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Breconshire

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Breconshire or Brecknockshire, former county, S Wales. In 1974, Breconshire was divided between Gwent Gwent (gwĕnt), former county, SE Wales.
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, Mid Glamorgan Mid Glamorgan (gləmôr`gən), former county, S Wales.
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, and Powys Powys (pō`ĭs), county, 2,009 sq mi (5,204 sq km), E central Wales.
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Breconshire, Brecknockshire
(until 1974) a county of SE Wales, now mainly in Powys: over half its area forms the Brecon Beacons National Park


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Tom Cain's essay on the trimming Royalist Mildmay Fane amply fulfills its promise, as does Alan Rudrum's similarly focused look at Henry Vaughan's reflections on his Breconshire royalist neighbors.
 
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