Builth Wells
Builth Wells is a market community and also neighborhood in the region of Powys and also historical county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), mid Wales, lying at the confluence of rivers Wye and also Irfon, in the Welsh (or upper) part of the Wye Valley. It has a population of 2,568. Many of the town's structures, including the 1876 Market Hall, were constructed from rock from Llanelwedd Quarry. Much of the encountering as well as various other clothed stone used in the construction of the Elan Valley dams was likewise quarried below. The quarry generated the first occurrence of laumontite in Wales. The quarry is presently operated by Hanson Aggregates. Builth is a longstanding anglicization of the Old Welsh Buellt/Buallt which integrates bu be, equivalent to some Middle English orthography), indicating "ox" with gellt (later gwellt), indicating "lea or leas"; the very same form is utilized regardless of sex of the pet. The town added "Wells" in the 19th century when its springs were promoted as a visitor tourist attraction. Its modern-day Welsh name Llanfair-ym-Muallt implies "Saint Mary in Ox Leas".