Builth Wells
Builth Wells is a market community as well as area in the area of Powys and historic area of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), mid Wales, lying at the convergence of rivers Wye and also Irfon, in the Welsh (or top) part of the Wye Valley. It has a population of 2,568. Much of the town's structures, consisting of the 1876 Market Hall, were built from rock from Llanelwedd Quarry. Much of the encountering as well as various other dressed stone utilized in the building of the Elan Valley dams was additionally quarried here. The quarry created 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 incorporates bu be, similar to some Middle English orthography), implying "ox" with gellt (later gwellt), indicating "lea or leas"; the same type is utilized regardless of gender of the animal. The town added "Wells" in the 19th century when its springs were promoted as a site visitor tourist attraction. Its contemporary Welsh name Llanfair-ym-Muallt means "Saint Mary in Ox Leas".