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The Norman twelfth century carved stone font in the former Priory Church in Brecon, now Brecon Cathedral. The nine hundred year old church in Brecon was once the centrepiece of a Benedictine priory, and became a parish church at the Dissolution. Long known as the Priory church of St John the Evangelist, or simply the Priory church, it was elevated to cathedral status in 1923.

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Priory Church, Brecon, 1880s

Priory Church, Brecon, 1880s
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