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Rh BRECKNOCKSHIRE. foiuierlv tlio county town, and comprises within the limits 'it the borough *, inhabited liy 1,869 agon of five and (in n, ling school. Hi '.. in I of Angus and Mcarns. Tlir living ia a collegiate chargi 4 of the first in i.nd t.'ito. Ti . inirrh is part of the cathedral, dedicated to St. Ninian, which was built by David I. on the Kite of tin am ient (,'uldee - It wiui originally a I ' "'thie editiee, Imt has been disligund ami del. in d by time and n alterations. It stands on the edge of a ravin., opposite tin- eastle. The 1 Bishop of Brcchin, in tin n 4 t'. have di-tini.'iii>h' d him-i If hy his ill tin ! the myal ili 'lie i ^talilishing tlii' liturgy, and to have carried lin-arms with Uiinint" IK'- pulpit. There are a rha]-l ot i a-.-, tin. arches, three belonging to the United Presbyterians, a Congre- gationnl chapel, and an Episcopal church. Part of the nt chapel of Maisoii l>ieu still remains, and has been (Hi'upiud as a slaughterhouse and a stable. Near the cathedral is a " round tower," one of the only two id, the other being at Abemcthy. The tower of Brt-ehin is built of freestone, well wrought ; it is 80 feet high, with u spire or conical roof 23 feet more, and is 16 feet in diameter at tho base. There are curious carvings about the doorway. The tower is said u slightly, and to be shaken by high winds. Bre- i -bin Castle, now tho seat of Lord Panmure, is built on the site of an ancient castle. It stands on a prei -ipitmis rock ID river, and i< >i -parated from tho town by a deep ravine. Towards the W, it presents a handsome and re- gular front, but Inwards the 8. a confused mass of u: ins and modem additions. Tho pietur--sijue aspect nt the place has been injured hy tin of old woods and trees which formerly adorned it. Maitland, author of the histories of Edinburgh and London; Gil- lies, author of a history of Greece; and James Tytler, a libutor to the Ih-t i dition of the "Encyclopaedia Britunniea," were natives of this town. Brechin sup- ports a weekly newspaper, called the / rtiur. Tuesday is the market-day. Cattle lairs are held on Trinity Muir, 1 mile ; the t"wn, on the third 'i dnesdav in April, the seeond V< dnesduy in Juno and lollowiiig days, the second Thursday in August, and Tuesday before the last Wednesday of September. The June fair, for eattle, horses, and sheep, is one of the important in Scotland, and has heen held from time immemorial. r.l;i:cKKNBOROU(ill. I tn.-hp. iii the par. of Kirhy-Wiske, wap. of Birdt'orth, in the North Hiding of the co. of York, 3 miles to the N.W. of Thirsk. It is joined with the tnshp. of Newsham. The chief resi- dence is Breckenborough House. BRKCKI.KS, a par. in the hund. of Wayland, in the co. of Norfolk, 5 miles to tho 3. of Walton. Mittu ia its post town. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Norwich, of the val. of 45, in the patron, of Sir K. Kerrison, Bart. The church, which has a round tower with an octangular top, is dedicated to St. Margaret. Breckles Hall is the seat of Sir E. Kerrison. BRICCK I.KS, LITTLE, a hmlt.,onco a separate par., now included in the par. of Shropham, hund. of the same name, in the co. of Norfolk. There is no church, and the rect. wasannexcd to tho vie. of Shropham before 1332. BKKi KM" KS1IIKK, or BRECON-SI I IKK, an inland co. of South Wales, bounded on tin- N. and N.I,, by Radnorshire, on the E. by Henlordshiro and M nin.'iithshirc, on the S. by Mommm' 1 Gla- morganshire, and on the V. liy Cannartln nshire and '> miles iii leniith from N. .li'.iit 30 miles at its greatest breadth from in eirenit about 140 miles, and i-oin- < an area of about 750 square miles. ' and '>!' 17' N. 1 li- IS' W. lung. Us outline is very ilur. At tli" tiiii" nl the I qui >t thi'.t district formed part of the territory of the Hilurn, who under ' made so brave u reustanct to th reign invaders. A Itoman way wua fnnnoi too. and tin re were t ture of the Romans, t) ]irineipality, and acquired tli whieli are derived the [ire-- and the Knirlish Itrrcknock. Tli princes, the last of whom w ip-MMu i "htinued till about lO'.HI, wh. n th Bernard Newman h, invaded and got territory, defeating Bleddyn in ah. i. On the marriage of Bernard's < lio succeeded to the 1 Valter, all. . A of II. ret : of De Broos held it for about a century, ban 16 I'.- Bohuns. 'ivMin Humphrey d. : irl at and the Earl of Gloucester, lord of Ulamon territories were d. rl:.n d to ) I' sentenced to be ini]iriioi,i'd. n the payment tini'.-i the.-' It wi northeni ]>art of this distriettli,it th>'di last prince of North Wales, took pli- severe struggle having occurred between tin- am! Welsh forces on tho banks of the Iran. latter being defeated, the prince fled, and WM e and slain by Adam dc l-'iam t..n. who recognise him. His reman ired at called Cefn-y-btdd (" Ridge of th.- i . Built li. The lordship o k wu 1321 on the younger Despencer, who retain death. With this excej sion of tho De Bohuns till t line, when it passed to )>y the i Mary, one of the din with Henry IV. I llem^ tho battle of Northampton, i: title and possessions to his grandson Heni distinguished himself as a of Gloucester, afterwa i large promises but did I" 1.1 evenge, took arms agaii betrayed into his hands and behetii title and estates were subsequently resU 1 1 . to his son Edward, who was of England, and was the last to till that i cxtine diiked'iiu by hia ezeoi Urcckn. iek revelled to the crown, and ftM iiiii'.H of England and Wale.- a separate hi^toi. Brecknockaoin ii Two prim ipal rallies of moon county in nearly parallel d called the Eppynt HilN. m tains, and that in the S not i name, but including the loftiest ).- 'I'll' 1 the border.-, of i liv.r Wye and the Imnler of connected with the 1'linliim mass of barren hills. Tho latter (wot eastward from the lofty hills - Beacons on the western confines ol 1. and terminates in M cipal summits in thi~ ehain. v in the county and in Smith W. spieuous peaks, about 4 mi!' having an elevation of 2,862 fee tho sea (these aro soim-tin: chair"); Mount Can In ight ol 2,394 I. ' ' culled the C.umartli'ii.-hiie ]' of the Usk is another Mountains, i Talgmrth, tin whieli i- /' Ci'.i, j- I lising to the lieight ol !'|i]iynt Hills i- near liiiilth, which is about :'.
 * , in- 7,lxu individual*, of whom 1,118