Builth Wells
Builth Wells is a market community as well as area in the region of Powys as well as historic region of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), mid Wales, lying at the confluence of rivers Wye as well as Irfon, in the Welsh (or upper) part of the Wye Valley. It has a population of 2,568. Many of the town's buildings, including the 1876 Market Hall, were constructed from stone from Llanelwedd Quarry. Much of the encountering and various other dressed rock made use of in the building and construction of the Elan Valley dams was additionally quarried right here. The quarry created the first occurrence of laumontite in Wales. The quarry is currently operated by Hanson Aggregates. Builth is a longstanding anglicization of the Old Welsh Buellt/Buallt which incorporates bu be, equivalent to some Middle English orthography), indicating "ox" with gellt (later gwellt), indicating "lea or leas"; the very same kind is utilized regardless of sex of the pet. The community added "Wells" in the 19th century when its springs were advertised as a visitor destination. Its contemporary Welsh name Llanfair-ym-Muallt means "Saint Mary in Ox Leas".