Brecon (; cy, Aberhonddu; ), archaically known as Brecknock, is a

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Powys Powys (; ) is a county and preserved county in Wales. It is named after the Kingdom of Powys which was a Welsh successor state, petty kingdom and principality that emerged during the Middle Ages following the end of Roman rule in Britain. Geog ...

, mid

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. In 1841, it had a population of 5,701. The population in 2001 was 7,901, increasing to 8,250 at the 2011 census. Historically it was the county town of Brecknockshire (Breconshire); although its role as such was eclipsed with the formation of the County of Powys, it remains an important local centre. Brecon is the third-largest town in Powys, after Newtown and

Ystradgynlais Ystradgynlais (, ) is a town on the River Tawe in southwest Powys, Wales. It is the second-largest town in Powys and is in the historic county of Brecknockshire. The town has a high proportion of Welsh language-speakers. The community includes ...

. It lies north of the Brecon Beacons mountain range, but is just within the Brecon Beacons National Park.

History

Early history

The Welsh name, Aberhonddu, means "mouth of the Honddu". It is derived from the River Honddu, which meets the River Usk near the

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, a short distance away from the River Tarell which enters the Usk a few hundred metres upstream. After the Dark Ages the original Welsh name of the kingdom in whose territory Brecon stands was (in modern orthography) "

Brycheiniog Brycheiniog was an independent kingdom in South Wales in the Early Middle Ages. It often acted as a buffer state between England to the east and the south Welsh kingdom of Deheubarth to the west. It was conquered and pacified by the Norman ...

", which was later anglicised to Brecknock or Brecon, and probably derives from

Brychan Brychan Brycheiniog was a legendary 5th-century king of Brycheiniog (Brecknockshire, alternatively Breconshire) in Mid Wales. Life According to Celtic hagiography Brychan was born in Ireland, the son of a Prince Anlach, son of Coronac, and ...

, the eponymous founder of the kingdom. Before the building of the bridge over the Usk, Brecon was one of the few places where the river could be forded. In

Roman Britain Roman Britain was the period in classical antiquity when large parts of the island of Great Britain were under occupation by the Roman Empire. The occupation lasted from AD 43 to AD 410. During that time, the territory conquered wa ...

Y Gaer Y Gaer () is a Roman fort situated near modern-day Brecon in Mid Wales, United Kingdom. Y Gaer is located at (Landranger 160). History Y Gaer was built around AD 75 and sits on a crossroads of Roman roads in the valley of the River Usk at a ...

(''Cicucium'') was established as a Roman cavalry base for the conquest of

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and Brecon was first established as a military base.

Norman control

The confluence of the River Honddu and the River Usk made for a valuable defensive position for the Norman castle which overlooks the town, built by Bernard de Neufmarche in the late 11th century.Davies (2008).

Gerald of Wales Gerald of Wales ( la, Giraldus Cambrensis; cy, Gerallt Gymro; french: Gerald de Barri; ) was a Cambro-Norman priest and historian. As a royal clerk to the king and two archbishops, he travelled widely and wrote extensively. He studied and taugh ...

came and made some speeches in 1188 to recruit men to go to the Crusades.

Town walls

Brecon's town walls were constructed by Humphrey de Bohun after 1240.Pettifer (2000). The walls were built of cobble, with four gatehouses and was protected by ten semi-circular bastions. In 1400 the Welsh prince Owain Glyndŵr rose in rebellion against English rule, and in response in 1404 100

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was spent by the royal government improving the fortifications to protect Brecon in the event of a Welsh attack. Brecon's walls were largely destroyed during the

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. Today only fragments survive, including some earthworks and parts of one of the gatehouses; these are protected as scheduled monuments.. In Shakespeare's play ''

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'', the Duke of Buckingham is suspected of supporting the Welsh pretender Richmond (the future Henry VII), and declares:

''O, let me think on Hastings and be gone
To Brecknock, while my fearful head is on!''

Priory and cathedral

A Priory was dissolved in 1538, and Brecon's Dominican Friary of St Nicholas was suppressed in August of the same year. About north of the castle stands Brecon Cathedral, a fairly modest building compared to many cathedrals. The role of cathedral is a fairly recent one, and was bestowed upon the church in 1923 with the formation of the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon from what was previously the

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of Brecon—a part of the

Diocese of St David's The Diocese of St Davids is a diocese of the Church in Wales, a church of the Anglican Communion. The diocese covers the historic extent of Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, together with a small part of western Glamorgan. The episcop ...

St. Mary's Church

Saint Mary's Church began as a chapel of ease to the priory but most of the building is dated to later medieval times. The West Tower, some high, was built in 1510 by Edward, Duke of Buckingham at a cost of £2,000. The tower has eight bells which have been rung since 1750, the heaviest of which weighs . In March 2007 the bells were removed from the church tower for refurbishment. The church is a Grade II*

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St. David's Church, Llanfaes

The Church of St. David, referred to locally as Llanfaes Church, was probably founded in the early sixteenth century. The first Parish Priest, Maurice Thomas, was installed there by John Blaxton, Archdeacon of Brecon in 1555. The name is derived from the Welsh – Llandewi yn y Maes – which translates as St. David's in the Field.

Plough Lane Chapel, Lion Street

Plough Lane Chapel, also known as Plough United Reformed Church, is a

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. The present building dates back to 1841 and was re-modelled by Owen Morris Roberts.

St Michael's Church

After the Reformation, some Breconshire families such as the Havards, the Gunters and the Powells persisted with Catholicism despite its suppression. In the 18th Century a Catholic Mass house in Watergate was active, and Rev John Williams was the local Catholic priest from 1788 to 1815. The present parish priest is Rev Father Jimmy Sebastian Pulickakunnel MCBS since 2012. The Watergate house was sold in 1805, becoming the current Watergate Baptist Chapel, and property purchased as the priest's residence and a chapel between Wheat Street and the current St Michael Street, including the "Three Cocks Inn"; about this time Catholic parish records began again. The normal round of bishop's visitations and confirmations resumed in the 1830s. In 1832 most civil liberties were restored to Catholics and they became able to practise their faith more openly. A simple Gothic church, dedicated to St Michael and designed by

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, was built in 1851 at a cost of £1,000.

Military town

The east end of town has two military establishments: * Dering Lines, home to the

Infantry Battle School The Infantry Battle School, Brecon is a British Army training establishment at Dering Lines in Brecon, Wales. History The Infantry Battle School was established at Brecon in 1939 at the start of the Second World War. The Parachute Regiment forme ...

(formerly Infantry Training Centre Wales) * The Barracks, Brecon, home to 160th (Wales) Brigade. Approximately to the west of Brecon is Sennybridge Training Area, an important training facility for the

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Governance

Brecon Guildhall (Town Hall) (geograph 5995001)

Brecon Town Council, based at Brecon Guildhall, represents the town at the local level, with up to fifteen councillors elected from four wards: St David's, St Mary's, St John's East and St John's West. The town elects a mayor annually. In May 2018 it elected its first mixed race mayor, local hotelier Emmanuel (Manny) Trailor, who is a town councillor for St John's West. Until 2022 there were three county council electoral wards in the town (St David Within, St John and St Mary) which each elected a county councillor to Powys County Council. All three are represented by Labour Party councillors, the St Mary ward being gained from the

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in a November 2019 by-election. In 2018 a review of electoral arrangements proposed that all three Brecon county wards be merged into a single, three councillor ward.

Education

Brecon has primary schools, with a secondary school and further education college (Brecon Beacons College) on the northern edge of the town. The secondary school, known as Brecon High School, was formed from separate boys' and girls' grammar schools ('county schools') and Brecon Secondary Modern School, after comprehensive education was introduced into Breconshire in the early 1970s. The town is home to a famous independent school, Christ College, which was founded in 1541.

Transport

The junction of the east–west A40 (

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- Monmouth-

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Fishguard Fishguard ( cy, Abergwaun, meaning "Mouth of the River Gwaun") is a coastal town in Pembrokeshire, Wales, with a population of 3,419 in 2011; the community of Fishguard and Goodwick had a population of 5,407. Modern Fishguard consists of two p ...

) and the north–south

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(

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- Merthyr Tydfil- Llandudno) is on the east side of Brecon town centre. The nearest airport is

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Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal

The

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runs for between Brecon and

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. It then continues to Newport, the towpath being the line of communication and the canal being disjointed by obstructions and road crossings. The canal was built between 1797 and 1812 to link Brecon with Newport and the

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. The canalside in Brecon was redeveloped in the 1990s and is now the site of two mooring basins and Theatr Brycheiniog.

Usk bridge

The bridge carries the B4601 across the River Usk. A plaque on a house wall adjacent to the eastern end of the bridge records that the present bridge was built in 1563 to replace a medieval bridge destroyed by floods in 1535. It was repaired in 1772 and widened in 1794 by Thomas Edwards, the son of William Edwards of Eglwysilan. It had stone parapets until the 1970s when the present deck was superimposed on the old structure. The bridge was painted by J.M.W. Turner c.1769.

Former railways

The

Neath and Brecon Railway The Dulas Valley Mineral Railway was incorporated in 1862 to bring coal from the Onllwyn area north-east of Neath to the quays there, and in the following year was reconstituted as the Neath and Brecon Railway. The line was opened as far as Onllw ...

reached Brecon in 1867, terminating at Free Street. By this point, Brecon already had two other railway stations: *Watton – from 1 May 1863 when the Brecon and Merthyr Railway to Merthyr Tydfil was opened for traffic *Mount Street – in September 1864, with Llanidloes by the

Mid Wales Railway The Mid-Wales Railway was conceived as a trunk route through Wales connecting industrial areas in north west England with sea ports in south west Wales. The company was prevented from reaching its goal by competing proposals in Parliament, and i ...

which linked to the

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at Talyllyn Junction. The three companies consolidated their stations at a newly rebuilt Free Street Joint Station from 1871 and the station finally closed in 1872

Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway

The

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was opened gradually from Hereford towards Brecon. The first section opened in 1862, with passenger services on the complete line starting on 21 September 1864. The

Company (MR) took over the HH&BR from 1 October 1869, leasing the line by an Act of 30 July 1874 and absorbing the HH&BR in 1876. The MR was absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) on 1 January 1923. Passenger services to

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ended in 1958, Neath in October 1962 and Newport in December 1962. In 1962 the important line to Hereford closed. Therefore, Brecon lost all its train services before the 1963 '' Reshaping of British Railways'' report (often referred to as the Beeching Axe) was implemented.

Culture

Brecon hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1889. August sees the annual

Brecon Jazz Festival The Brecon Jazz Festival is a music festival held annually in Brecon, Wales. Normally staged in early August, it has played host to a range of jazz musicians from across the world. Created in 1984 by local enthusiasts – musicians, promoters a ...

. Concerts are held in both open air and indoor venues, including the town's market hall and the 400-seat Theatr Brycheiniog, which opened in 1997. October sees the annual 4-day weekend Brecon Baroque Music Festival, organised by leading violinist

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Idris Davies Idris Davies (6 January 1905 – 6 April 1953) was a Welsh poet. Born in Rhymney, near Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales, he became a poet, originally writing in Welsh, but later writing exclusively in English. He was the only poet to cover signific ...

put "the pink bells of Brecon" in his poem published as XV in ''Gwalia Deserta'' (by T. S. Eliot). This was copied in "Quite Early One Morning" by Dylan Thomas, put to music by

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as the song "

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", then recorded by

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where it became known to millions although by then the Brecon line had gone missing.

Points of interest

* Brecon Castle * Brecon Beacons and National Park Visitor Centre (also known as the Mountain Centre) *

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* Brecon Cathedral, the seat of the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon *

* Buckland Coach House & Ice House * Cae Gwernllertai * Christ College, Brecon * Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh * Theatr Brycheiniog (Brecon Theatre) *

Notable people

:''See :People from Brecon'' *

(c. 1146 – c. 1223) *

Sibyl de Neufmarché Sibyl de Neufmarché, Countess of Hereford, ''suo jure'' Lady of Brecknock ( c. 1100 – after 1143), was a Cambro-Norman noblewoman, heiress to one of the most substantial fiefs in the Welsh Marches. The great-granddaughter of Gruffyd ...

, Countess of Hereford,

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Lady of Brecknock (c. 1100 – after 1143) *

Dafydd Gam Dafydd ap Llewelyn ap Hywel (c. 1380 – 25 October 1415), better known as Dafydd Gam, anglicized to David or Davy Gam, was a Welsh warrior, a prominent opponent of Owain Glyndŵr. He died at the Battle of Agincourt fighting for Henry V, King o ...

(c. 1380–1415), archer, died fighting for Henry V of England at the Battle of Agincourt * Edward, Duke of Buckingham, born at Brecon Castle in 1478 * Hugh Price (c. 1495–1574), founder of

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Henry Vaughan Henry Vaughan (17 April 1621 – 23 April 1695) was a Welsh metaphysical poet, author and translator writing in English, and a medical physician. His religious poetry appeared in ''Silex Scintillans'' in 1650, with a second part in 1655.''Oxfo ...

(1621–1695), physician, author and one of the major

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* John Jeffreys (c.1623-1689), landowner and politician, and first master of the

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Sarah Siddons Sarah Siddons (''née'' Kemble; 5 July 1755 – 8 June 1831) was a Welsh actress, the best-known tragedienne of the 18th century. Contemporaneous critic William Hazlitt dubbed Siddons as "tragedy personified". She was the elder sister of Joh ...

, best-known tragedienne actress of the 18th century, born 1755 * Charles Kemble (1775–1854), actor, younger brother of

* Thomas Coke, the first

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, who previously had served as

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of Brecon in 1772 *

John Evan Thomas John Evan Thomas, FSA (15 January 1810 – 9 October 1873) was a Welsh sculptor, notable for many sculptures both in Wales and elsewhere in the UK, such as his portrait sculptures in London. He was especially notable for the ''Death of Tewdri ...

, sculptor, born 1810 *

Frances Hoggan Frances Elizabeth Hoggan (''née'' Morgan; 20 December 1843 – 5 February 1927) was a Welsh doctor and the first British woman to receive a doctorate in medicine from any university in Europe. She was also a pioneering medical practitioner, rese ...

(1843–1927), first British woman to receive a doctorate in medicine *

Ernest Howard Griffiths Ernest Howard Griffiths (15 June 1851 – 3 March 1932) was a British physicist born in Brecon, Wales. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1895 and won its Hughes Medal in 1907. On his maternal side he was a descendant of the 17th- ...

(1851–1932), physicist * Llewela Davies (1871–1952), pianist and composer * Dame Olive Wheeler (1886–1963), educationist, psychologist and university lecturer * Captain Richard Mayberry (1895–1917), World War I flying ace * Reginald, Lord Talbot (1897–1975), buried in Brecon cemetery * Tudor, Lord Watkins (1903–1983), buried at St David's Church cemetery *

George Melly Alan George Heywood Melly (17 August 1926 – 5 July 2007) was an English jazz and blues singer, critic, writer, and lecturer. From 1965 to 1973 he was a film and television critic for ''The Observer''; he also lectured on art history, with an ...

(1926–2007),

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and blues singer, art critic and writer * Jeb Loy Nichols, musician * Captain Thomas Phillips, slave trader * Andy Powell, Welsh Rugby Union international number eight * Sam Hobbs, rugby union player with Cardiff Blues * Jessica Allen, cyclist *

Roger Glover Roger David Glover (born 30 November 1945) is a Welsh bassist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the member of the hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. As a member of Deep Purple, Glover was inducted into the Rock and R ...

, bassist and songwriter with the band Deep Purple *

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's Peter Hope-Evans * Sian Reese-Williams, actress * Nia Roberts, actress *

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, professional wrestler

Town twinning

* Saline, Michigan, United States *

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, Germany (Blaubeuren is twinned with Brecknockshire, which is an area of

, rather than with the town of Brecon.) *

Gouesnou Gouesnou (; br, Gouenoù) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. International relations Gouesnou is a satellite town of Brest. Gouesnou is twinned with the town of Brecon in Powys, south Wales enablin ...

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, France * Dhampus,

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, Nepal

References

Bibliography

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External links

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Brecon Town Council website
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