Brecknockshire
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Brecknockshire
From Welsh Brycheiniog, derivative of Brychan mac Anlach, fifth-century Irish-born ruler of the area + shire ( def. )
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The first volume of his history of Brecknockshire in quarto, was published at Brecknock in the year 1805, and the second volume in 1809.
From A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation by Robert Williams
A college was founded, for the education of young men to the ministry of the Connexion, by Selina countess of Huntingdon in 1768 at Trevecca-isaf near Talgarth, Brecknockshire.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
Brecknockshire, alone of the South p. 203Wales counties, enjoyed exemption from these disturbances.
From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by John Ashton
The Valuation Department has discovered at Llangammarch Wells, Brecknockshire, 50 acres of land for which no owner can be found.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 17, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman
The Prossers were the younger branch of a Brecknockshire family who had become sadlers and mercers in Brecon.
From Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II by E. K. (Edmund Kerchever) Chambers
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