Breconshire, or Brecknockshire, is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, and is named after its county town of Brecon.
The county is mountainous and primarily rural, and is land-locked, being bordered to the north by Radnorshire, to the east by Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, to the south by Monmouthshire and Glamorgan, and to the west by Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire.
The county has numerous war memorials in its towns and villages, mostly situated in Churches and Chapels. It also has a rich military history, being the home county to the famed South Wales Borderers. Below is a list of some of the towns and villages in the county. Those with hyperlinks point to completed pages on this website. Those without are yet to be written up:
Breconshire War Memorials
Beaufort (St. Andrew’s) War Memorial
Beaufort (St. David’s) War Memorial
Beaufort War Memorial, World War Two
Brecon War Memorial
Breconshire Constabulary War Memorial
Brynmawr War Memorial
Builth Wells War Memorial
Clydach War Memorial
Hay-on-Wye War Memorial
Llanelly Hill War Memorial
Llangammarch Wells War Memorial
Llangattock War Memorial
Patrishow War Memorial
Penderyn War Memorial
Talgarth War Memorial
Vaynor War Memorial