Llangollen Advertiser [SEP] collection
Llangollen Advertiser
The Llangollen Advertiser, Denbighshire, Merionethshire and North Wales Journal was a weekly English-language newspaper that circulated in Denbighshire, Merionethshire, and North Wales. It was first published on November 2, 1860.
Welsh Newspapers Online has digitised 2,311 issues of the Llangollen Advertiser (1868–1919) from the newspaper holdings of the National Library of Wales.
industry, both spinning and weaving, was important in the area for centuries. Several factories were later built along the banks of the River Dee, where both wool and cotton were processed. The water mill opposite Llangollen railway station is over 600 years old, and was originally used to grind flour for local farmers.
Culture.
In the late 19th century, Llangollen had a weekly newspaper, the "Llangollen Advertiser".
Llangollen hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1908. The Gorsedd ceremony was held on the Hermitage Field