Museums

Museums, archives and heritage in Brecknockshire

Brecknockshire, or Brecon, an inland county of S. Wales, bounded N. by Radnorshire, E. by Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, S. by Monmouthshire and Glamorgan, and W. by Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire; greatest length, N. and S., 38 miles; greatest breadth, E. and W., 33 miles; area, 460,158 acres, population 57,746. Brecknockshire is one of the most mountainous … Read more

Museums, archives and heritage in Caernarfonshire

Carnarvonshire, a maritime county of North Wales, having the Irish Sea on the N., Denbighshire on the E., Merioneth and Cardigan Bay on the S., and on the W. Carnarvon Bay and the Menai Strait, which separates it from Anglesey; extreme length, NE. and SW., 53 miles; extreme breadth, NW. and SE., 23 miles; average … Read more

Museums, archives and heritage in Merioneth

Merioneth, maritime county, N. Wales, bounded N. by Carnarvonshire and Denbighshire, SE. by Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire, and Cardiganshire, and W. by Cardigan Bay; greatest length, NE. to SW., 45 miles; greatest breadth, NW. to SE., 30 miles; area, 384,717 acres, population 52,038. The coast-line is alternately cliffs and stretches of sand, and the co. generally is … Read more