Brecknockshire
a historic county in S Wales, now part of Powys, Gwent, and Mid Glamorgan.
Historical Examples
Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II Henry Vaughan
Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria’s Reign John Ashton
Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II Henry Vaughan
Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II Henry Vaughan
The Motor Routes of England Gordon Home
Curiousities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol. 1 Thomas Dugdale
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation Robert Williams
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 20, Issue 573, October 27, 1832 Various
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