The ''Baner ac Amserau Cymru'' (established in 1857) was a weekly Welsh language newspaper, distributed throughout

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and in the

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area. It contained local and national news and information. It was formed by the amalgamation of ''Baner Cymru'' ("The Banner of Wales"), which had been founded in 1857 by

Thomas Gee Thomas Gee (24 January 181528 September 1898), was a Welsh Nonconformist preacher, journalist and publisher. Gee was born in Denbigh, Wales. At the age of fourteen he went into his father's printing office, Gwasg Gee, but continued to attend ...

, and ''

Yr Amserau ''Yr Amserau'' (established in 1846 by William Rees and John Jones) was a bi-weekly Welsh language newspaper, distributed in Merseyside and North Wales. It covered local and national news, supporting radical and nonconformist principles The popul ...

'' ("The Times", founded 1846) in 1859.Baner ac Amserau Cymru
at Welsh Newspapers Online,

National Library of Wales The National Library of Wales ( cy, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru), Aberystwyth, is the national legal deposit library of Wales and is one of the Welsh Government sponsored bodies. It is the biggest library in Wales, holding over 6.5 million boo ...

The bookseller and writer

Ellis Pierce Ellis Pierce (29 January 1841 – 31 July 1912) also known as Elis o'r Nant, was a Welsh writer and bookseller. Early life Ellis Pierce was born on a farm at Tan y Clogwyn, Dolwyddelan. He attended a school at Penmachno, but his little formal educa ...

wrote for the ''Baner''.Evan David Jones
"Ellis Pierce"
in ''Dictionary of Welsh Biography'' (National Library of Wales 2009). It ran until 1972 when it was replaced by ''Y Faner'', which folded in 1993.

Welsh Newspapers Online Welsh Newspapers Online is the searchable digital archive of historic Welsh newspaper holdings of the National Library of Wales. It is a work in progress and, , over 1,100,000 newspaper pages from 120 newspapers were available free online, compris ...

has digitised many of the early issues of ''Baner ac Amserau Cymru'' from

the National Library of Wales The National Library of Wales ( cy, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru), Aberystwyth, is the national legal deposit library of Wales and is one of the Welsh Government sponsored bodies. It is the biggest library in Wales, holding over 6.5 million boo ...

' newspaper collection.

References

Newspapers published in Wales {{wales-stub