''The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian'' was a weekly English language newspaper, supportive of conservative politics, which circulated throughout

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. The newspaper's main content included local news. The paper began life as the Glamorgan, Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian (1832 - 1841) and continued as the Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian until 1874 when it was incorporated into the South Wales Weekly Telegram.

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