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The full masthead proclaimed The Cambrian and Weekly General Advertiser for Swansea and the Principality of Wales. By 1906 it was acquired by South Wales Post Newspapers Co. [1] and, in 1930, merged with Herald of Wales. [2] Many articles in this newspaper have been indexed and the index is searchable at https://archive.swansea.gov.uk/cambrian
The paper was first published in Bala in October 1860, as a four-page supplement, The Merioneth Herald, in The Oswestry Advertiser.Having subsequently become a distinct paper printed in Oswestry, England, in 1864 it became the Merionethshire Standard and Mid-Wales Herald [3] and, in 1869, was renamed The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard.
The Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory was an English-language quarterly magazine that published articles on Welsh and Celtic history and literature. Its aims were "to preserve 'native lore' for posterity and to win 'the incurious and indifferent into an interest for Wales'." [1] It ran from 1829 to 1833. [2]
Produced in three regional editions covering: Ceredigion & Mid-Wales; Gwynedd; and Pembrokeshire; it is printed in three editions in spring, Easter and summer. Since 2009, Holidaymaker can be viewed for free as an online publication. [citation needed]
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In the 1840s coal mining began in the valley, but this was on a small scale and no pits were sunk at this time. Towards the end of the century there was a marked increase in mining activity, several collieries being opened, including Lefel-Y-Bush (1863), Blaenclydach (1863), Cwmclydach (1864) and Clydach Vale Collieries Nos. 1, 2 and 3.
The Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line was originally a standard-gauge branch line of the Great Western Railway (GWR) in Wales, connecting Carmarthen and Aberystwyth.. It is now also a proposed railway link from Carmarthen railway station to Aberystwyth railway station, with five new proposed stations at Pencader, Llanybydder, Lampeter, Tregaron and Llanilar, with an estimated cost of around £620 ...
The Cwm Ebol quarry (also known as Cwmebol quarry) was a slate quarry about 1 mile (1.6 km) north west of the village of Pennal in Mid Wales. It operated from about 1860 to about 1906. It operated from about 1860 to about 1906.