Brecknockshire

I may be a complete nitwit (and I probably am) but is Brecknockshire an alternative name or an older name for Breconshire?

 

Yes they're the same county. See here:
http://en.
wikipedia.org/wiki/Brecknockshire

 

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