The ''Swansea Herald of Wales'' was a free local weekly newspaper distributed in the Swansea area of south

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...

. It was published by South West Wales Publications a branch of the Northcliffe Media regional newspaper publishing house, itself part of the Daily Mail & General Trust. It was founded in 1882 as the ''Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder'', but dropped the 'Monmouthshire Recorder' from the title just four years later. In 1891 it underwent another change of title, to the ''Swansea & Glamorgan Herald and Herald of Wales'', and kept that title until 1930 when it became simply the ''Herald of Wales''. It added the 'Swansea' in 1987 when it essentially became a weekly freesheet companion to the ''

South Wales Evening Post The ''South Wales Evening Post'' is a tabloid daily newspaper distributed in the South West region of Wales. The paper has three daily editions – Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot and Carmarthenshire – and is published by Media Wales, part ...

'' with editions coming out each Wednesday. The paper was closed in 2011.

External links

Northcliffe Media: ''Swansea Herald of Wales'' (official site)British Newspapers Online

References

{{Reflist Newspapers published in Wales Mass media and culture in Swansea