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Brecknockshire [brek-nuh k-sheer, -sher, -nok-] EXAMPLES| noun a historic county in S Wales, now part of Powys, Gwent, and Mid Glamorgan. Liberaldictionary.com
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Theophilus Jones, in his History of Brecknockshire (1805-9), ii.
Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II
Henry Vaughan
Brecknockshire, according to fable, is called after this king.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1
The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
Brecon, the county town of Brecknockshire, lies upon the River Usk, and was formerly defended by walls and gates.
Gordon Home
History has fixed this spot as the scene of action where the fate of Brecknockshire Scene of a Welsh battle.
Curiousities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol. 1
Thomas Dugdale
Brecknockshire, alone of the South p. 203Wales counties, enjoyed exemption from these disturbances.
Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria’s Reign
John Ashton
