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Brecon (brĕk`ən) or Brecknock (brĕk`nŏk, –nək), town (1981 pop. 7,422), Powys, S Wales, at the junction of the Honddu and Usk rivers. It is a market for the surrounding agricultural and cattle-raising area. Brecon was founded by the Normans c.1091. In the town are fragments of an 11th-century castle; Christ College, founded by Henry VIII in 1542; and the 11th-century priory church of St. John, which became a cathedral in 1923. Brecon, Brecknock 1. a town in SE Wales, in Powys: textile and leather industries. Pop.: 7901 (2001) 2. short for Breconshire How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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At Brecon Beacons National Park, maps were generated from a GIS that permitted local facilitators and planners to conduct discussion and provide focus for public meetings (Bahaire & White, 1999). Grey Swallow, an Irish-bred making his first start in California, buried early leader Brecon Beacon in the 11/2-mile Jim Murray. 30) Heath's account of the Kymin hardly resolves this equivocal position, with allusion to its Celtic etymology, the Druidical associations of the nearby Buckstone, (31) and in the description of the views from the hill, constant reference to sites, especially mountains, in Wales, such as the Blorenge and the Brecon Beacons, as well as England, ranging from the Clee Hills in Shropshire to the Mendips in Somerset. |
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