Mail 1869 to date
best wishes
Brenda, Gwent
-Visit Gwent FHS at :-
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wlsgfhs/
(comprises, Ebbw Vale, Pontypool, Chepstow, Newport, Abergavenny, Blackwood.
Of interest to anyone who has ancestral connections with the old county of
Monmouthshire.--