BRECON TOWN COUNCIL

Brecon is steeped in history dating back as far as the Iron Age. The town has a strong Norman influence with the ruins of the Castle, built within 25 years of the Norman conquest and the impressive Cathedral. The name Brecon, is traced by scholars from the 5th century Brychan through Latinised spelling such as Breconia to Anglo-French Brecon. Brecon was granted ins borough charter in 1276 by Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, Constable of England and Lord of Brecknock and in 1411 the Borough of Brecknock received a Royal Charter from King Henry IV granting it is status as an officially recognised town. This paved the way for Brecon to become the centre of a thriving local wool industry, and was subsequently named as on of the four ‘Local Capitals' for Wales in the Act of Union of 1536. Developments during Tudor, Elizabethan and subsequent periods can be seen in Buckingham House and Havard House (1556) in Glamorgan Street and at Newton House (1582). The Guildhall (1624),..

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