Description "Brecknockshire, or Brecon, an inland co. of S. Wales, greatest
length, N. and S., 38 miles; greatest breadth, E. and W., 33 miles; area,
460,158 ac., pop. 57,746. B. is one of the most mountainous of the Welsh
counties, abounding in grand and picturesque scenery."
from John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles 1887
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