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Brecknockshire (Welsh: Brycheiniog or Sir Frycheiniog), also known as the County of Brecknock, Breconshire, or the County of Brecon, was one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales. It was created in 1536 under the Laws in Wales Act 1535 .
The borough of Brecknock was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972.It covered the area of the administrative county of Brecknockshire, which was abolished at the same time, with the exceptions of Brynmawr and Llanelly, which were transferred to Gwent, and Penderyn and Vaynor, which were transferred to Mid Glamorgan.
Articles related to the former Welsh county of Brecknockshire, now largely included in the county of Powys. For the sub-Roman/early medieval Welsh monarchs of Brycheiniog , see Category:Monarchs of Brycheiniog .
Brecknockshire is the southern third of Powys, and encompasses parts of the Brecon Beacons National Park, including the larger part of the Black Mountains and all of Mynydd Epynt. The River Wye separates it from Radnorshire, and Montgomeryshire forms the northern third of Powys. There are 254 prehistoric scheduled monuments in the ...
In 1536 the new county of Brecknockshire was created, with Brecon as its county town. [30] The borough of Brecon's responsibilities were originally primarily judicial, holding various courts. The borough council also owned the manorial rights to the borough, oversaw the town's market and fairs, and ran elections for the borough's member of ...
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Rassau looking towards Ebbw Vale. Beaufort (Welsh: Cendl or Y Cendl) is a village and community on the northern edge of the county borough of Blaenau Gwent in Wales.It is located in the historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire) and the preserved county of Gwent.
Breconshire or Brecknockshire was a constituency in Wales which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the English Parliament, and later to the Parliament of Great Britain and of the United Kingdom, between 1542 and 1918.