Breconshire
Breconshire (also known as Brecknockshire) is a rural county in South East Wales.
Major towns: Brecon Hay on Wye
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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Links
General
OPC
Local History Society
Archives
- IGI Breconshire
- Breconshire - excellent gravestone site for the parish of Llanspyddid
- genuki Breconshire
- Breconshire institutions
- Breconshire gen-web project
Family and Social History
- Breconshire genealogy heraldry and family history resources
- curious Fox-others researching family history in Breconshire
Maps and Photographs
Countywide Interest
Specific Town/Village Interest
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