Builth Wells
Builth Wells is a market town as well as community in the area of Powys and historic area of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), mid Wales, lying at the convergence of rivers Wye as well as Irfon, in the Welsh (or top) part of the Wye Valley. It has a population of 2,568. Many of the community's structures, consisting of the 1876 Market Hall, were built from stone from Llanelwedd Quarry. Much of the encountering as well as other dressed rock used in the building and construction of the Elan Valley dams was likewise quarried below. The quarry produced the first occurrence of laumontite in Wales. The quarry is currently operated by Hanson Aggregates. Builth is a historical anglicization of the Old Welsh Buellt/Buallt which combines bu be, comparable to some Middle English orthography), indicating "ox" with gellt (later gwellt), indicating "lea or leas"; the same type is made use of regardless of sex of the animal. The community added "Wells" in the 19th century when its springtimes were advertised as a site visitor attraction. Its contemporary Welsh name Llanfair-ym-Muallt suggests "Saint Mary in Ox Leas".
