Breconshire

/ ˈbrɛkənˌʃɪə; -ʃə; ˈbrɛknɒkˌʃɪə; -ʃə /

noun

(until 1974) a county of SE Wales, now mainly in Powys: over half its area forms the Brecon Beacons National Park

The bed of a salmon river or a rocky trout stream whether in Breconshire or Northumberland differs nowise.

In Breconshire, the virago was punished through the ceffyl pren merely by the moral influence of parading it before her cottage.

In the parish of Llanelly, Breconshire, the males exceed the females by more than one thousand.

He was one of my councell in my law-suites in Breconshire about the entaile.

He could ride nine miles together in his owne land in Breconshire.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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