Builth Wells
Builth Wells is a market town and also community in the area of Powys and historical area of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), mid Wales, existing at the convergence of rivers Wye as well as Irfon, in the Welsh (or upper) part of the Wye Valley. It has a population of 2,568. A number of the community's structures, including the 1876 Market Hall, were constructed from rock from Llanelwedd Quarry. Much of the dealing with and various other dressed rock used in the building and construction of the Elan Valley dams was additionally quarried below. The quarry generated the first occurrence of laumontite in Wales. The quarry is presently run by Hanson Aggregates. Builth is a longstanding anglicization of the Old Welsh Buellt/Buallt which integrates bu be, equivalent to some Middle English orthography), implying "ox" with gellt (later gwellt), meaning "lea or leas"; the very same kind is made use of despite sex of the pet. The town included "Wells" in the 19th century when its springtimes were promoted as a site visitor attraction. Its modern Welsh name Llanfair-ym-Muallt means "Saint Mary in Ox Leas".