I may be a complete nitwit (and I probably am) but is Brecknockshire an alternative name or an older name for Breconshire?
thanks Flook I'm currently going through some of the place names I have in Brother's Keeper and trying to rationalise them. I was wondering if it was appropriate to use Brecknockshire in one historical period and Breconshire in another, but it seems that they are completely interchangeable ... I tend to use Breconshire for preference (no idea why) And your link also explains why I have Beaufort in Breconshire and Monmouthshire