Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Brecon. You may be able to find further references to Brecon in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place	Type of entry	Source
BRECKNOCK, or Brecon	a town, two parishes, a subdistrict, and a district	Imperial
BRECON and MERTHYR-TYDVIL RAILWAY	a system of railway	Imperial
Castle Inn	parish	Bartholomew
DAVID (St.), or David-Brecon (St.)	a parish	Imperial

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Brecon.

Place	Type of entry	Source
Venny Vach	township	Bartholomew

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Brecon within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller	Section	No. of Refs.
George Borrow	Strata Florida and Tregaron	11
Gerald of Wales	Book I, Ch. 2: Hay and Brecheinia	5
Arthur Young	1776 Tour of South Wales and South Midlands	5
William Camden	Hereford, Radnor, Brecon, Monmouth and Glamorgan	4
William Gilpin	Monmouth to Llandovery	4
George Borrow	Tom O' the Dingle	2
Gerald of Wales	Introduction	2
Robert Gammage	Touring South Wales	2
John Wesley	1749-50: Wesley and the Soldiers; In Ireland and Wales Again; Wesley Burned in Effigy	2
John Wesley	1781-4: An Ideal Circuit; Wesley in his Eighties; Wesley Visits Holland; Scotland	2
George Borrow	Machynlleth	1
George Borrow	Conclusion: Newport and Chepstow	1
Charles Wesley	Sept. 1- Dec. 31, 1748: Ireland and central Wales	1
Charles Wesley	1749: Marriage to Sally Gwynne	1
Daniel Defoe	Letter 6, Part 3: Worcester, Hereford and Wales	1
John Wesley	1754-6: Retirement in Paddington; Wesley Slandered; Premonitions	1
John Wesley	1763-4: In Scotland Again; Methodist's Wealth; "No Law for Methodists"; Exhausting Days	1
John Wesley	1777-80: On the Isle of Man; City Road Chapel; Wesley Visits Lord George Gordon	1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place	Mentioned in Travel Writing	Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Venni Fach	0	2
Llan Ddew	3	2
Llanhamlach	1	2
Llandyfaelog Fach	0	2
Llansbyddyd	0	2
Garthbrengi	0	2
Llan Y Wern	0	2
Llanfeugan	0	2
Battle	0	2
Penkelly	0	2
Talachddu	0	2
Felin Fach	0	2
Aberysgyr	0	2
Llanfrynach	0	3
Scethrog	0	2
Llanfihangel Tal Y Llyn	0	3
Llanfilo	0	3
Pen Pont	0	2
Trawsgoed	0	2
Modrydd	0	2