Builth Wells
Builth Wells is a market community and also community in the region of Powys and also historic area of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), mid Wales, existing at the convergence of rivers Wye and also Irfon, in the Welsh (or upper) part of the Wye Valley. It has a population of 2,568. Most of the community's structures, including the 1876 Market Hall, were constructed from stone from Llanelwedd Quarry. Much of the encountering and various other dressed rock utilized in the building and construction of the Elan Valley dams was also quarried below. The quarry produced 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 combines bu be, similar to some Middle English orthography), indicating "ox" with gellt (later gwellt), suggesting "lea or leas"; the exact same type is made use of regardless of sex of the pet. The community added "Wells" in the 19th century when its springtimes were promoted as a visitor tourist attraction. Its modern-day Welsh name Llanfair-ym-Muallt suggests "Saint Mary in Ox Leas".