Builth Wells
Builth Wells is a market community as well as area in the region of Powys and also historical region of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), mid Wales, lying at the assemblage 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, including the 1876 Market Hall, were developed from rock from Llanelwedd Quarry. Much of the encountering as well as various other dressed rock made use of in the building and construction of the Elan Valley dams was additionally quarried here. The quarry created 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), suggesting "ox" with gellt (later gwellt), suggesting "lea or leas"; the very same kind is utilized regardless of sex of the animal. The community included "Wells" in the 19th century when its springtimes were advertised as a site visitor destination. Its modern Welsh name Llanfair-ym-Muallt suggests "Saint Mary in Ox Leas".
