Builth Wells
Builth Wells is a market community and neighborhood in the area of Powys and historical county 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. A lot of the town's structures, consisting of the 1876 Market Hall, were built from rock from Llanelwedd Quarry. Much of the encountering and various other clothed rock used in the construction of the Elan Valley dams was additionally quarried here. The quarry created the first occurrence of laumontite in Wales. The quarry is currently run by Hanson Aggregates. Builth is a historical anglicization of the Old Welsh Buellt/Buallt which incorporates bu be, similar to some Middle English orthography), indicating "ox" with gellt (later gwellt), indicating "lea or leas"; the exact same type is utilized regardless of sex of the animal. The town included "Wells" in the 19th century when its springtimes were promoted as a visitor tourist attraction. Its modern Welsh name Llanfair-ym-Muallt means "Saint Mary in Ox Leas".