Brecknockshirenoun
/ˈbrek.nɒk.ʃər//ˈbrek.nɑːk.ʃɚ/also Breconshire, /ˈbrek.ən.ʃər//ˈbrek.ən.ʃɚ/an area of south central Wales that was a county (= area with its own local government) until 1974:
The Baptist Church at Hay, in Brecknockshire, has many traditions of the Lollard days.
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- Historians usually refer to him as a Monmouthshire man; his family connections and his early employment as a schoolteacher at Talgarth suggest that he could have been brought up in Breconshire.
- Llanfair ym Muallt is a town in the modern day Welsh county of Powys, in what was the historic county of Brecknockshire.
- On establishment in 1889 the Brecknockshire County Council adopted the attributed arms of Brychan, fifth century founder of Brycheiniog.
- I have heard from the Brecknockshire Branch that they would like to take up my proposal that we hold an inter-branch meeting to discuss the draft Powys Structure Plan.
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