Brecknockshire

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

noun

Origin of Brecknockshire

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

The Prossers were the younger branch of a Brecknockshire family who had become sadlers and mercers in Brecon.
Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II | Henry Vaughan
Charles Walbeoffe was a man of considerable importance in Brecknockshire.
Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II | Henry Vaughan
Some of the cells are remaining to this day, as at Ty Iltud, in Brecknockshire.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 20, Issue 573, October 27, 1832 | Various
Howell Harris was born at Trevecka, in Brecknockshire, in 1714.
A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation | Robert Williams
Brecknockshire, alone of the South p. 203Wales counties, enjoyed exemption from these disturbances.
Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign | John Ashton

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