Breconshire

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The Canal Basin submitted by Guinevere

Breconshire (also known as Brecknockshire) is a rural county in South East Wales.

Major towns: Brecon Hay on Wye Builth Wells

Industries: Agriculture, limestone quarrying

The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal in South Wales is arguably the most beautiful canal in the British Isles. It was built as part of the infrastructure required to facilitate the start of the industrial revolution in Wales with iron being transported along the length of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal to Newport and subsequently for export all over the world.

Register Offices

Brecknock Neuadd Brycheiniog,
Cambrian Way,
Brecon,
LD3 7HR.
Tel: 01874 624334

Mid Powys
Powys County Hall,
Llandrindod Wells,
Powys,
LD1 5LG.
Tel:01597 826000 ext 6373

Hay County
Council Offices,
Broad Street,
Hay on Wye,
HR3 5BX.
Tel:01497 821371

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General

• Local Historical Material
• Historical notes

OPC

Local History Society

• Powys FHS

Archives

• IGI Breconshire
• Breconshire - excellent gravestone site for the parish of Llanspyddid
• genuki Breconshire
• Breconshire institutions
• Breconshire gen-web project
• Powys County Archive Office

Family and Social History

• Breconshire genealogy heraldry and family history resources
• Curious Fox-others researching family history in Breconshire

Maps and Photographs

• Old photographs of Breconshire

Countywide Interest

• Brecon Castle
• Builth Wells Castles

Specific Town/Village Interest

• History of Brynmawr

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