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Brecknockshire

NameBrecknockshire
 
HQBrecon
GovernmentBrecknockshire County Council (1889-1974)
OriginBrycheiniog
Start1535
End1974
CodeBRE
CodeNameChapman code
ReplaceBrecknock, Powys
MottoUndeb Hedd Llwyddiant (Unity, Peace, Prosperity)
PopulationFirst47,763
PopulationFirstYear1831
AreaFirst460158 acre (1862.2 km2)
AreaFirstYear1831
DensityFirst0.1/acre
DensityFirstYear1831
PopulationSecond54,213
PopulationSecondYear1901
AreaSecond469281 acre (1899.1 km2)
AreaSecondYear1911
PopulationLast53,381
PopulationLastYear1971
AreaLast469281 acre (1899.1 km2)
AreaLastYear1961

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Brecknockshire ( ), also known as the County of Brecknock, Breconshire, or the County of Brecon is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, and a former administrative county.

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Nineteenth and twentieth centuries : Governance
Sanitary district 1875 - 1894 County district 1894 - 1974
Brecknock municipal borough Brecknock municipal borough
Brecknock RSD Brecknock RD
Brynmawr LBD (1851) Brynmawr UD
Builth RSD Builth RD
1907: Llanwrtyd UD
Builth LGD (1864) Builth UD, renamed Builth Wells UD 1898.
Crickhowell RSD Crickhowell RD
Hay LGD (1864) Hay UD
Hay RSD Hay RD
Merthyr Tydfil RSD (part) Vaynor and Penderyn RD
Neath RSD Ystradvellte CP (administered as part of Neath RD, Glamorgan)
Pontardawe RSD (part) Ystradgynlais RD
Rhayader RSD (part) Llanwrthwl CP (administered as part of Rhayader RD, Radnorshire)

Local government in Wales

Principal areas
established in 1996
Blaenau Gwent * Bridgend * Caerphilly * Cardiff * Carmarthenshire * Ceredigion * Conwy * Denbighshire * Flintshire * Gwynedd * Isle of Anglesey * Merthyr Tydfil * Monmouthshire * Neath Port Talbot * Newport * Pembrokeshire * Powys * Rhondda Cynon Taf * Swansea * Torfaen * Vale of Glamorgan * Wrexham
Counties and districts
1974 �1996
ClwydAlyn and Deeside * Colwyn * Delyn * Glyndŵr * Rhuddlan * Wrexham Maelor
DyfedCarmarthen * Ceredigion * Dinefwr * Llanelli * Preseli Pembrokeshire * South Pembrokeshire
GwentBlaenau Gwent * Islwyn * Monmouth * Newport * Torfaen
GwyneddAberconwy * Anglesey * Arfon * Dwyfor * Meirionnydd
Mid GlamorganCynon Valley * Merthyr Tydfil * Ogwr * Rhondda * Rhymney Valley * Taff-Ely
PowysBrecknock * Montgomeryshire * Radnorshire
South GlamorganCardiff * Vale of Glamorgan
West GlamorganLliw Valley * Neath * Port Talbot * Swansea
Counties
established before 1889
Anglesey * Brecknockshire * Caernarfonshire * Cardiganshire * Carmarthenshire * Denbighshire * Flintshire * Glamorganshire * Merionethshire * Monmouthshire * Montgomeryshire * Pembrokeshire * Radnorshire



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