Builth Wells
Builth Wells is a market community and also neighborhood in the region of Powys and also historical county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), mid Wales, lying 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 number of the community's structures, including the 1876 Market Hall, were built from rock from Llanelwedd Quarry. Much of the encountering as well as various other dressed 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), implying "lea or leas"; the very same form is used despite gender of the animal. The community included "Wells" in the 19th century when its springtimes were promoted as a site visitor attraction. Its modern-day Welsh name Llanfair-ym-Muallt suggests "Saint Mary in Ox Leas".