Builth Wells
Builth Wells is a market town and community in the region of Powys and historical area of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), mid Wales, lying at the convergence of rivers Wye and Irfon, in the Welsh (or top) part of the Wye Valley. It has a population of 2,568. Much of the town's buildings, including the 1876 Market Hall, were developed from rock from Llanelwedd Quarry. Much of the dealing with and also other clothed stone utilized in the building of the Elan Valley dams was likewise quarried here. 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), indicating "ox" with gellt (later gwellt), suggesting "lea or leas"; the same kind is used no matter sex of the pet. The town included "Wells" in the 19th century when its springs were advertised as a site visitor attraction. Its modern-day Welsh name Llanfair-ym-Muallt implies "Saint Mary in Ox Leas".