Baner ac Amserau Cymru

The Baner ac Amserau Cymru (established in 1857) was a weekly Welsh language newspaper, distributed throughout Wales and in the Liverpool 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, and Yr Amserau ("The Times", founded 1846) in 1859.^[1] The bookseller and writer Ellis Pierce wrote for the Baner.^[2] It ran until 1972 when it was replaced by Y Faner, which folded in 1993.

Baner ac Amserau Cymru

Baner Cymru, Baner ac Amserau Cymru, Y Faner, Baner ac Amserau Cymru
Type	weekly newspaper, newspaper
Publisher	Thomas Gee
Editor	Thomas Gee
Launched	4 March 1857
City	Denbigh
Country	Wales, United Kingdom
OCLC number	705965086

Welsh Newspapers Online has digitised many of the early issues of Baner ac Amserau Cymru from the National Library of Wales' newspaper collection.

References

1. Baner ac Amserau Cymru at Welsh Newspapers Online, National Library of Wales
2. Jones, Evan David (1959). "Pierce, Ellis". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.