Brecknockshire

[brek-nuhk-sheer, -sher, -nok-]

noun

1. a historic county in southern Wales, now part of Powys.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Brecknockshire¹

From Welsh Brycheiniog, derivative of Brychan mac Anlach, fifth-century Irish-born ruler of the area + shire ( def. )

Example Sentences

Sennybridge in Brecknockshire saw the highest rainfall, with 53.8mm falling in the last 24 hours, followed by Footholm Flume in Lancashire at 48.8mm.

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High ground, of an elevation from 500 to 800 ft., separates the various valleys, while on the eastern boundary rise the Malvern Hills, reaching 1194 ft. in the Herefordshire Beacon, and 1395 ft. in the Worcestershire Beacon, and on the boundary with Brecknockshire the Black Mountains exceed 2000 ft.

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HEREFORDSHIRE, an inland county of England on the south Welsh border, bounded N. by Shropshire, E. by Worcestershire, S. by Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire, and W. by Radnorshire and Brecknockshire.

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Howell Harris was born at Trevecka, in Brecknockshire, in 1714. 

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Henry Vaughan, commonly known by his assumed name of the Silurist, was born at Newton, in Brecknockshire, in the year 1621. 

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