Breconshire
Britishnoun
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Henry Seymour Berry, Baron Buckland of Bwlch, 50, Welsh financier and mining potentate; at Buckland, near Bwlch, Breconshire, when the horse he was exercising ran into a telegraph pole.
From Time Magazine Archive
A tradition is preserved by Giraldus of a solemn festival dance which took place in the churchyard at St. Almedha’s church, Breconshire, on that saint’s day.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt
The author was a priest of Kentchurch in Herefordshire, on the confines of Monmouthshire and Breconshire, and is said to have lived in the time of Wickliffe, and to have been of his party.
The other day we were shown a huge pair of rusty scissors whilst staying in Breconshire.
From A Cotswold Village by Gibbs, J. Arthur
In the remote and primitive parish of Defynog, in Breconshire, until a few years since, a custom survived of carrying the King of Summer and the King of Winter.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt
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