Seren Gomer
Seren Gomer was the first Welsh-language weekly newspaper. The first number was published in 1814 in Swansea by the local Baptist minister and writer Joseph Harris (Gomer).
Seren Gomer
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Seren Gomer was the first Welsh-language weekly newspaper. The first number was published in 1814 in Swansea by the local Baptist minister and writer Joseph Harris (Gomer).
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The weekly was intended to cover news from the whole of Wales and from overseas, as well as literary material. Its success was limited: it went out of business in 1815 after 85 editions, partly due to the heavy tax on newspapers and a shortfall in advertising revenue. In 1818 Harris revived the publication, which became associated with the Baptist denomination. In 1820 it became a monthly. The writer and poet Evan Owen Allen was among its contributors. When Harris died in 1825, the paper was purchased by Carmarthen publisher Hugh William Jones and became a quarterly Baptist magazine. This continued until 1983.
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• 1951–1975: Lewis Valentine • 1975–1977: David Eirwyn Morgan
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The circumstances in which Seren Gomer stands. Held in Welsh Newspapers Online. Recorded as publishing house. Published by David Jenkin. Founded by Joseph Harris.
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