Maescar, Breconshire
Historical Description
Maescar, a township in Devynnock parish, Brecknockshire, on the river Usk, at the confluence of the Senny with the Treweren, 8 miles W by S of Brecon. It includes the villages of Devynnock and Senny. There is a station at Devynnock on the Neath and Brecon railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office (R.S.O.) at Senny bridge. Acreage, 4317; population, 750.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Registration district | Brecknock | 1837 - 1974 |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Breconshire is online.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online: